Aicom was a Japanese

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, founded in 1988, possibly by a group that left

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. Despite evidence to support this, the Sammy corporate website lists 1990 as the first year and that it was a subsidiary. It was bought by Sammy Industry in 1992. Their games include ''

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'', ''

Totally Rad ''Totally Rad'', known in Japan as , is an action-adventure game developed by Aicom and published by Jaleco for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released in Japan on September 28, 1990, in Europe in 1990 and in North America on ...

'' and '' Vice: Project Doom'' on the

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, '' Blaster Master Boy'' for the

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and '' Pulstar'' for

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. Aicom broke off from Sammy in 1996, and with funding from

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, became Yumekobo, producing games mainly for SNK systems.

List of Aicom games

This is a list of Aicom games arranged by release date, the order in regions specifies where it was released first. This list does not include Yumekobo label games.

List of Yumekobo games

This is a list of Yumekobo games arranged by release date, the order in regions specifies where it was released first. This list does not include Aicom label games.

References

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