Aicom

Aicom was a Japanese video game developer, founded in 1988. The Sammy Corporation website gives 1990 as its first year and says it was a subsidiary of Jaleco.[1] Sammy bought it in 1992.

Aicom/Yumekobo
TypeVideo game developer
Founded1988 (1988)
Defunct2001
SuccessorSNK
HeadquartersJapan
The Yumekobo Logo circa 2000's

Its games include The Mafat Conspiracy, Totally Rad and Vice: Project Doom on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Blaster Master Boy for the Game Boy and Pulstar for Neo Geo.

Aicom broke off from Sammy in 1996 and, with funding from SNK, became Yumekobo, producing games mainly for SNK systems.[2]

List of games

This is a list of Aicom games arranged by release date, the order in regions specifies where it was released first.[3][4][5] This list does not include Yumekobo label games.

Title Date Type Platform(s) Region(s)
Chuugoku Senseijutsu1988MiscellaneousNESJP
Amagon (Totsuzen! Macho Man in Japan)1988, 1989ActionNESJP, NA
Hoops (Moero!! Junior Basket: Two on Two in Japan)1988, 1989SportsNESWorldwide
The Legendary Axe (Makyou Densetsu in Japan)1988, 1989ActionTurboGrafx-16JP, NA
A.B. Cop1989DrivingArcadeNA
Flying Hero (BlazeBusters in USA)1989ActionNESJP
P47 Thunderbolt1989ActionTurboGrafx-16JP
All-Pro Basketball (Zenbei!! Pro Basketball in Japan)1989SportsNESNA, JP
Takeda Shingen1989ActionTurboGrafx-16JP
Racing Hero1989DrivingArcadeNA
The Astyanax (The Lord of King in Japan)1989, 1990PlatformArcade, NESWorldwide
Takin' It To The Hoop (USA Pro Basketball in Japan)1989, 1990ActionTurboGrafx-16JP, NA
The Mafat Conspiracy (Golgo 13 The Riddle of Icarus in Japan)1990ActionNESJP, NA
Saint Dragon1990ActionTurboGrafx-16JP
Ultimate Basketball (Taito Basketball in Japan)1990, 1991Sports gameNESNA, JP
Totally Rad (Magic John in Japan)1990, 1991Action, AdventureNESJP, NA
Vice: Project Doom (Gun-Dec in Japan)1991Action, Racing / DrivingNESJP, NA
Blaster Master Boy (Blaster Master Jr. in Europe, Bomber King: Scenario 2 in Japan)1991Action, PlatformGame BoyWorldwide
Viewpoint1992, 1995Isometric shooterArcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CDJP, NA
Football Fury (Ultimate Football in Japan)1992, 1993SportsSNESJP, NA
Jyanshin Densetsu: Quest of Jongmaster1994PuzzleArcadeJP
Pulstar1995ActionNeo Geo, Neo Geo CD, ArcadeJP, NA
Fuuun Gokuu Ninjin1996ActionPlayStationJP

As Yumekobo

This is a list of Yumekobo games arranged by release date, the order in regions specifies where it was released first.[6] This list does not include Aicom label games.

Title Date Type Platform(s) Region(s)
Blazing Star1998Shoot 'em upArcade, Neo GeoNA, JP
Pocket Tennis1998SportNeo Geo PocketJP
Athena: Awakening from the Ordinary Life1999AdventureSony PlayStationJP
Puzzle Link (Tsunagete Pon! Color in Japan)1999PuzzleNeo Geo Pocket ColorWorldwide
Pocket Tennis Color1999SportNeo Geo Pocket ColorWorldwide
Biomotor Unitron1999Role-playing video game, StrategyNeo Geo Pocket ColorWorldwide
Fatal Fury: First Contact1999FighterNeo Geo Pocket ColorWorldwide
Prehistoric Isle 2 (Genshitou 2 in Japan; Jointly developed with Saurus)1999Shoot 'em upArcade, Neo GeoNA, JP
Kikou Seiki Unitron2000Role-playing video game, StrategyNeo Geo Pocket ColorJP
SNK Gals' Fighters2000FighterNeo Geo Pocket ColorWorldwide
Puzzle Link 2 (Tsunagete Pon! 2 in Japan)2000PuzzleNeo Geo Pocket ColorJP, NA

References
  1. "沿革｜企業情報｜サミー パチンコ・パチスロメーカー".
  2. http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Aicom Aicom history
  3. "Aicom - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute".
  4. "MobyGames: Game Browser".
  5. "GameFAQs: Aicom". www.gamefaqs.com. Archived from the original on 2003-10-13.
  6. "GameFAQs: Yumekobo". www.gamefaqs.com. Archived from the original on 2003-10-13.
  • Aicom at Game Developer Research Institute
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