dB-SOFT
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Company type | Joint-stock company |
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Industry | Video games, Information technology |
Founded | May 2, 1980 |
Founder | Sadayuki Furuya |
Defunct | 2001 |
Fate | Merged into NetFarm Communications [ja] |
Successor | NetFarm Communications |
Headquarters | Sapporo, Hokkaido , Japan |
dB-SOFT Inc. (デービーソフト株式会社) was a Japanese software development company that was in business from 1980 to 2003 based in Sapporo, Hokkaido. They started as a video game developer, releasing titles for various home computer platforms (including the Family Computer), but subsequently left the gaming business to focus solely on programming software and tools as they entered the 1990s.[1][2]
History
The company was founded on May 2, 1980, under the name Computer Land Hokkaido, publishing video games for various home computers under the "7 Turkey" brand name.[3] In 1984, they officially changed their name to dB-SOFT, taking their new name from the decibel (dB) unit.
Some of the company's most commercially successful video games include
On August 1, 2001, dB-SOFT ceased operation after being merged into NetFarm Communications (a company founded by Reiko Furuya, Sadayaki Furuya's wife). Their former office building was sold off in 2002.
Softography
Title | Year | Platforms |
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Flappy | 1983 | X1
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Volguard | 1984 | NEC PC-8801
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Zunō Senkan Garu (stylized as GALG) |
1985 | Famicom |
Laptick | 1985 | PC-8801, PC-8001 Mk. II SR, X1, FM77AV |
Volguard II |
1985 | Famicom |
Cross Blaim | 1986 | MSX |
Laptick II | 1986 | MSX |
Layla | 1986 | Famicom |
Woody Poco | 1986 | Famicom, MSX, PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-77AV, X1 |
Tetsudō Ō | 1987 | Famicom, MSX2, FM77AV |
Produce | 1987 | PC-8801, Sharp X-1, PC-9801 |
Konyamo Asama de Powerful Mahjong 2 | 1988 | PC-8801, Sharp X68000, PC-9801, MSX |
The Story of Melroon | 1989 | PC-8801, PC-9801 |
Notes
- ^ "dB-SOFT". Universal Videogame List. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "DB Soft". GameFAQs. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ISBN 978-4-88181-832-9.
- ISBN 9781628925746.
References
- Tunick, David C. (1991). Computers and the Law. OCLC 24170258.
External links
- Official website (Waybacked)
- dB-SOFT games available at Project EGG
- dB-SOFT at Giant Bomb
- DB-SOFT at MobyGames