Micronics (マイクロニクス Maikuronikusu) was a Japanese

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 ...

in 1980s and 1990s. It mostly ported arcade games to the

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. Like many video game developers, Micronics didn't credit itself in its games, displaying instead only the name of the

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(with exception of '' Super Volleyball'' for the

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). While the company is not well known in the game industry, it has produced some obscure titles like ''89 Dennou Kyusei Uranai''. Kazuo (Kazzo) Yagi was the main programmer for the games during the NES era. The company hired professional musicians to compose music for its games such as Tsugutoshi Goto, Kimio Nomura, and Joe Hisaishi. The company started to develop SNES games, again uncredited. However, some of its games credited Khaos in the ROM, which is believed to have been Micronics's name while developing SNES games.

Video games

Micronics developed primarily for the

and, to a lesser extent, the

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and

Nintendo Entertainment System

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'' *89 Dennō Kyūsei Uranai'' *''

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Elevator Action is a platform shooter game released in arcades by Taito in 1983. The player assumes the role of Agent 17, a spy infiltrating a 30-story building filled with elevators and enemy agents who emerge from closed doors. The goal is to collect secret ...

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Exed Exes ''Exed Exes'' is a vertically scrolling shooter that was released in arcades in 1985 by Capcom. Gameplay ''Exed Exes'' is a vertically scrolling shooter game. Development and release It was originally published in North America as ''Savag ...

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Geimos Micronics (マイクロニクス Maikuronikusu) was a Japanese video game developer in 1980s and 1990s. It mostly ported arcade games to the Nintendo Entertainment System. Like many video game developers, Micronics didn't credit itself in its gam ...

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Ghosts 'n Goblins ''Ghosts 'n Goblins'', known in Japan as , is a run-and-gun platform video game series created by Tokuro Fujiwara and developed by Capcom. The first entry in the series was '' Ghosts 'n Goblins'', released in arcades on July 7, 1985. The seri ...

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Ikari Warriors ''Ikari Warriors'', known as in Japan, is a vertically-scrolling, run-and-gun shooter arcade video game released by SNK in 1986. It was published in North America by Tradewest. The game was released at the time when there were many ''Commando'' ...

'' *'' Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road'' *'' Miracle Ropitt: 2100-Nen no Daibōken'' *''Mottomo Abunai Deka'' *''Onyanko Town'' *''

SonSon is an arcade video game by Capcom released in July 1984. It is loosely based on the Chinese novel ''Journey to the West''. The player assumes the role of a monkey boy (who is patterned after Sun Wukong from the story) and fights their way from on ...

'' *''Stick Hunter'' *'' Super Pitfall'' *''

Thundercade ''Thundercade'', also known as ''Twin Formation'' and ", is a Scrolling shooter, vertically scrolling shooter developed by SETA Corporation, SETA and released as an arcade game in 1987. A version for the Nintendo Entertainment System from Sammy Co ...

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Tiger Heli is a vertically scrolling shooter game developed by Toaplan and released for arcades in 1985. It was published in Japan by Taito and in North America by Romstar. Controlling the titular attack helicopter, the player must fight endless waves of ...

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Twin Cobra ''Twin Cobra'', known as in Japan, is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Toaplan and released for Arcade game, arcades in 1987 by Taito in Japan and Europe, then in North America by Romstar. It is a sequel to the 1985 arcade game ''Ti ...

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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Acrobat Mission ''Acrobat Mission'' is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by UPL in 1991, licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribution. It was ported to Super Famicom in 1992. Gameplay Players started the game equipped with the defau ...

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Sega Mega Drive

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'' * '' Super Volleyball''

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External links

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