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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The game division of Toshiba-EMI Limited spun off Hamster Corporation in November 1999. On the Japanese

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Nihon Bussan was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Kita, Osaka. In the past they had also manufactured and sold yachts. The main video game brand of the company was Nichibutsu (日物、ニチブツ), with adult video games (ma ...

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City Connection is a 1985 platform game developed by NMK and published in arcades by Jaleco. It was released in North America by Kitkorp as ''Cruisin. The player controls Clarice in her Honda City hatchback and must drive over elevating roads to paint them. ...

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Field Combat is a 1985 shooter video game developed and published by Jaleco for arcades. In ''Field Combat'', the player fights as a commanding officer in a futuristic battlefield. It was ported to the Famicom by Tose, which was later re-released for the Wii ...

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Crazy Climber is a vertical scrolling arcade climbing game produced by Nichibutsu ( Nihon Bussan Co. Ltd.) and released in 1980 worldwide. In North America, the game was also released by Taito America. It was later released by UA Ltd. in 1982 for the Emerso ...

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Moon Cresta is a fixed shooter video game released by Nichibutsu for Arcade video game, arcades in 1980. In North America, it was licensed to Sega/Gremlin Industries, Gremlin and Centuri, the latter releasing it in arcades as ''Eagle''. Incentive Software p ...

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Frisky Tom ''Frisky Tom'' is a 1981 arcade video game developed by Jorudan and published by Nichibutsu. In this game, the player assumes the role of a plumber, named Tom, who is tasked with protecting and maintaining a network of plumbing pipes that route wa ...

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Rapid Angel Rapid Angel (shown on the box cover and title screen as ''The Rapid Angel''; ja, 快速天使) is an anime beat 'em up by Techno Soleil for the PlayStation. It was released in Japan on August 13, 1998. The player plays as three delivery girls who ...

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Sonic Wings Special is a 1996 vertical-scrolling shooter that combines the features in '' Sonic Wings'', '' Sonic Wings 2'', and '' Sonic Wings 3''. It was ported to arcade as ''Sonic Wings Limited'' (''Aero Fighters Special'' in North America). It runs on a Sony Z ...

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Vanguard Bandits ''Vanguard Bandits'', known in Japan as is a tactical role-playing game (RPG) for the PlayStation. The game was developed by Human Entertainment and originally released in Japan on July 30, 1998. It was published in North America by Working Desig ...

PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...

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Oretachi Gēsen Zoku is a series of 19 emulated arcade machine game titles from the 80s and 90s for PlayStation 2 published by Hamster and only available in Japan. Of the 19 games, the last two '' Thunder Cross'' (1988) and '' Trio the Punch'' (1990) were previo ...

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PlayStation 3 The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on Novemb ...

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Karate Champ ''Karate Champ'', known in Japan as , is a 1984 arcade fighting game developed by Technōs Japan (which would later developing 1995 Neo Geo titles '' Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer'' with SNK) and released by Data East. A variety of moves can be per ...

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Mr. Do! is a 1982 maze game developed by Universal. It is the first arcade video game to be released as a conversion kit for other arcade machines; Taito published the conversion kit in Japan. The game was inspired by Namco's ''Dig Dug'' released earl ...

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Ninja-Kid is the first video game in the ''Ninja-kun'' series. It was released for arcades, on the Famicom, and MSX by Jaleco in 1984. The MSX version was the only version released outside of Japan, as it was released in Europe under the name "Ninja". G ...

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Rival Turf! ''Rival Turf!'', released in Japan as , is a beat'em up video game. It was released by Jaleco in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and later on Nintendo's Virtual Console and Nintendo Switch Online service. The game is the f ...

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Wii U The Wii U ( ) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it is the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4. The W ...

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MagMax is an arcade game which was developed by Nihon Bussan and released in 1985 under its brand Nichibutsu. A horizontal scrolling shooter, players control the title hover ship in an attempt to completely construct the ship into a giant robot and to ...

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Windows 10 Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It is the direct successor to Windows 8.1, which was released nearly two years earlier. It was released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015, and later to retail on J ...

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Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. It competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation ...

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Xbox One The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third base console in the Xbox series of video game consoles. It was first released in North America, parts of ...

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