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'''Sunsoft''' (サンソフト) is a Japanese video game development company founded on April 16, 1971 as a division of Sun Corporation, itself a division of Sun Electronics. They have been responsible for developing and publishing numerous games since 1978, including several [[Sega]]-licensed games. Interestingly they were also responsible for porting several Sega games to the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan.
 
  
For reasons unknown, all Japanese [[Sega Mega Drive]] games published by Sunsoft resemble their Famicom game covers — their covers printed backwards, the front being on the left of the spine, rather than the right, and cases around the size of the cartridge.
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''Sun Electronics'' (サン電子) is a Japanese company founded on April 16, 1971. '''Sunsoft''' (サンソフト)  is their video game label. They have been responsible for developing and publishing numerous games since 1978, including several [[Sega]]-licensed games. Interestingly they were also responsible for porting several Sega games to the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan.
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For reasons unknown, all Japanese [[Sega Mega Drive]] games published by Sunsoft resemble their Famicom game covers — their covers printed backwards (except in [[Panorama Cotton]]), the front being on the left of the spine, rather than the right, and cases around the size of the cartridge.
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After [[Telenet Japan]] defuncted, Sunsoft purchased most of the company's intelectual properties.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
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* ''[[Superman]]'' (1992)
 
* ''[[Superman]]'' (1992)
 
* ''[[Super Fantasy Zone]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Super Fantasy Zone]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Blaster Master 2]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Aero the Acro-Bat]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Aero the Acro-Bat]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Flashback: The Quest for Identity]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Flashback: The Quest for Identity]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]'' (1994)
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===[[Saturn]]===
 
===[[Saturn]]===
* ''[[Myst]]'' (1995)
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*''[[Myst]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Jewels of the Oracle]]'' (1995)
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*''[[Hebereke's Popoitto]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Ou-chan no Oekaki Logic]]'' (1995)
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*''[[Game no Tatsujin]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors]]'' (1996)
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*''[[Game no Tetsujin The Shanghai]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean]]'' (1997)
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*''[[Jewels of the Oracle]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Waku Waku 7]]'' (1997)
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*''[[O-chan no Oekaki Logic]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Astra Superstars]]'' (1998)
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*''[[Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Riven: The Sequel to Myst]]'' (1998)
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*''[[Hissatsu Pachinko Collection]]'' (1996)
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*''[[Game no Tatsujin 2]]'' (1996)
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*''[[Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean]]'' (1996)
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*''[[Waku Waku 7]]'' (1997)
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*''[[Photo Genic]]'' (1998)
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*''[[Riven: The Sequel to Myst]]'' (1998)
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*''[[Astra Superstars]]'' (1998)
  
 
===[[Sega Titan Video]]===
 
===[[Sega Titan Video]]===
* ''[[Shanghai: The Great Wall]]'' (1995)
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* ''[[Shanghai: Triple-Threat]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Karaoke Quiz Intro Don Don!]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Karaoke Quiz Intro Don Don!]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Astra Super Stars]]'' (1998)
 
* ''[[Astra Super Stars]]'' (1998)
 
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==External Links==
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==External links==
 
*[http://www.sun-denshi.co.jp/soft/ Japanese website]
 
*[http://www.sun-denshi.co.jp/soft/ Japanese website]
 
*[http://www.sunsoftgames.com/ North American website]
 
*[http://www.sunsoftgames.com/ North American website]
  
[[Category:Third-Party Development Companies]]
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==References==
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{{NECRetro}}
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Revision as of 19:57, 12 December 2017

Sun Electronics (サン電子) is a Japanese company founded on April 16, 1971. Sunsoft (サンソフト) is their video game label. They have been responsible for developing and publishing numerous games since 1978, including several Sega-licensed games. Interestingly they were also responsible for porting several Sega games to the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan.

For reasons unknown, all Japanese Sega Mega Drive games published by Sunsoft resemble their Famicom game covers — their covers printed backwards (except in Panorama Cotton), the front being on the left of the spine, rather than the right, and cases around the size of the cartridge.

After Telenet Japan defuncted, Sunsoft purchased most of the company's intelectual properties.

Softography

External links

References

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