Falcon
Not to be confused with an earlier company with the same name that sold the "Donkey Kong" clone "Crazy Kong"
Falcon Co., Ltd. (ファルコン株式会社) is a development company established in December 1988 [1] by husband and wife Kazuhiko Ito (伊藤和彦) and Midori Ito (伊藤みどり), who met while he was a programmer at Micro Cabin and she worked at Yamaha's MSX division. [2] [3] Midori is the company president. [4]
Falcon was once based in Nishikasugai District, Aichi Prefecture (in what is now part of the city of Kitanagoya), near Nagoya, and had a development office in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka. [5] Falcon's last known head office was in Iwakura, Aichi Prefecture [6], but the building is now occupied by another business. The Falcon website no longer lists a physical address.
As of October 2010, Falcon has worked on the following platforms: MSX2 (7 titles), PC-8801 (1), PC-9801 (10), FM Towns (5), J-3100 (3), X68000 (6), Macintosh (2), Windows (38), X55 (2), PC Engine CD-ROM² (6), PC Engine HuCard (1), Game Boy (5), Game Boy Color (2), Famicom (2), Super Famicom (8), PlayStation (16), PlayStation 2 (18), PlayStation 3 (1), PlayStation Portable (1), Game Gear (2), Sega Saturn (9), Dreamcast (6), i-appli (1), embedded software (9). [7]
Falcon co-owns the Thinking Rabbit properties, namely the puzzle game Sokoban and its series of adventure games. [8] Falcon previously worked on at least four Thinking Rabbit games.
Tierheit (ティールハイト) was a brand name once used by Falcon. [9] [10]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, hidden data, online resources, shared staff
Android
- TOSCA (development) (Pictria)
- Music: Suda Music Factory
Dreamcast
- Neppachi II @VPACHI: CR Harenchi Gakuen (JP Publisher: Daikoku)
- Neppachi III @VPACHI: CR Do Konjou Gaeru 2 - CR Do Konjou Gaeru H (JP Publisher: Daikoku)
- Neppachi IV @VPACHI: CR AA!! Hana no Ouendan 3 (JP Publisher: Daikoku)
- Neppachi V @VPACHI: CR Monster House (JP Publisher: Daikoku)
- Neppachi VI @VPACHI: CR O Takara Tankentai (JP Publisher: Daikoku)
- Neppachi: 10ren Chan de Las Vegas Ryokou (JP Publisher: Daikoku)
Famicom/NES
- Pescatore (unreleased) (Sunsoft) /Tierheit
- Shanghai II (programming?) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
FM Towns
- Lodoss-tou Senki: Haiiro no Majo (production [製作] cooperation) (JP Publisher: Humming Bird Soft) /Tierheit
- Production [制作] Cooperation: Micro Cabin; Graphics Cooperation: O-Two, Liaison
- Lodoss-tou Senki II: Goshiki no Maryu (programming) (JP Publisher: Humming Bird Soft) /Tierheit
Game Boy
- Shanghai Pocket (graphics?) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Programming?: Sonic Powered
Game Boy Color
- Shanghai Pocket (graphics?) (US/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Programming?: Sonic Powered
Game Gear
- Fray: Shugyou-hen (JP Publisher: Micro Cabin) [11]
- Shanghai II (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
iOS
- TOSCA (development) (Pictria)
- Music: Suda Music Factory
MSX2
- Pyramid Sorcerian (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother]) /Tierheit
- Sengoku Sorcerian (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother]) /Tierheit
- Music: RAY-NET
- Sorcerian (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother]) /Tierheit
- Music: RAY-NET
- Youma Kourin (JP Publisher: Dexter Soft)
PC-98
- AiZA: New Generation (some music?) (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother]) /Tierheit
- Developer: Lawins
- Clipper: Takepon no Ochimono Puzzle (unreleased) (Takeru [Brother]) /Tierheit
- The Legends of Lune: Jikuu no Kanata (database programming, some music) (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother]) /Tierheit
- Planning, etc.: Popcom; Developer: Lawins
- Mahou Senichiya (unreleased) (Takeru [Brother]) [12] [13] /Tierheit
- Sokoban Perfect (some programming) (JP Publisher: Thinking Rabbit)
- Some Music: Micro Cabin
PlayStation
- Arcana Senki Ludo (JP Publisher: Pai)
- Sound: Soramimi Studio
- Baroque: Yuganda Mousou (co-developed with Sting) (JP Publisher: Sting)
- Game no Tatsujin: The Shanghai (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Programming: Micro Cabin?
