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{{sub-stub}}'''Starfish''' (スターフィッシュ), formally '''Starfish-SD''', was a Japanese game developer founded in 1994 by [[HOT-B]] staff shortly after that company went bankrupt. It owns all HOT-B intellectual property (and has occasionally revisited it in some form, such as with the ''The Black Bass'' series, the [[Game Boy Advance]] port of ''[[The Steel Empire]]'', etc.) in addition to making its own games in many different genres and publishing others.
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{{sub-stub}}'''Starfish''' (スターフィッシュ), formally '''Starfish-SD''', is a Japanese game developer founded in 1994 by [[HOT-B]] staff shortly after that company went bankrupt. It owns all HOT-B intellectual property (and has occasionally revisited it in some form, such as with the ''The Black Bass'' series, the [[Game Boy Advance]] port of ''[[The Steel Empire]]'', etc.) in addition to making its own games in many different genres and publishing others.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
{{PAGENAME}} went bankrupt in 2022.
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In August 2023, the arcade game Chuka Taisen (中華大仙) was announced to be one of the 10 games that will be included in the Egret II Mini Arcade Memories Vol.2 SD card.<ref>[https://www.taito.co.jp/egret2mini/title#GAME66 Chuka Taisen listing on the list of arcade games that will be on the Egret II Mini Arcade Memories Vol.2 SD card.] (Japanese)</ref> Chuka Taisen (also known as Cloud Master) is one of the HOT-B intellectual properties owned by {{PAGENAME}}.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
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==External links==
 
==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20220618065715/http://www.s-f.co.jp/ Official website] (Japanese) (Wayback Machine)
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*[http://www.s-f.co.jp/ Official website] (Japanese)
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*[http://www.s-f.co.jp/history.html Starfish history] (Japanese)
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*[https://www-s--f-co-jp.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Official website] (English)
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*[https://www-s--f-co-jp.translate.goog/history.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_sch=http Starfish history] (English, refresh page for English Translation)
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 22:04, 30 August 2023

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Starfish-SD
Founded: 1994-04
T-series code: T-461
Headquarters:
Tokyo, Japan

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Starfish (スターフィッシュ), formally Starfish-SD, is a Japanese game developer founded in 1994 by HOT-B staff shortly after that company went bankrupt. It owns all HOT-B intellectual property (and has occasionally revisited it in some form, such as with the The Black Bass series, the Game Boy Advance port of The Steel Empire, etc.) in addition to making its own games in many different genres and publishing others.

History

In August 2023, the arcade game Chuka Taisen (中華大仙) was announced to be one of the 10 games that will be included in the Egret II Mini Arcade Memories Vol.2 SD card.[1] Chuka Taisen (also known as Cloud Master) is one of the HOT-B intellectual properties owned by Starfish-SD.

Softography

External links

References