Arc System Works

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Arc System Works (アークシステムワークス), called just Arc until 1991, is a Japanese game developer. They primarily developed games for other companies before hitting it big on their own in the latter part of the 90s, and are now most known for the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series of fighting games. The company is also known for buying 100% of the rights of Nekketsu and Double Dragon franchises (originally from the defuncted Technos Japan) in 2015.

Many of their newer games are released in partnership with Sega of Japan.

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Master System

• Double Dragon (1988)
• Battle OutRun (1989)
• Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (programming) (1990)

Mega Drive

• Battletoads (1993)
• Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (1994)

Mega CD

• Seima Densetsu 3x3 Eyes (some programming) (1993)

Game Gear

• Taisen Mahjong HaoPai (1990)
• Taisen Mahjong HaoPai 2 (1993)
• Gamble Panic (some programming) (1995)

Saturn

• Wizards Harmony (1995)
• Wizard's Harmony 2 (1997)

Dreamcast

• Tanaka Torahiko no Uru Toraryuu Shogi: Ibisha Anaguma-hen (1999)
• Prismaticallization (2000)
• Guilty Gear X (2000)

NAOMI

• Guilty Gear X (2000)

NAOMI GD-ROM

• Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival (2002)
• Guilty Gear XX #Reload (2003)
• Guilty Gear XX Slash (2005)
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (2006)

PlayStation 2

• Guilty Gear XX Slash (2006)

PlayStation Portable

• Guilty Gear XX #Reload (2005)

Atomiswave

• Guilty Gear X Ver. 1.5 (2003)
• Guilty Gear Isuka (2004)

RingWide

• Chaos Code (2011)

Taito Type X²

• Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (2013)

RingEdge 2

• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R (2012)
• Guilty Gear Xrd: SIGN (2014)

Xbox 360

• Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (2014)

PlayStation 3

• Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (2014)

References

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