- Hebereke Station Popoitto / Hebereke's Popoitto (JP/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Programming: Micro Cabin?; Music: Opus (no sound credits in JP version)
- Hissatsu Pachinko Station 5: Deramaitta & Irete Nanbo (some programming) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Some Graphics: Sonic Powered?; Some Graphics: Studio Saizensen
- Hissatsu Pachinko Station Classic: Fukkatsu! Natsukashi no Meiki-tachi (some programming, graphics) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Music: Bluemoon
- Hissatsu Pachinko Station: Monster House Special (programming, graphics) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Minakata Hakudou Toujou (programming) (JP Publisher: Atlus)
- Direction: Fame Imajination; Developer: Thinking Rabbit
- Minton Keibu no Sousa File: Doukeshi Satsujin Jiken (programming) (JP Publisher: Riverhill Soft)
- Developer: Thinking Rabbit; 3D Graphics: O-Two; Music: Time Base
- Shanghai: Great Moments (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Programming: Micro Cabin?
- Value 1500: The Shanghai (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Programming: Micro Cabin?
- Value 1500: The Shikinjou (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Programming: Micro Cabin?
PlayStation 2
- Neppachi Gold: CR Monster Mansion (JP Publisher: Daikoku) [14]
Saturn
- Minton Keibu no Sousa File: Doukeshi Satsujin Jiken (programming) (JP Publisher: Riverhill Soft)
- Developer: Thinking Rabbit; 3D Graphics: O-Two; Music: Time Base
- Riven: The Sequel to Myst (some graphics?) (JP Publisher: Enix; EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
- Ryuuteki Gosennen: Dragons of China (programming) (JP Publisher: Imagineer)
- Developer: Thinking Rabbit; Direction: Office I; Map Design: Lighthouse; Music: True Project; Sound Effects: Bluemoon
- Shanghai: Great Moments (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Programming: Micro Cabin?
- Texthoth Ludo: Arcana Senki (JP Publisher: Pai)
- Sound: Soramimi Studio
- Waku Waku 7 (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Contains the following text string: "ADPCM DRIVER VER1.2 BY D.DART (C)FALCON"
Super Famicom/Super NES
- Dual Orb II (some graphics?) (JP Publisher: I'Max)
- Developer: Prism Kikaku; Some Graphics: Ocarina System
- Game no Tetsujin: The Shanghai (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Hebereke no Oishii Puzzle wa Irimasen ka (programming, some graphics?) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Hebereke no Popoon / Hebereke's Popoon (programming, graphics?) (JP/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Hissatsu Pachinko Collection 4 (programming, graphics) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
- Some Programming: Dragnet?
- Xak: The Art of Visual Stage (programming, [some?] graphics) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
Windows
- Crystal Class: Ooritsu-sei Feria Jogakuin Suishou-gumi (JP Publisher: TGL)
- Some Graphics: Yoshidayama-Workshop; Sound: Bluemoon
- Jissen! Pachinko Kenkyuushitsu: CR Monster House (JP Publisher: Daikoku) [16]
- Lodoss-tou Senki II: Goshiki no Maryuu (programming?) (JP Publisher: Micro Cabin)
- Original Work, etc.: Group SNE; Some Graphics: Kan's; Some Graphics?: O-Two
Programmer Hiroshi Makabe tweeted that the Windows version of Lunar: Silver Star Story was originally being developed by Tierheit, but the code was like "spaghetti" — a mixture of Mega CD, Saturn, PlayStation, and Win32 code. Makabe was brought in to try to fix it. [17] [18] (Makabe and two others, and the company EJ, are credited in the final game. [19])
X68000
- Chase H.Q. (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother]) /Tierheit
- Developer?: RAY-NET
- One tweet alleges this was originally supposed to be released by Dexter as Chaser H.Q. [20]
