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Game maker

Sunsoft

1985–1994 / mainly platformer / 49 titles

About this game maker

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

Titles
49 titles
Period
1985-1994
Formats
FC / NES / FDS
Main genre
platformer
Median price
5,300 yen
Median Famitsu score
24 points
Name used at the time
Sunsoft
Titles
49
Share released in Japan
90%
Share released overseas
24%
Share with a known price
80%
Share with a known score
29%

Titles per year

Covers the 49 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.

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What genres they are

Breakdown of the 50 titles with a known genre. Press a slice to open that genre's page.

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 49 titles with a known developer.

Sunsoft36 titlesTose Co.3 titlesASK3 titlesSanritsu…2 titlesSystem S…1 titlesQuest1 titles
1Sunsoft73%36 titles
2Tose Co.6%3 titles
3ASK6%3 titles
4Sanritsu Denki4%2 titles
5System Sacom2%1 titles
6Quest2%1 titles

Where they were released

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

1Japan44 titles
2North America12 titles
3Europe11 titles
Released in Japan too44 titlesOverseas only5 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

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

1,000,000titles

The best-selling title, "Fester's Quest". Only 1 titles have known sales figures.

1Fester's QuestWorldwide1,000,000 titles
Launch price (median)
5,300 yen
39 titles have a known price
12,000 yen range5 titles
23,000 yen range2 titles
34,000 yen range10 titles
45,000 yen range11 titles
56,000 yen range10 titles
67,000 yen range1 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 14 titles with a known score, the median was 24.

2 titles
6 titles
3 titles
3 titles
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Titles in this group (all 49)

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

Game titleFantasy Zone
1987-07-20 / shoot 'em up/ 5,300 yen / Famitsu 34 /Sunsoft
Game titleBlaster Master
1988-06-17 / platformer/ 5,300 yen / Famitsu 32 /Sunsoft
Game titleNazoler Land
1987-02-06 / video game compilation/ 2,900 yen / Famitsu 30 /Sunsoft
Game titleShanghai
1987-12-04 / mahjong solitaire video game/ 5,300 yen / Famitsu 28 /Sunsoft
Game titleMr. Gimmick
1992-01-31 / platformer/ 6,200 yen / Famitsu 26 /Sunsoft
Game titleRipple Island
1988-01-23 / adventure video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 25 /Sunsoft
Game titleAlien Syndrome
1988-12-02 / run and gun/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 24 /Sunsoft
1990-08-10 / run and gun/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 24 /Sunsoft
Game titleDead Zone
1986-11-01 / adventure video game/ 2,980 yen / Famitsu 23 /Sunsoft
1988-12-20 / shoot 'em up/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 23 /Sunsoft
1986-12-18 / Metroidvania/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 21 /Sunsoft
1990-10-26 / sports video game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 21 /Sunsoft
1991-09-27 / vehicular combat game/ 6,200 yen / Famitsu 18 /Sunsoft
Game titleBarcode World
1992-12-18 / strategy video game/ 7,200 yen / Famitsu 18 /Sunsoft
Game titleSuper Arabian
1985-07-25 / platformer/ 4,500 yen /Sunsoft
Game titleRoute-16 Turbo
1985-10-04 / maze video game/ 4,900 yen /Sunsoft
Game titleIkki
1985-11-28 / action game/ 4,900 yen /Sunsoft
1986-04-17 / platformer / Sunsoft
1986-07-03 / action-adventure game/ 4,900 yen /Sunsoft
Game titleAdian no Tsue
1986-12-12 / educational video game/ 4,900 yen /Sunsoft
1987-01-01 / Sunsoft
Game titleMarchen Veil
1987-03-03 / action role-playing game/ 3,200 yen /Sunsoft
1987-03-27 / 4,900 yen /Sunsoft
Game titleSuper Boy Allan
1987-03-27 / action-adventure game/ 4,900 yen /Sunsoft
1987-06-12 / 2,980 yen /Sunsoft
1987-08-11 / action-adventure game/ 5,300 yen /Sunsoft
1987-12-18 / quiz video game/ 2,980 yen /Sunsoft
1988-03-11 / 2,980 yen /Sunsoft
1988-08-11 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen /Sunsoft
1988-12-09 / adventure video game/ 3,200 yen /Sunsoft
Game titleSekiryūō
1989-02-10 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen /Sunsoft
Game titleAfter Burner
1989-03-30 / action game/ 6,200 yen /Sunsoft
Game titleMaharaja
1989-09-29 / adventure video game/ 6,200 yen /Sunsoft
1989-12-22 / action game/ 6,200 yen /Sunsoft
Game titleShanhai 2
1990-08-24 / puzzle video game/ 5,500 yen /Sunsoft
1990-12-14 / puzzle video game/ 6,500 yen /Sunsoft
1991-09-20 / Metroidvania/ 6,200 yen /Sunsoft
1991-12-20 / action-adventure game/ 6,500 yen /Sunsoft
1992-03-28 / action anime and manga/ 6,500 yen /Sunsoft
1993-03-19 / action game/ 4,980 yen /Sunsoft
1993-03-26 / sports video game/ 6,800 yen /Sunsoft
Game titleLemmings
1994-08-06 / puzzle video game / Sunsoft
Game titleFreedom Force
Game titlePlatoon
Game titleXenophobe
platformer / Sunsoft

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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
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