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{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was an American video game distributor and former branch of [[SNK]], known for distributing [[Sega]]'s ''[[Flashgal]]'' and ''[[Time Soldiers]]'' to American arcades.
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{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was an American video game distributor and former branch of [[SNK]], known for distributing the titles ''[[Flashgal]]'' and ''[[Time Soldiers]]'' in the West.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Romstar was founded in 1984 by Takahito Yasuki as the American branch of [[SNK]]. Despite being established to distribute the company's own games, {{PAGENAME}} also found itself distributing games for [[Sega]], [[Taito]], [[Capcom]], [[Toaplan]], [[Data East]], and [[Seta]].
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In 1984, [[SNK]] established [[Romstar]], an American branch headed by Takahito Yasuki and founded to distribute the company's games in the United States. The branch seemed to be a somewhat-independent operation (as SNK would establish the more-official SNK of America only three years later) and also distributed games for a number of other companies, such as [[Sega]], [[Capcom]], [[Taito]], [[Data East]], [[Toaplan]], and [[Seta]]. Romstar would continue to work closely with SNK through the late 1980's, when it was eventually folded into [[Capcom USA]] sometime in the early 1990's.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==

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Romstar was an American video game distributor and former branch of SNK, known for distributing the titles Flashgal and Time Soldiers in the West.

History

In 1984, SNK established Romstar, an American branch headed by Takahito Yasuki and founded to distribute the company's games in the United States. The branch seemed to be a somewhat-independent operation (as SNK would establish the more-official SNK of America only three years later) and also distributed games for a number of other companies, such as Sega, Capcom, Taito, Data East, Toaplan, and Seta. Romstar would continue to work closely with SNK through the late 1980's, when it was eventually folded into Capcom USA sometime in the early 1990's.

Softography

References

  1. @fdurso224durso on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2021-04-19 20:37)