Technosoft
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| Former type | Defunct |
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| Industry | Video games industry |
| Defunct | 2001 (bought by Twenty-one Company) |
| Headquarters | Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan |
| Products | Video games |
| Website | www.tecnosoft.com (archived version 1998-06-25) |
Technosoft (also known as Tecno Soft and Techno Soft) is a Japanese video game developer that is known for the Thunder Force series of shooter games, as well as Herzog Zwei, regarded as the world's first real time strategy game.
Other notable Technosoft games include the conversion of Turbo Grafx 16 game Devil's Crush (dubbed Dragon's Fury and released in North America by Tengen), and Elemental Master.
In 2001, the company was purchased by pachinko maker Twenty-one Company and was merged into its R&D division.
In 2006, the URL Tecnosoft.com was registered and updated. However, as of January 2008, no updates other than "We will restart soon! Please wait for a while." and "THUNDERFORCE is a registered trademark." have been added to the website. However, with the announcement of Thunder Force VI, the copyright for the game has been apparently turned over to one of the series' creators and may no longer apply.
Some Technosoft staff left to start game developer CAProduction in 1993.
[edit] Known releases
- Batten Tanuki no Daibouken; MSX
- Blast Wind; Sega Saturn
- D' (pronounced "dee-dash"); MSX
- Dragon's Fury aka Devil's Crush/Devil Crash; Mega Drive/Genesis (port from PC Engine)
- Elemental Master; Mega Drive/Genesis
- Fantasic Pinball Kyutenkai; PlayStation, Sega Saturn
- Feedback; MSX
- My Garden; PlayStation
- Nagai Dankon; MSX
- Herzog; MSX
- Herzog Zwei; Mega Drive/Genesis
- Hyper Duel; Arcade game, Sega Saturn
- Hyper Reverthion; Sega Saturn
- Kaze no Oka Kouen Nite; PlayStation
- Kotetsu Reiki: Steeldom; PlayStation
- Kumi Mitachi Table Tour Cuts Set; Sega Saturn
- Kuttu Ketto; PlayStation
- Nekketsu Oyako; Sega Saturn, PlayStation
- Neorude; PlayStation
- Neorude 2; PlayStation
- Neorude: Kizamareta Monshou; PlayStation
- Omise de Tensyu; PlayStation
- Reverthion; PlayStation
- Shin Kyuugyokuden; MSX
- Steeldom; Sega Saturn
- Thunder Force; Sharp X1, NEC PC-8801, Fujitsu FM-7
- Thunder Force II; Sharp X68000, Mega Drive/Genesis
- Thunder Force III; Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade
- Thunder Force IV; Mega Drive/Genesis
- Thunder Force V; Sega Saturn, PlayStation
- Thunder Force VI; PlayStation 2
- Thunder Force AC; Arcade game
- Thunder Force Gold Pack 1 includes TF II + III; Sega Saturn
- Thunder Force Gold Pack 2 includes TF AC + IV; Sega Saturn
- Thunder Spirits slightly varied port of TF AC; Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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