| name | founded | closed | country | |
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| Sachen |
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Sachen is/was? Taiwanese based & aka Thin Chen Enterprise, Thin Chin Enterprise, Joy Van, & Commin. Also seems to have ties to Hacker International. |
| Sales Curve |
1989 | 1995 | |
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| Salio |
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| Sammy |
1975 | | |
Merged with Sega in 2004 to "Sega Sammy Holdings". |
| Sanctuary Woods |
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| Sanritsu |
1982 | 1983 | |
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| Saurus |
1994 | 1998 | |
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| Scorpio Gamesworld |
1984 | 1985 | |
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| Screen 7 |
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| Sculptured Software |
1984 | | |
Bought in 1995 by Acclaim and renamed to "Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City" |
| Sears |
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| SEGA |
1973 | 2003 | |
Sega Corporation
1940
Subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings since 2004. |
| Seibu Kaihatsu |
1984 | 1996 | |
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| Seika |
1993 | | |
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| Seismic Software |
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| SemiCom |
1995 | 1999 | |
Official info:
"SEMICOM is a professional developer of arcade video game. We will do with our best to be a leading part who has a piled up KNOW-HOW to make a good video game in new millennium and we are sure that it will be a famous company with a continuous and strong labor." |
| Sensible Software |
1987 | 1996 | |
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| Sente |
1983 | 1986 | |
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| Seta |
1985 | | |
SETA Corporation (Super Entertainment and Total Amusement). |
| Shen |
1995 | | |
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| Shiny Entertainment |
1993 | | |
subsidiary of Foundation 9 Entertainment |
| Shoeisha |
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| Shueisha |
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| Sierra On-Line |
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| Sigma Team |
2003 | | |
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| Silkys (シルキーズ) |
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http://www.silkys.jp/ |
| Silmarils |
1987 | 2003 | |
Founded by Louis-Marie and Andre Rocques. |
| Silverbird |
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Budget label owned by [[company:Telecomsoft]] |
| Silversoft |
1981 | 1985 | |
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| Simon & Schuster Interactive |
1991 | 200311 | |
Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. |
| Simulmondo |
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| Sincere |
2004 | | |
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| Sinclair Research |
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| Sir-Tech |
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| skip |
? | | |
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| Small Rockets |
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| SNK |
1979 | 2001 | |
Shin Nihon Kikaku |
| SNK Playmore |
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Bought the intellectual property rights (trademark, patent,copyrights) of the former SNK. |
| Sofel |
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| Softbank |
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| Softdisk |
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| Softek |
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| SoftHouse Parsley |
2005 | | |
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| SoftSide |
197810 | 198408 | |
SoftSide Magazine
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftSide]Wikipedia article[/url] |
| Software 2000 |
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| Software Creations |
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| Software Projects |
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| Software Toolworks |
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| SoftWorld |
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| Sogna |
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| Sonalyst |
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| Sonic Team |
1988 | | |
Internal Sega development team, headed up by famed game designer Yuji Naka. Though the group already existed back in 1988 when it released Phantasy Star, Sonic Team didn't receive its official name until 1991, when it created one of the most beloved Sega franchises -- Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic team is made up of more than 70 designers, programmers. musicians and artists. |
| Sony |
1983 | 1999 | |
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| Sony Computer Entertainment |
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| Sony Imagesoft |
1989 | 1994 | |
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| Sora |
20050930 | | |
Sora Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer founded by former HAL Laboratory employee Masahiro Sakurai. It was formed in the years following Sakurai's resignation from his position at HAL Laboratory.
Sora Ltd. recently completed its first game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Development was supported by various other studios, including Game Arts and Monolith Soft. |
| Sotsu Agency |
1991 | 1996 | |
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| Spark Unlimited |
2002 | | |
http://www.sparkunlimited.com/ |
| Spectra Vision |
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| Spectravideo |
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| Spectrum Holobyte |
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| Speed |
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| Spellbound |
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| Spidersoft |
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An in-house development team of Hewson/21st Century Entertainment |
| Spiderweb |
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| Squadrad |
2004 | | |
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| Square |
1986 | 2002 | |
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| Square Enix |
20030401 | | |
Square Enix, the result of a merger between the rivals Square and Enix, is the developer/publisher of many popular japanese franchises and considered a major pop culture item in Japan. |
| SSG |
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| SSI |
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Strategic Simulations Inc |
| SSV |
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| ST Software |
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Steve Turner started out as ST Software when [[company:Hewson]] agreed to publish 3D Spacewars written for the [[platform:Spectrum]]. |
| Starbreeze |
1998 | | |
Starbreeze AB
formerly: O3 Games
merger: Starbreeze Studios AB (2001) |
| Starbreeze Studios |
1999 | | |
Starbreeze Studios AB
formerly: Triton (demoscene group)
subsidiary of Starbreeze AB |
| Starbyte |
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| Starcraft |
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| Starlight |
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| Starpath |
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| Status |
1982 | 1991 | |
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| Stern |
1980 | 1984 | |
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| Sting |
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| Strata |
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| Strategy First |
1990 | | |
A rather controversial game publisher. |
| Studio Angel |
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| Studio e.Go! |
| | |
a.k.a. Studio Ego!
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| Studio Insane |
2004 | | |
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| Studio Miris |
2004 | | |
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| Studio Mobius |
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| Success |
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| Sun Electronics |
1981 | 1987 | |
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| Sunflowers |
1993 | 200704 | |
a.k.a. Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software
Bought out by [[company:Ubisoft]] |
| Sunrise |
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| Sunsoft |
1971 | | |
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| Supercharger System |
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| Superior Software |
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| Surreal Software |
1995 | | |
subsidiary of Midway Games (since 2004/04) |
| Sweet Heart |
2005 | | |
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| Synapse |
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| System 3 |
1984 | | |
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| System Soft |
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