Difference between revisions of "PicPac Airreal"

From Game Developer Research Institute
Jump to: navigation, search
(My first time making a page feel free to fix, add, and get more detail on what's here. Thanks.)
 
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
__NOTOC__
 
__NOTOC__
'''PicPac Airreal''' (ピックパック・エアリアル) Was a game developer founded on April 4 2000 by Toshimichi Mori(森利道) and 4 friends the CEO was Takahiro Fujiwara(藤原 孝博), and the Director was Takashi Suzuki (鈴木 孝司).
+
[[File:Ppa link.gif|right|PicPac Airreal logo]]
 +
'''PicPac Airreal Co., Ltd.''' (有限会社ピックパック・エアリアル) was a game developer founded around 1998 by Toshimichi Mori (森利道) [https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/171004b] and four friends [https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/20240117-25678/], graduates of Amusement Media Academy. [https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/171004b] It was incorporated on April 4, 2000. The president was Takahiro Fujiwara (藤原孝博); the director was Takashi Suzuki (鈴木孝司). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307053401/http://www.picpac.co.jp/web/html/corporate.html]
  
The company only lists 12 employees on staff and seems to have been rolled in to [[Arc System Works]] around 2003 including Toshimichi Mori though the official site was last updated in February of 2004.
+
PicPac Airreal had 12 employees [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307053401/http://www.picpac.co.jp/web/html/corporate.html], as of the company website's last update in February 2004 [https://web.archive.org/web/20040228091103/http://www.picpac.co.jp/web/html/]; Toshimichi Mori joined [[Arc System Works]] in 2003 [https://www.arcsystemworks.jp/official/company/whatisarc/people/special_interview/] at the invitation of ''Guilty Gear'' creator Daisuke Ishiwatari. [https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/20240117-25678/]
 +
 
 +
PicPac Airreal was located in Suginami-ku, Tokyo [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307053401/http://www.picpac.co.jp/web/html/corporate.html], on the same floor of the same building as animation studio [[Minamimachi Bugyousyo]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20010503005405/http://www.bugyousyo.com:80/staff.html]
 +
 
 +
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions
  
 
===Arcade===
 
===Arcade===
*''Guity Gear X''(programming & some graphic design) (Publisher:Sammy)
+
*''Guilty Gear X'' (programming, graphics) (Sammy)
:<small>Developer:[[Arc System Works]]</small>
+
:<small>Developer: Arc System Works; Some Character Graphics: [[Cepia]]</small>
*''Guity Gear XX The Midnight Carnival''(programming & some graphic design) (Publisher:Sammy)
+
*''Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival'' (programming, some graphics) (Sammy)
:<small>Developer:[[Arc System Works]]</small>
+
:<small>Developer: Arc System Works</small>
===PS1===
+
 
*''SAMURAI DEEPER KYO'' (Publisher:Bandai)
+
===PlayStation===
===WSC===
+
*''Samurai Deeper Kyo'' (JP Publisher: Bandai)
*''Gensou Maden Saiyuuki Retribution: Hi no Ataru Basho De'' (programming?) (Publisher:MOVIC, SOEISHINSHA)
+
:<small>Some Character Graphics, Illustration Production: Studio Peacock; Illustration Backgrounds: Cosmos Arts; Sound: Cube; Debugging: Sarugakucho, Pole To Win</small>
:<small>Developer:R-FORCE ENTERTAINMENT<small>
+
 
===PC===
+
===PlayStation 2===
*''Tankendo - The New Frontier'' (Publisher:Nihon Create)
+
*''Digital Holmes'' (some SD characters) (JP Publisher: Arc System Works)
 +
 
 +
===Windows===
 +
*''Magical Twirler Angel Rabbie'' (some key animation, some CG) (JP Publisher: Kogado)
 +
*''Tankendo: The New Frontier'' (JP Publisher: Nihon Create)
 +
 
 +
===WonderSwan Color===
 +
*''Gensou Maden Saiyuuki Retribution: Hi no Ataru Basho De'' (programming?) (JP Publisher: Soeishinsha)
 +
:<small>Developer?: R-Force Entertainment [https://r-force.co.jp/works/history/]</small>
 +
 
 +
==Links==
 +
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050815000000*/http://www.picpac.co.jp/ PicPac Airreal website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese)
  
===Links===
+
[[Category:Companies]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050307025245/http://www.picpac.co.jp/web/html/]
+
*[https://r-force.co.jp/works/history/]
+
*[http://swan-of-wonders.weebly.com/game-release-list.html]
+
*[https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/20240117-25678/]
+

Latest revision as of 04:10, 22 February 2024

PicPac Airreal logo

PicPac Airreal Co., Ltd. (有限会社ピックパック・エアリアル) was a game developer founded around 1998 by Toshimichi Mori (森利道) [1] and four friends [2], graduates of Amusement Media Academy. [3] It was incorporated on April 4, 2000. The president was Takahiro Fujiwara (藤原孝博); the director was Takashi Suzuki (鈴木孝司). [4]

PicPac Airreal had 12 employees [5], as of the company website's last update in February 2004 [6]; Toshimichi Mori joined Arc System Works in 2003 [7] at the invitation of Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari. [8]

PicPac Airreal was located in Suginami-ku, Tokyo [9], on the same floor of the same building as animation studio Minamimachi Bugyousyo. [10]

Research Methods: Actual mentions

Arcade

  • Guilty Gear X (programming, graphics) (Sammy)
Developer: Arc System Works; Some Character Graphics: Cepia
  • Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival (programming, some graphics) (Sammy)
Developer: Arc System Works

PlayStation

  • Samurai Deeper Kyo (JP Publisher: Bandai)
Some Character Graphics, Illustration Production: Studio Peacock; Illustration Backgrounds: Cosmos Arts; Sound: Cube; Debugging: Sarugakucho, Pole To Win

PlayStation 2

  • Digital Holmes (some SD characters) (JP Publisher: Arc System Works)

Windows

  • Magical Twirler Angel Rabbie (some key animation, some CG) (JP Publisher: Kogado)
  • Tankendo: The New Frontier (JP Publisher: Nihon Create)

WonderSwan Color

  • Gensou Maden Saiyuuki Retribution: Hi no Ataru Basho De (programming?) (JP Publisher: Soeishinsha)
Developer?: R-Force Entertainment [11]

Links