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'''SIMS Co., Ltd.''' (シムス株式会社) (Soft development Innovation Multi Success) is a Japanese video game developer and joint venture between [[Sega]] and [[Sanritsu]].
  
'''SIMS Co., Ltd.''' (シムス株式会社) is a Japanese video game development company formed on June 12, 1991 as a joint venture between [[Sega]] and [[Sanritsu]]. 50 employees from Sanritsu were transferred to SIMS upon creation, and Sega took control of the company, setting it to work on numerous games for Sega consoles within the 1990s. SIMS is an acronym for "'''S'''oft development '''I'''nnovation '''M'''ulti ''''S'''uccess"
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==Company==
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SIMS was founded on June 12, 1991 as a joint venture between [[Sega]] and [[Sanritsu]], with Sanritsu transferring 50 employees to SIMS upon its creation, and with Sega managing the studio and company.
  
[[Noboru Machida]], the president of SIMS, took over all stocks of SIMS on June 24, 2004, meaning SIMS is now an independent company.
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On June 24, 2004, president [[Noboru Machida]] purchased the entirety of the company's stock and established SIMS as an independent game developer.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
 
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===[[Master System]]===
 
===[[Master System]]===
 
*''[[G-LOC: Air Battle]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[G-LOC: Air Battle]]'' (1991)
*''[[Disney's Aladdin (8-bit)|Aladdin]]'' (1994)
 
  
 
===[[Mega Drive]]===
 
===[[Mega Drive]]===
 
*''[[Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Wrestle War]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[Wrestle War]]'' (1991)
*''[[Wimbledon Championship Tennis]]'' (1993)
 
*''[[ATP Tour Championship Tennis]]'' (1994)
 
  
 
===[[Game Gear]]===
 
===[[Game Gear]]===
 
*''[[Ristar]]'' (1995)
 
*''[[Ristar]]'' (1995)
 
===[[Saturn]]===
 
*''[[J. League Victory Goal '97]]'' (1997)
 
 
===[[Dreamcast]]===
 
*''[[Sega Bass Fishing]]'' (1999)
 
  
 
===[[Atomiswave]]===
 
===[[Atomiswave]]===
 
*''[[Maximum Speed]]'' (2003)
 
*''[[Maximum Speed]]'' (2003)
 
*''[[Sports Shooting]]'' (unknown; is this ''[[Sports Shooting USA]]'' (2003)?)
 
*''[[Sports Shooting]]'' (unknown; is this ''[[Sports Shooting USA]]'' (2003)?)
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==Magazine articles==
 
==Magazine articles==

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SIMS
Founded: 1991-06-12
T-series code: T-44
Headquarters:
3-3-2 Shibuya Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150, Japan[1]

SIMS Co., Ltd. (シムス株式会社) (Soft development Innovation Multi Success) is a Japanese video game developer and joint venture between Sega and Sanritsu.

Company

SIMS was founded on June 12, 1991 as a joint venture between Sega and Sanritsu, with Sanritsu transferring 50 employees to SIMS upon its creation, and with Sega managing the studio and company.

On June 24, 2004, president Noboru Machida purchased the entirety of the company's stock and established SIMS as an independent game developer.

Softography

Model 3

Master System

Mega Drive

Game Gear

Mega-CD

Saturn

NAOMI

Dreamcast

PlayStation 2

Wii

Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console

Windows PC

Magazine articles

Main article: SIMS/Magazine articles.

External Link

References

  1. http://www.sega.co.jp/sega_e/corp/kaisha/group.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-05-08 16:40)