ASCII

1981 / 1977 tot 5 1982 / 1977 tot 18 1983 / 1977 tot 43 1984 / 1977 tot 74 1985 / 1977 tot 104 1986 / 1977 tot 138 1987 / 1977 tot 166 1988 / 1977 tot 175 1989 / 1977 tot 189 1990 / 1977 tot 204 1991 / 1977 tot 216 1992 / 1977 tot 225 1993 / 1977 tot 236 1994 / 1977 tot 246 1995 / 1977 tot 258 1996 / 1977 tot 275 1997 / 1977 tot 293 1998 / 1977 tot 310 1999 / 1977 tot 325 2000 / 1977 tot 333 2001 / 1977 tot 337 2008 / 1977 tot 339 2010 / 1977 tot 340 2011 / 1977 tot 341
Founded in 1977 closed in 2008
Status: bought
Country: Japan
aka(s): ASCII Corporation

ASCII Corporation was a publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. It became a subsidiary of Kadokawa Group Holdings in 2004, and merged with another Kadokawa subsidiary Media Works on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works.

It is known for 194x, Black Bass, Bomberman, Dai Senryaku, Dark Savant, Derby Stallion series, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Itadaki Street, J.B. Harold, King's Field, Master of Monsters, Megami Tensei, Power DoLLS, Psychic War Series, Wizardry, Zanac

Releases per year

19815
198213
198325
198431
198530
198634
198728
19889
198914
199015
199112
19929
199311
199410
199512
199617
199718
199817
199915
20008
20014
20082
20101
20111

341 video games with valid date were considered (97.4%)

Overall rankings

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19
11
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3

Common gametypes

role-play20%puzzle11%action/reflex9%shooter9%strategy6%other41%

Top platforms

MICRO 7 - FM7 65
MSX 49
PS 42
NEC PC9801 35
SNES 30
NEC PC8801 23
NES 22
MSX2 13
Sharp X1 10
GB 9
Saturn 9
GBC 5
X68000 5
Windows 4
Dreamcast 3