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'''Nihon Soft Hanbai''' (日本ソフト販売株式会社) was a publisher and developer of PC Engine games (and accessories like the Battle Pad and Battle Tap) established in May 1980. [https://archive.org/details/pc-engine-fan-december-1988/page/85/mode/1up] [https://twitter.com/gdri/status/1511493543918985219] It was previously called '''Big Club''' (株式会社ビッグ・クラブ). [https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/PCE_1990Q1.html] Before getting into the software business, Big Club operated a chain of Famicom repair shops. [https://archive.org/details/family-computer-magazine-issue-23-november-21st-1986/Family%20Computer%20Magazine%20-%20Issue%2023%20-%20November%2021st%201986%20%28Compressed%29/page/94/mode/1up] [https://twitter.com/gdri/status/1511495008993558536] The company is said to have gone bankrupt (perhaps in 1995, if [https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/haFWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E8%B2%A9%E5%A3%B2%E6%A0%AA%E5%BC%8F%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE%22 this] is in fact a bankruptcy notice referring to the same Nihon Soft Hanbai [appears to have the same address]).
'''Manjyudo Co., Ltd.''' (株式会社漫充堂) was a company that sold/exported amusement machines as well as operated leisure facilites and restaurants. It was established in March 1987. Eiko Iida (飯田英子) was the president. [http://web.archive.org/web/20090209181328/http://www.manjyudo.co.jp:80/information.html]
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'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, shared staff
 
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, shared staff
 
==Manjyudo==
 
===PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16===
 
*''Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart'' (JP Publisher: I'Max)
 
:<small>Music Driver: [[Tomcat System]]?</small>
 
 
==As Big Club/Nihon Soft Hanbai?==
 
Given her role as a producer on these games, Iida appears to have also run a company called '''Big Club''' (株式会社ビッグ・クラブ). Big Club apparently later became '''Nihon Soft Hanbai''' (日本ソフト販売). [https://twitter.com/shinyaman2/status/1298056350287577088] There is no conclusive evidence that Big Club/Nihon Soft Hanbai became Manjuydo. ''Bouken Danshaku Don'' shares a lot of staff with the games below, but it is said Big Club/Nihon Soft Hanbai went bankrupt.
 
 
(In an interview Takane Ohkubo said, "The Genpei Pro group was dissolved after ''Bravoman'', and I left Namco. I went to work at a company called Big Club, where I worked on ''Jinmu Denshou'', ''Rock-On'', and ''Bouken Danshaku Don'' for the PC Engine." [http://shmuplations.com/zombienation/])
 
  
 
===PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16===
 
===PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16===
 
*''Armed F'' (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
 
*''Armed F'' (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
:<small>Originally supposed to be released by Big Club. [https://archive.org/details/pc-engine-fan-september-1989/page/n89/mode/1up] Later supposed to be published by Nihon Soft Hanbai. [https://archive.org/details/pc-engine-fan-october-1989/page/n95/mode/1up] Retail release has a "Big Don" copyright.</small>
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:<small>Originally supposed to be published by Big Club. [https://archive.org/details/pc-engine-fan-september-1989/page/n89/mode/1up] Later supposed to be published by Nihon Soft Hanbai. [https://archive.org/details/pc-engine-fan-october-1989/page/n95/mode/1up] [https://twitter.com/gdri/status/1412914105363615752] Retail release has "Big Don" in the copyright notice.</small>
 
*''Blade Land'' (unreleased) (Nihon Soft Hanbai) [https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/PCE_1990Q1.html]
 
*''Blade Land'' (unreleased) (Nihon Soft Hanbai) [https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/PCE_1990Q1.html]
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*''Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart'' (JP Publisher: I'Max)
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:<small>Takane Ohkubo said in an interview that he worked on this game at Big Club. [http://shmuplations.com/zombienation/] He left Big Club to join [[Live Planning]], likely in 1989, which would mean the game was developed long before it was released (1992). The name [http://web.archive.org/web/19980215215925/http://www.parkway.ne.jp/hp/manjyudo/ Manjyudo] appears on the retail release, which was a company run by Eiko Iida [http://web.archive.org/web/20090209181328/http://www.manjyudo.co.jp:80/information.html], the producer on ''Jinmu Denshou'' and ''Armed F''. Manjyudo may have just been a related company that somehow got the rights to the game.</small>
 
*''Jinmu Denshou'' (JP Publisher: Big Club)
 
*''Jinmu Denshou'' (JP Publisher: Big Club)
 
:<small>Planning, Some Music: Wolf Team; Some Music: Goblin Sound</small>
 
:<small>Planning, Some Music: Wolf Team; Some Music: Goblin Sound</small>
 
*''Rock-On'' (JP Publisher: Big Club)
 
*''Rock-On'' (JP Publisher: Big Club)
 
==Links==
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.manjyudo.co.jp/ Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese and English)
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/19980215215925/http://www.parkway.ne.jp/hp/manjyudo/ Older website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese and English)
 
  
 
[[Category:Companies]]
 
[[Category:Companies]]

Revision as of 04:58, 18 March 2023

Nihon Soft Hanbai (日本ソフト販売株式会社) was a publisher and developer of PC Engine games (and accessories like the Battle Pad and Battle Tap) established in May 1980. [1] [2] It was previously called Big Club (株式会社ビッグ・クラブ). [3] Before getting into the software business, Big Club operated a chain of Famicom repair shops. [4] [5] The company is said to have gone bankrupt (perhaps in 1995, if this is in fact a bankruptcy notice referring to the same Nihon Soft Hanbai [appears to have the same address]).

Research Methods: Actual mentions, shared staff

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

  • Armed F (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
Originally supposed to be published by Big Club. [6] Later supposed to be published by Nihon Soft Hanbai. [7] [8] Retail release has "Big Don" in the copyright notice.
  • Blade Land (unreleased) (Nihon Soft Hanbai) [9]
  • Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart (JP Publisher: I'Max)
Takane Ohkubo said in an interview that he worked on this game at Big Club. [10] He left Big Club to join Live Planning, likely in 1989, which would mean the game was developed long before it was released (1992). The name Manjyudo appears on the retail release, which was a company run by Eiko Iida [11], the producer on Jinmu Denshou and Armed F. Manjyudo may have just been a related company that somehow got the rights to the game.
  • Jinmu Denshou (JP Publisher: Big Club)
Planning, Some Music: Wolf Team; Some Music: Goblin Sound
  • Rock-On (JP Publisher: Big Club)