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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 been highly successful in Japan.
 
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 been highly successful in Japan.
  
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==Softography==
 
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===[[Sega Master System|Master System]]===
 
===[[Sega Master System|Master System]]===
 
*''[[Ys: The Vanished Omens]]'' (1988)
 
*''[[Ys: The Vanished Omens]]'' (1988)
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*''[[Sorcerian]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Sorcerian]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Ys III: Wanderers from Ys]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[Ys III: Wanderers from Ys]]'' (1991)
*''[[Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu]]'' (1994)
*''[[Lord Monarch]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu]]'' (1994)
*''[[Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II]]'' (1995)
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*''[[Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu II]]'' (1995)
  
===[[Sega Mega CD|Mega CD]]===
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===[[Sega Mega-CD|Mega CD]]===
 
*''[[Popful Mail]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Popful Mail]]'' (1994)
===[[Sega Saturn|Saturn]]===
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===[[Sega Saturn]]===
 
*''[[Falcom Classics]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Falcom Classics]]'' (1997)
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*''[[Shiroki Majou: Mouhitotsu no Eiyuu Densetsu]]'' (1998)
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*''[[The Legend of Heroes I & II Eiyuu Densetsu]]'' (1998)
 
*''[[Falcom Classics II]]'' (1998)
 
*''[[Falcom Classics II]]'' (1998)
  
 
===[[Sega Dreamcast|Dreamcast]]===
 
===[[Sega Dreamcast|Dreamcast]]===
*''[[Sorcerian: Apprentice of Seven Star Magic]]'' (2000)
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*''[[Sorcerian: Shichisei Mahou no Shito]]'' (2000)
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*''[[Nishikaze no Rhapsody]]'' (2001)
  
==External Links==
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==External links==
 
* [http://www.falcom.co.jp/ Falcom official website (Japanese)]
 
* [http://www.falcom.co.jp/ Falcom official website (Japanese)]
  
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==References==
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[[Category:Third-party software developers]]

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Nihon Falcom
Founded: 1981-03
Headquarters:
Japan

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 been 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. Falcom were also 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

Mega Drive

Mega CD

Sega Saturn

Dreamcast

External links

References

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