NCS Corporation
Moby ID: 4490
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NCS Corporation (Nippon Computer System) is a software company based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded on December 25, 1980, and began producing computer game software in the mid-1980s. They started using the Masaya brand name for most of their game software releases starting in 1989. Among the company's better-known franchises are Chō Aniki and Langrisser.
NCS left the games business in 2000; the rights to their IP and catalog were acquired in 2007 by Extreme, which has since kept their legacy titles in circulation.
Credited on 78 Games from 1987 to 2023
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| Assault Suits Valken: Declassified (2023 on Nintendo Switch) |
| Langrisser Millennium WS: The Last Century (2000 on WonderSwan) |
| Chō Aniki: Otoko no Tamafuda (2000 on WonderSwan) |
| Langrisser Millennium (1999 on Dreamcast) |
| Langrisser IV & V: Final Edition (1999 on PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3...) |
| Langrisser Tribute (1998 on SEGA Saturn) |
| Dream Generation: Koi ka? Shigoto ka!?... (1998 on SEGA Saturn, PlayStation) |
| Langrisser V: The End of Legend (1998 on SEGA Saturn) |
| Langrisser IV (1997 on SEGA Saturn) |
| Langrisser IV (Special Package) (1997 on SEGA Saturn) |
| Langrisser I & II (1997 on Windows, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn...) |
| Assault Suit Leynos 2 (1997 on SEGA Saturn, Windows, PlayStation 4...) |
| Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman Zero (1997 on SNES) |
| Langrisser III (1996 on SEGA Saturn, PlayStation 2) |
| Langrisser III (Shokai Genteiban) (1996 on SEGA Saturn) |
| Chō Aniki: Kyūkyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyō Otoko (1995 on SEGA Saturn, PSP, PlayStation 3...) |
| Chō Aniki: Bakuretsu Rantōden (1995 on SNES) |
| Der Langrisser (1995 on SNES, PC-FX, Windows...) |
| Ai: Chō Aniki (1995 on TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Wii U) |
| Bike Daisuki! Hashiriya Tamashī: Rider's-Spirits (1994 on SNES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4...) |
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History +
- 2000
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NCS redraws from the games industry, to concentrate on business software and internet technology.
- 1997
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NCS becomes a service partner of SAP Japan.
- 1993
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Games account for 67% of sales.
- 1989
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Sales of games software exceed NCS's business software sales. Company moves to Mitsui Building, Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company starts trading on the JASDAQ list.
- 1985
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Number of employees now pass the 100 mark. The games business is growing fast, and the Masaya brand is started.
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Trivia +
NCS is short for "Nippon Computer System".
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 70 games with Masaya
- 15 games with Winds Co., Ltd.
- 12 games with extreme Co.,Ltd.
- 10 games with Two-Five Ltd.
- 10 games with Dual Corporation
- 8 games with Cube Corporation
- 8 games with D4Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- 6 games with TENKY Co. Ltd.
- 5 games with Goblin Sound
- 5 games with Opus Studio Inc.
- 30 games with Yasumasa Shirakura
- 28 games with Toshirou Tsuchida
- 21 games with Yasuaki Yokoe
- 21 games with Michio Shibuya
- 19 games with Akio Matsuda
- 19 games with Jun Mimura
- 18 games with Taiji Hida
- 17 games with Norihiko Iwamoto
- 17 games with Norihiko Yonesaka
- 16 games with Yukihiro Higuchi
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