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Psikyo was a Japanese video game
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known for its
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s and undressing
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games. It was founded in 1992 by former
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staff who worked on the ''
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'' series. Psikyo was mainly an
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developer, and ported some of their games to home consoles as well. Psikyo was acquired by X-Nauts in 2002. In 2003, it was reported that Psikyo was shutting down. Shortly afterwards, X-Nauts stated this news was wrong. Games would continue to be released under the Psikyo label, but would be outsourced to other teams. In 2007, Psikyo programming veteran Keiyuki Haragami started a company called Zerodiv to handle distribution of Psikyo's catalog. In March 2019, Zerodiv was acquired by City Connection.


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Psikyo label games not developed by Psikyo


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Official website (Psikyo)



Psikyo
at Arcade-History.com
PSIKYO 1ST GENERATION HARDWARE
at System16 - The Arcade Museum
PSIKYO SH2 HARDWARE
at System16 - The Arcade Museum
Psikyo (Company)
at UVList
Hitachi SH-2 arcade hardware
at UVList
Two 1997 Psikyo Developer Interviews
at shmuplations.com
Psikyo's (Company) game retrospectives
at HG101
X-Naut.Psikyo
at MobyGames
Psikyo (Company)
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