ISCO (イスコ), short for "Intelligent System Corporation" was a
video game developer
A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...
company, with many of its games subcontracted down to other developers.
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Games developed
Arcade
* ''ピザストーリー'' (year unknown; genre ETC)
Genesis
* ''
Midnight Resistance
is a side-scrolling run and gun game produced by Data East and released in arcades in 1989. ''Midnight Resistance'' is set in a dystopian future where the player controls a member of a resistance movement who goes on a mission to rescue his kidn ...
'' (for
Data East; subcontracted to Opera House; 1990)
* ''
Verytex
is a vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by Opera House, with the assistance of ISCO, and published by Asmik Ace Entertainment exclusively for the Mega Drive in Japan on 5 April 1991. Taking place on the colonized fictional plane ...
'' (for Asmik; subcontracted to Opera House; 1991)
* ''
Two Crude Dudes
''Two Crude'', released in Asia as is a 1990 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. It was a follow-up to ''Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja'' (1988). The game was later ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1992. Outside Japan, ...
'' (for Data East; subcontracted to Opera House; 1991)
* ''
Master of Monsters
''Master of Monsters'' is a turn-based strategy game developed by SystemSoft for the MSX and NEC PC8801. It was ported to a variety of consoles and PCs including the PC Engine CD, NEC PC9801, and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. While it never had ...
'' (for
Toshiba EMI; subcontracted to Opera House; 1991)
* ''
Captain America and the Avengers'' (for Data East; subcontracted to Opera House; 1992)
Game Gear
* ''
Side Pocket
is a pocket billiards simulation released as an arcade video game by Data East in 1986. It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, while an enhanced remake was later released on the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainmen ...
'' (for Data East; subcontracted to Opera House; 1994)
Saturn
* マイ・ベスト・フレンズ (''
My Best Friends: St. Andrew Jogakuin Hen'' (for Atlus; 1996)?)
* ''
Game-Ware 3 Gou'' (ピピットボーイの大冒険３) (for
General Entertainment; 1996)
* ''
AI Igo'' (for
ASCII Something Good; 1997)
* ''
Game-Ware 4 Gou'' (窓拭き職人ゴンドラ君) (for General Entertainment; 1997)
*
GW４（ピピットボーイの大冒険４） (page says Game-Ware 4 Gou, picture shows Game-Ware 5 Gou)
* ''
Deep Fear'' ("ムービー" (video production?) and PAL conversion) (for
Sega
is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
; 1998)
TurboGrafx-16
* ''
Drop Off
''Drop Off'' is a '' Breakout'' clone by Data East. The game was published in 1990 for the PC Engine as ''Drop Rock Hora Hora'' and subsequently saw a US release for the TurboGrafx-16 as ''Drop Off''.
Gameplay
The game is a '' Breakout'' clo ...
'' (for Data East; subcontracted to Cream; 1990)
Windows, Unknown Publisher
* 映画監督物語 (simulation game) (KSS?)
* お父さんのための競馬２ (simulation game)
* お父さんのための競馬 (simulation game)
References
Video game companies of Japan