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'''Game Bank''' (ゲームバンク). Before 1998 they published Saturn games as '''Soft Bank''' (ソフトバンク) which was the name of a subsidiary.
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{{sub-stub}}'''SoftBank''' (ソフトバンク) is a Japanese multimedia and telephony company.
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They published many books about PC and Video games from 1981. They were spun off the publishing division in 1999 to '''SoftBank Publishing''' (ソフトバンク パブリッシング), and renamed in 2005 to '''SoftBank Creative''' (ソフトバンク クリエイティブ).
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In the 1990s they published games as both '''Soft Bank''' and as '''Game Bank''' (ゲームバンク). In the 2000s they started a mobile phone subsidiary, ''SoftBank Mobile''.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
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===[[Saturn]]===
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{{CompanyHistoryAll|SoftBank|Game Bank}}
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* ''[[AI Shougi]]'' (1995 - SB)
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* ''[[Wipeout]]'' (1996 - SB)
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==Books==
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* ''[[Destruction Derby]]'' (1996 - SB)
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{{multicol|
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* ''[[Area 51]]'' (1997 - SB)
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{{CompanyHistory|SoftBank|SoftBank Creative|SoftBank Publishing|Nihon SoftBank|format=book|role=Publisher}}
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* ''[[Simulation Zoo]]'' (1997 - SB)
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* ''[[Krazy Ivan]]'' (1997 - SB)
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* ''[[Doom]]'' (1997 - SB)
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===[[:Category:Magazines|Magazines]]===
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* ''[[Assault Rigs]]'' (1997 - SB)
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{{CompanyHistory|{{PAGENAME}}|SoftBank Publishing|SoftBank Creative|format=Magazine}}
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* ''[[Wipeout XL]]'' (1998 - GB)
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* ''[[Primal Rage]]'' (1998 - GB)
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==Gallery==
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* ''[[Hexen]]'' (1998 - GB)
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<gallery>
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SoftBank logo 1981.svg|1981 logo
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SoftBank logo 2005.svg|2005 logo
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SoftBank logo 2011.svg|2011 logo
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== External Links ==
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*[http://www.sbcr.jp/ SoftBank Creative Official website] (Japanese)
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/19981212034324/http://www0.gamebank.co.jp/ Gamebank (old) Official website] (Japanese; archived)
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==References==
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<references />
  
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SoftBank
Founded: 1981
T-series code: T-186
Headquarters:
Japan

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SoftBank (ソフトバンク) is a Japanese multimedia and telephony company.

They published many books about PC and Video games from 1981. They were spun off the publishing division in 1999 to SoftBank Publishing (ソフトバンク パブリッシング), and renamed in 2005 to SoftBank Creative (ソフトバンク クリエイティブ).

In the 1990s they published games as both Soft Bank and as Game Bank (ゲームバンク). In the 2000s they started a mobile phone subsidiary, SoftBank Mobile.

Softography

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Saturn

Books

Magazines

Gallery

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External Links

References

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