Difference between revisions of "Nihon Falcom"
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Revision as of 09:59, 29 September 2010
The Nihon Falcom Corporation (日本ファルコム株式会社) is a Japanese computer and video game development company. Founded in March 1981, Falcom are credited for starting the growth and development of the Japanese computer game industry, starting with the first Japanese role-playing-game in 1983, a genre that has highly successful in Japan.
Falcom's Ys and Dragon Slayer series have been seen as huge successes for the company, with the former continuing to this day. They were pioneers in the real-time action and adventure genres, and were one of the first companies to start releasing games with fully developed soundtracks.
There was a brief partnership between Sega and Falcom during the early 1990s titled Sega Falcom.
Softography
Master System
- Ys: The Vanished Omens (1988)
Mega Drive
- Sorcerian (1990)
- Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (1991)
- Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes (1994)
- Lord Monarch (1994)
- Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II (1995)
Mega CD
- Popful Mail (1994)