Technical Arts

Technical Arts Corp. (有限会社テクニカルアーツ) is a development company in Kanda-Sakumachou, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, run by Kohei Ikeda (池田公平) (aka Hibiki Godai), creator of the game Thexder. Technical Arts originated as a brand of Game Arts, but incorporated as an independent limited liability company in 1988. [1] (Game Arts began to focus on console games, but Ikeda wanted to continue working on computer software.^[1])

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources

Android/iOS

• Animal Run Land (programming) (Drecom)
• Kakuchou Shoujo-kei Trinary (client program, game server program) (Koei Tecmo Games)
• Quiz Military Academy: Dainiji Sekai Taisen-hen (Technical Arts)

FM Towns

• Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium: '90-nendo Pennant Race-ban (game design, programming) (JP Publisher: Game Arts)

Internet

• Mili Hime Taisen [Yahoo! Mobage] (production direction, main programming) (Headlock)

iOS

• Riseout: Over the Centuries (Technical Arts)

PC-88VA

• Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium: '89-nendo Pennant Race-ban (game design, programming) (JP Publisher: Game Arts)
• Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (programming; under subcontract with Foretune?) (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)

Production: Newtopia Planning

PlayStation

• Lode Runner: The Legend Returns (some programming, special stage design; under subcontract with Game Arts?) (JP Publisher: Patra)

Developer: Foretune

PlayStation 3

• Ragnarok Odyssey Ace (communication portion, some enemy character programming, game server, simultaneous play with PS3&trade) (US Publisher: XSEED Games; EU/AU/JP Publisher: GungHo)

Developer: Game Arts

PlayStation 4

• Princess Crown "Fukkoku-ban" DLC (ported Saturn and PSP versions) (JP Publisher: Atlus)

Saturn

• Game BASIC for SegaSaturn (some music composition) (JP Publisher: ASCII)
• Lode Runner Extra (some programming, special stage design; under subcontract with Game Arts?) (JP Publisher: Patra)

Developer: Foretune

Switch

• Catherine: Full Body (port from PS4) (JP/KR/US/EU/AU Publisher: Atlus)
• Harakiri: Bushido Showdown (unreleased) (Technical Arts)

Vita

• Ragnarok Odyssey (communication and platform-dependent portions) (JP/KR/AS/EU/AU Publisher: GungHo; US Publisher: XSEED Games)

Developer: Game Arts

• Ragnarok Odyssey Ace (communication portion, some enemy character programming, game server, simultaneous play with PS3&trade) (JP/AS/KR/EU/AU Publisher: GungHo; US Publisher: XSEED Games)

Developer: Game Arts

VR

• Cyber Tennis [Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, SteamVR] (Technical Arts)

Windows

• SL Bench (Technical Arts)
• SL Simulator: Jouki Kikanshi (programming, graphics) (Smarts Japan)

Developer: Anaheim Electronics

Further reading

• 1. The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1, John Szczepaniak, SMG Szczepaniak, 2014.8, ISBN 0992926009.

Links

• Official website (Japanese)