Japan System Supply

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Japan System Supply Ltd. (日本システムサプライ株式会社) (JSS) was an Osaka-based developer and publisher established on September 25, 1985, that also produced educational and Internet software (not included below). Katsumi Kawamura (河村克己) was the CEO. [1]

JSS was involved with online games in its later years. The company was declared bankrupt by the Osaka District Court on October 13, 2000. [2]

DigiPark Inc. (株式会社デジパーク) is a company based in Tokyo headed by Taeko Nagata (長田妙子). [3] It was established in June 1990 [4] as a development subisidary of JSS called Nanken-Kobo Inc. (有限会社軟件工房) The rights to the MMORPG StoneAge were transferred to DigiPark after JSS's bankruptcy. [5]

Research Methods: Actual mentions, hidden data, shared staff

Famicom/NES

  • Pyoko-tan no Dai Meiro (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)

Game Boy

  • Chalvo 55 (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
  • Gekitou Power Modeler (JP Publisher: Capcom)

Game Boy Color

  • Power Quest (US Publisher: Sunsoft)
Same game as Gekitou Power Modeler

Game Gear

  • House of Tarot (JP Publisher: Sega)
Listed on Developer Table. Shares staff with Phantasy Star Gaiden. Japan System Supply is credited with the cover illustration in the art book Sega TV Game Genga Gallery.
  • Phantasy Star Gaiden (JP Publisher: Sega)
Listed on Developer Table. Shares staff with House of Tarot.

Nintendo 64

  • Cavalry Battle 3000 (unreleased) (Japan System Supply)
  • Chameleon Twist (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply; EU/US Publisher: Sunsoft)
  • Chameleon Twist 2 (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply; US Publisher: Sunsoft)

PlayStation

  • Ayrton Senna Kart Duel (JP Publisher: GAPS; EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
Sound?: Eurhythm
  • Kojima Takeo: Mahjong Teiou (JP Publisher: GAPS)
Contains the string "Programed by HUGIE/ひゅぎぃ". "Hugie" also worked on Namco Museum Vol. 1.
  • Namco Museum Vol. 1 (some programming) (JP/US Publisher: Namco; EU/AU Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment)
Developer: Now Production
Former Japan System Supply programmer Hideyuki Nakanishi mentions helping convert Pac-Man to the PlayStation in this interview. He is credited under his nickname "Nuka."

Saturn

  • Koi no Summer Fantasy in Miyazaki Seagaia (JP Publisher: Bandai Visual)

Virtual Boy

  • Bound High (unreleased) (Nintendo)

Windows

  • Lifestorm (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
  • Lifestorm II (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
  • StoneAge (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)

The MMORPG CrossGate started development at JSS [6] but later moved to Dwango.

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