| name | games | status | region | founded | closed | activity | |
|---|
| Matrix Software |
13 | active | JP | 1994 | | 1997/2020 | |
| Media Rings |
23 | dead | JP | 1989 | 2007 | 1990/2002 | |
| Media Vision |
29 | | JP | 1993 | | 1993/2018 | Japanese video game developer best known for the Wild Arms series. |
| Media Works |
38 | name changed | JP | 1992 | 2008 | 1995/2008 | |
| Melroe |
1 | | JP | | | 2002/2002 | Native name: メルロー (lit. merurō) |
| Micro Cabin |
143 | | JP | 1982 | 2004 | 1982/2015 | http://www.microcabin.co.jp/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Cabin |
| Microcomputer Japan Academy |
10 | | JP | | | 1983/1983 | |
| Micronet |
53 | nomoregames | JP | 1983 | 1998 | 1983/2003 | |
| Micronics |
29 | | JP | | | 1985/1993 | Japanese contract developer. Often Micronics wasn't mentioned in the credits … |
| MileStone |
21 | dead | JP | 2003 | 2013 | 1994/2019 * | http://www.mile-stone.co.jp/ http://web.archive.org/web/20050308093852/www.mile … |
| Million |
10 | active | JP | 2001 | | 2001/2012 | In 2001 the company Million Co.Ltd. acquired the intellectual property of Technos … |
| Minakuchi Engineering |
3 | dead | JP | 1984 | | 1990/1990 | |
| Minori |
8 | | JP | | | 2002/2009 | |
| Monolith Soft |
24 | active | JP | 1999 | | 1990/2022 * | モノリスソフト Website: http://www.monolithsoft.co.jp Not to be mistaken … |
| Moonstone |
7 | active | JP | 2003 | | 2003/2011 | |
| Morning |
5 | active | JP | | | 2007/2010 | Actual name: もーにんぐ Website: http://www.morning-net.com |
| MorningStar |
25 | | JP | | | 2007/2012 | |
| MTO |
79 | active | JP | 1996 | | 1998/2008 | http://www.mto-power.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTO_(video_game_company) |
| Mutech |
4 | dead | JP | 1986 | | 1988/1990 | |
| MuuMuu |
2 | | JP | | | 1996/1997 | Ultra from 1994 to 1996 |
| Namco Bandai Games |
645 | active | JP | 2006 | | 2003/2022 * | |
| Namco |
916 | name changed | JP | 1955 | 2005 | 1974/2012 | 1955 formerly: Nakamura Manufacturing (until 1971) Video games for the Famicon … |
| Natsume |
206 | | JP | 1987 | | 1987/2022 | |
| Navel |
15 | active | JP | 2003 | | 2004/2021 | |
| Naxat |
113 | dead | JP | 1988 | 2015 | 1988/2015 | |
| NCS Masaya |
123 | active | JP | 1985 | | 1986/2019 | Sometimes is wrongly spelled Masiya, perhaps caused by the logo graphic style. |
| NEC Interchannel |
133 | dead | JP | 1987 | 2013 | 1988/2009 | Interchannel is a Japanese game developer and publisher. Previously known as NEC … |
| NEC |
177 | active | JP | 1899 | | 1983/2007 | |
| Neko Neko Software |
2 | active | JP | | | 2001/2001 | http://www.din.or.jp/~nekoneko/ |
| Neverland |
25 | | JP | 1993 | | 1993/2012 | |
| NHN Japan |
1 | active | JP | | | 2013/2013 | Parent company: NHN Hangame is the Korean counterpart, also owned by NHN. … |
| Nichibutsu |
209 | | JP | 1978 | 1995 | 1979/2013 | |
| Nihon Falcom |
148 | active | JP | 1981 | | 1982/2021 | Nihon Falcom Corporation 日本ファルコム株式会社 Nihon Farukomu Kabushiki … |
| Nikoli |
9 | active | JP | | | 2000/2012 | Nikoli Co., Ltd. Responsible for inventing a number of culture independent puzzles … |
| Nintendo EAD |
38 | dead | JP | 1983 | 2015 | 1982/2023 * | Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Division, commonly abbreviated as … |
| Nintendo |
1388 | active | JP | 1889 | | 1973/2023 | |
| Nippon Animation |
2 | | JP | | | 1994/2001 | |
| Nippon Ichi Software |
110 | active | JP | 1994 | | 1995/2022 | |
| Nitro+ |
35 | active | JP | 2005 | | 2000/2016 * | Website: http://nitroplus.co.jp |
| NMK |
28 | dead | JP | 1985 | 1999 | 1986/1995 | |
| Noise Factory |
9 | | JP | | | 1999/2015 | |
| Now Production |
47 | active | JP | 1986 | | 1986/2021 | Now Production Co., Ltd. (Stylized as NOWPRO) is a Japanese video game developer … |
| Nyaatrap |
4 | active | JP | | | 2013/2013 | Website: http://nyaatrap.blog.fc2.com |
| Office Koukan |
4 | | JP | | | 1990/1991 | |
| Omega Force |
87 | active | JP | 1996 | | 1998/2018 | Division of Koei Tecmo. |
| Otona no Douraku |
1 | | JP | | | 2013/2013 | Website: http://orenuma.h.fc2.com |
| Pack-In-Video |
102 | name changed | JP | 1970 | 1996 | 1985/1999 | In October 1996 the company was merged with the video game division of Victor Entertainment … |
| Pajamas Soft |
12 | | JP | | | 2000/2006 | |
| Pallet |
3 | | JP | | | 1997/2002 | |
| Panasonic Software Company |
41 | active | JP | | | 1993/1998 | |
