Sunsoft

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Sunsoft
Type Brand of Sun Corporation
Founded November 28, 1985
Headquarters Kōnan, Aichi, Japan
Key people Masami Maeda, founder
Industry Video games
Products Video games
Number of people not disclosed
Website https://www.sun-denshi.co.jp/soft/

Sunsoft is a brand owned by Sun Corporation.

Early arcade games

Sun Corporation began creating arcade games in 1978.

Sunsoft brand name

Sun Electronics Corporation began creating games for the Family Computer and began using the Sunsoft brand name. The first game to use the Sunsoft brand name was the Famicom version of Ikki, released on November 28, 1985.

Sunsoft games

Title Year System Notes
Ikki 1985 Famicom Port of arcade game of the same name.
Route-16 Turbo 1985 Famicom Port of Route-16 arcade game.
Super Arabian 1985 Famicom Port of Arabian arcade game.
Dead Zone 1986 Famicom Disk System
Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1986 Famicom Developed by Tose.
The Mystery of Atlantis 1986 Famicom
Staff of Adian 1986 Famicom Disk System
VS. Sky Kid 1986 Arcade (VS. System) Port of Namcot Famicom game.
The Wing of Madoola 1986 Famicom
Fantasy Zone 1987 Famicom Port of Sega R&D1 arcade game.
The Great Opinion Leader Mito Komon 1987 Famicom Developed by Tose.
Marchen Veil 1987 Famicom Disk System Port of System Sacom MSX game.
Mysterious Magazine Disk Nazolar Land No. 1 1987 Famicom Disk System Contains 3-D Maze, Around Japan Ultra Quiz, Extrusion Puzzle, Famicom Aptitude Test, Nazora Fortune Telling, Rotating Maze Door Man, Super Jigsaw, and Save Princess M♡M♡K♡! minigames.
Mysterious Magazine Disk Nazolar Land No. 2 1987 Famicom Disk System Contains Around the World Puzzle Quiz, Bakufu Tomo-chan, Nazora Boy Detectives: Mystery of the Golden Mansion, Patallic, and Warashibe minigames plus a Nazolar Box letter section.
Nazoler Land Special 1987 Famicom Disk System
Shanghai 1987 Arcade, Famicom Port of Activision computer game.
Sky Kid 1987 NES Developed by Namcot.
Spy Hunter 1987 NES Port of Bally/Midway arcade game.
Super Boy Allan 1987 Famicom Disk System Developed by ASK Kodansha
Underground Continent Orudoora 1987 Famicom Disk System Contains educational games including the eponymous platformer and Step Drill motorcycle racing games.
Alien Syndrome 1988 Famicom Port of Sega R&D1 arcade game.
Blaster Master 1988 NES
Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa 1988 Famicom Port of Sega R&D2 arcade game.
Freedom Force 1988 NES
Mito Komon II: World Travels 1988 Famicom Developed by Tose.
Mysterious Magazine Disk Nazolar Land No. 3 1988 Famicom Disk System Contains Bingo Games, Blast Off Tomo-chan, Nazora Boy Detectives, and Sugoro Quiz minigames plus Nazolar Box Letters Corner and Miss Nazolar Contest sections.
Nankin's Adventure 1988 Famicom Disk System
Xenophobe 1988 NES Port of Ocean Software computer game.
Ripple Island 1988 Famicom Developed by Tokai Engineering.
VS. Freedom Force 1988 Arcade (VS. System)
Xenophobe 1988 NES Port of Bally/Midway arcade game.
After Burner 1989 Famicom Port of Studio 128 arcade game.
Batman: The Video Game 1989 NES
Benkei Side Story 1989 PC Engine
City Hunter 1989 PC Engine
Fester's Quest 1989 NES
Maharaja 1989 Famicom
Out Live 1989 PC Engine
Red Dragon King 1989 Famicom
Shanghai II 1989 Arcade, CD-ROM², Famicom, Game Gear, MSX, PC-8801, PC-9801, X68000
Tough Turf 1989 Arcade Co-developed with Sega.
Batman: The Video Game 1990 Game Boy
Batman: The Video Game 1990 Sega Genesis
Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990 Game Boy, NES
Journey to Silius 1990 NES
Nantetatte!! Baseball 1989 Famicom
Pri Pri: Primitive Princess! 1990 Game Boy
Tel-Tel Mahjong 1990 Mega Drive
[[Batman: Return of the Joker] 1991 Game Boy, Genesis, NES
Magical Taluluto: Fantastic World!! 1991 Famicom
Lemmings 1991 Genesis, NES, SNES Port of DMA Design computer game. NES version developed by Ocean Software.
Super Spy Hunter 1991 NES
Uforia: The Saga 1991 NES
Gimmick! 1992 NES
Super Fantasy Zone 1992 Genesis
Shanghai III 1993 Arcade
Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage 1994 SNES Developed by Viacom New Media.
Justice League: Task Force 1995 Genesis, SNES Sega Genesis version co-developed with Condor. SNES version co-developed with Blizzard Entertainment.
Waku Waku 7 1996 Arcade (Neo Geo MVS)
Chameleon Twist 1997 N64 Developed by Japan System Supply.
Astra Superstars 1998 Arcade, Saturn
Chameleon Twist 2 1999 N64 Developed by Japan System Supply.
Moomin's Tale 2000 Game Boy Color
Barbapapa 2001 PlayStation
Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 1 2001 PlayStation Compilation includes Ikki and Super Arabian.
Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 2 2001 PlayStation Compilation includes Mystery of Atlantis and Route-16 Turbo.
Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 3 2001 PlayStation Compilation includes Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō and The Wing of Madoola.
Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 4 2002 PlayStation Compilation includes Blaster Master and Ripple Island.
Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 5 2002 PlayStation Compilation includes Journey to Silius and Ufouria: The Saga.
Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 6 2002 PlayStation Compilation includes Gimmick! and Super Spy Saga.
Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection 2024 Windows Compilation includes Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, Ripple Island, and The Wing of Madoola.