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Taito

1973 / 1953 tot 6 1974 / 1953 tot 9 1975 / 1953 tot 14 1976 / 1953 tot 23 1977 / 1953 tot 28 1978 / 1953 tot 33 1979 / 1953 tot 40 1980 / 1953 tot 51 1981 / 1953 tot 63 1982 / 1953 tot 80 1983 / 1953 tot 96 1984 / 1953 tot 117 1985 / 1953 tot 143 1986 / 1953 tot 174 1987 / 1953 tot 210 1988 / 1953 tot 266 1989 / 1953 tot 325 1990 / 1953 tot 389 1991 / 1953 tot 435 1992 / 1953 tot 479 1993 / 1953 tot 508 1994 / 1953 tot 542 1995 / 1953 tot 569 1996 / 1953 tot 591 1997 / 1953 tot 623 1998 / 1953 tot 643 1999 / 1953 tot 673 2000 / 1953 tot 698 2001 / 1953 tot 712 2002 / 1953 tot 727 2003 / 1953 tot 740 2004 / 1953 tot 752 2005 / 1953 tot 792 2006 / 1953 tot 824 2007 / 1953 tot 839 2008 / 1953 tot 847 2009 / 1953 tot 868 2010 / 1953 tot 875 2011 / 1953 tot 879 2012 / 1953 tot 881 2014 / 1953 tot 882 2015 / 1953 tot 884 2016 / 1953 tot 885 2017 / 1953 tot 887 2020 / 1953 tot 888 2021 / 1953 tot 894
Founded in 1953 last activity in 2021
Status: active
Country: Japan
905
games
49
active years
18.2
per year
aka(s): Taito Corporation

Subsidiary of Square Enix since September 2005.

It is known for Arkanoid, BlazBlue, Bubble Bobble, Castle Shikigami, Chase HQ, Cooking Mama, Darius, Densha de Go, Double Dragon, Dragon Quest, Half-Life, Kiki Kai Kai, Kunio-kun, Langrisser, Lufia, Mega Man, Mr. Do!, Mushihime-sama, Nekketsu, Ninja-kun, Ongakukan Train Simulator, Operation Wolf, Pac-Man, Psychic Force, Puzzle Bobble, Raiden, Rastan, Ray~, SIMPLE 1500, SIMPLE 2000, Space Invaders, Street Fighter, Wizardry, Ys

Releases per year

19736
19743
19755
19769
19775
19785
19797
198011
198112
198217
198316
198421
198526
198631
198736
198856
198959
199064
199146
199244
199329
199434
199527
199622
199732
199820
199930
200025
200114
200215
200313
200412
200540
200632
200715
20088
200921
20107
20114
20122
20141
20152
20161
20172
20201
20216
894 video games with valid date were considered (98.7%)

Overall rankings

22
188
94
24
2

Common gametypes

shooter23%action/reflex15%platformer12%puzzle8%sport6%other33%

Top platforms

Arcade 380
NES 67
PS2 44
PS 41
SNES 34
Nintendo DS 29
PC Engine 23
GB 20
PSP 20
GBC 19
Saturn 18
Mega Drive 17
iOS 14
MS-DOS 12
Wii 10
Rastan Saga (Arcade)
Rastan Saga
ARCD 1987
Twin Cobra (Arcade)
Twin Cobra
ARCD 1987
Bubble Bobble (Arcade)
Bubble Bobble
ARCD 1986
Arkanoid (Arcade)
Arkanoid
ARCD 1986-07
The Flintstones (Mega Drive)
The Flintstones
GEN 1993-08
Xain'D Sleena (Arcade)
Xain'D Sleena
ARCD 1986
Bubble Bobble (Master System)
Bubble Bobble
SMS 1988-07-02
Superman (Arcade)
Superman
ARCD 1988
Flying Shark (Arcade)
Flying Shark
ARCD 1987
Phoenix (Arcade)
Phoenix
ARCD 1980
Super Space Invaders (MS-DOS)
Super Space Invaders
DOS 1992
Truxton (Arcade)
Truxton
ARCD 1988

Taito best rated games

Puzzle De Pon! R1997neo
Battle Gear 42005arcd
RayStorm1996arcd
RayStorm1997sat
Hat Trick Hero 21994snes
Superman1988arcd
Bust-a-Move1995neo
Bubble Bobble: Old & New2002gba
Psychic Force EX1996arcd
Ashita no Joe1990arcd

Taito worst games

Space Invaders1985nes
Balloon Bomber1980arcd
Front Line1985nes
The Flintstones: The Treasure of Sierra Madrock1994snes
Renegade1989ocs

Related groups

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