Pacific Manufacturing

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Pacific Kougyou (パシフック工業株式会社; aka Pacific Manufacturing, Pacific Industries [1]) was a subsidiary of Taito established in 1963. It was merged with Nihon Jidou Hanbaiki (Japan Vending Machine [2]) in 1986. [3]

Tomohiro Nishikado was employed there when he was working on Space Invaders. [4] He joined in 1969. [5]

Research Methods: Online resources

With the exception of Space Invaders, the US copyright records for the games below have "Pacific Manufacturing Company, Ltd." as the author.

Arcade

  • Alpine Ski (Taito)
  • Big Event Golf (Taito)
  • Elevator Action (Taito)
  • Halley's Comet (Taito)
  • Kage no Densetsu / Legend of Kage, The (Taito)
  • N.Y. Captor (Taito)
  • Onna Sanshirou / Typhoon Gal (Taito)
  • Riku Kai Kuu Saizensen / Land Sea Air Squad / Storming Party (Taito)
  • Scramble Formation / Tokio (Taito)
  • Space Invaders (Taito)