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Game maker

BPS

1987–1992 / mainly puzzle video game / 7 titles

About this game maker

A record of the Famicom titles this company released. All figures were counted directly.

Titles
7 titles
Period
1987-1992
Formats
FC / NES / FDS
Main genre
puzzle video game
Median price
5,500 yen
Median Famitsu score
25 points
Name used at the time
BPS
Titles
7
Share released in Japan
86%
Share released overseas
57%
Share with a known price
86%
Share with a known score
29%

Titles per year

Covers the 7 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.

87889091922

What genres they are

Breakdown of the 9 titles with a known genre. Press a slice to open that genre's page.

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 8 titles with a known developer.

BPS4 titlesNintendo1 titlesDistinct…1 titlesChunsoft1 titlesVirgin M…1 titles
1BPS50%4 titles
2Nintendo12%1 titles
3Distinctive Software12%1 titles
4Chunsoft12%1 titles
5Virgin Mastertronic12%1 titles

Where they were released

1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.

1Japan6 titles
2North America4 titles
3Europe1 titles
Released in Japan too6 titlesOverseas only1 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.

8,000,000titles

The best-selling title, "Tetris". Only 1 titles have known sales figures.

1TetrisWorldwide8,000,000 titles
Launch price (median)
5,500 yen
6 titles have a known price
14,000 yen range1 titles
25,000 yen range4 titles
36,000 yen range1 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 2 titles with a known score, the median was 25.

2 titles
25s

Titles by department

A breakdown of the titles whose developing department or team is known. Every figure is an actual count.

Nintendo R&D1 (1 titles)
Tetris

Titles in this group (all 7)

Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.

Game titleTetris
1988-12-22 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen /BPS
1988-07-14 / role-playing video game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 25 /BPS
Game titleHatris
1990-07-06 / puzzle video game/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 25 /BPS
1987-04-14 / table game/ 5,500 yen /BPS
1991-12-13 / puzzle video game/ 6,500 yen /BPS
1992-10-16 / strategy video game/ 5,500 yen /BPS

Related terms

Links to related pages.

Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
Sources: TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), speedrun.com (https://www.speedrun.com/)