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Game maker

Taito

1985–1994 / mainly platformer / 69 titles

About this game maker

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

Titles
69 titles
Period
1985-1994
Formats
NES / FC / FDS
Main genre
platformer
Median price
5,900 yen
Median Famitsu score
23 points
Name used at the time
Taito
Titles
69
Share released in Japan
90%
Share released overseas
43%
Share with a known price
86%
Share with a known score
32%

Titles per year

Covers the 69 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 77 titles with a known genre. Press a slice to open that genre's page.

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 75 titles with a known developer.

Taito24 titlesTose Co.7 titlesDaiei Se…7 titlesNatsume6 titlesSoftware…4 titlesI.T.L3 titles
1Taito32%24 titles
2Tose Co.9%7 titles
3Daiei Seisakusho9%7 titles
4Natsume8%6 titles
5Software Creations5%4 titles
6I.T.L4%3 titles

Where they were released

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

1Japan62 titles
2North America30 titles
3Europe15 titles
Released in Japan too62 titlesOverseas only7 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

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

No titles here have known sales figures.

Launch price (median)
5,900 yen
59 titles have a known price
12,000 yen range1 titles
23,000 yen range8 titles
34,000 yen range7 titles
45,000 yen range30 titles
56,000 yen range12 titles
67,000 yen range1 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 22 titles with a known score, the median was 23.

16 titles
6 titles
20s
25s

Titles in this group (all 69)

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

1986-04-18 / action game/ 2,980 yen / Famitsu 29 /Taito
Game titleBubble Bobble
1987-10-30 / platformer/ 3,900 yen / Famitsu 28 /Taito
Game titleDemon Sword
1988-03-29 / action game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 27 /Taito
1987-10-23 / role-playing video game/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 26 /Taito
Game titleRainbow Islands
1988-07-26 / platformer/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 25 /Taito
Game titleInsector X
1990-09-21 / shoot 'em up/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 25 /Taito
Game titleKyonshis 2
1987-09-25 / action-adventure game/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 24 /Taito
Game titleWardner no Mori
1988-03-25 / platformer/ 3,300 yen / Famitsu 24 /Taito
1989-12-08 / racing video game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 24 /Taito
Game titleReplicart
1988-02-26 / action game/ 3,500 yen / Famitsu 23 /Taito
Game titleYū Maze
1988-10-28 / action game/ 3,300 yen / Famitsu 23 /Taito
Game titleDon Doko Don
1990-03-09 / action game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /Taito
Game titlePower Blade
1990-04-20 / platformer/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /Taito
1990-08-10 / platformer/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /Natsume
Game titleToki
1991-07-19 / platformer/ 6,800 yen / Famitsu 23 /Taito
Game titleLittle Samson
1992-06-26 / action game/ 6,800 yen / Famitsu 23 /Taito
Game titleKick and Run
1988-09-13 / association football video game/ 3,300 yen / Famitsu 22 /Taito
1989-03-17 / life simulation game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 22 /Taito
Game titleOperation Wolf
1989-03-31 / shoot 'em up/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 22 /Taito
Game titleChuuka Taisen
1989-09-22 / action game/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 21 /Taito
Game titleFlipull
1989-12-15 / arcade/ 3,900 yen / Famitsu 21 /Taito
1993-03-05 / platformer/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 20 /Taito
Game titleSpace Invaders
1985-04-17 / shoot 'em up/ 4,500 yen /Taito
Game titleChack'n Pop
1985-05-24 / platformer/ 4,500 yen /Taito
Game titleElevator Action
1985-06-28 / action game/ 4,900 yen /Taito
Game titleFront Line
1985-08-01 / shoot 'em up/ 4,500 yen /Taito
Game titleSky Destroyer
1985-11-14 / shoot 'em up/ 4,500 yen /Taito
Game titleGyrodine
1986-03-13 / shoot 'em up/ 4,900 yen /Taito
1986-08-08 / action game/ 4,900 yen /Taito
1986-12-10 / action-adventure game/ 5,300 yen /Taito
Game titleArkanoid
1986-12-26 / Breakout clone/ 5,400 yen /Taito
Game titleSky Shark
1987-03-06 / vertically scrolling shooter / Taito
1987-06-30 / role-playing video game/ 5,500 yen /Taito
1987-08-28 / shoot 'em up/ 3,800 yen /Taito
1987-09-03 / platformer / Taito
1987-12-18 / racing video game/ 5,500 yen /Taito
1988-03-08 / Breakout clone/ 5,900 yen /Taito
1988-11-25 / board video game/ 5,800 yen /Taito
1988-12-16 / sports video game/ 5,500 yen /Taito
Game titleAkira
1988-12-24 / adventure video game/ 6,800 yen /Taito
Game titleHalley Wars
1989-01-14 / shoot 'em up/ 3,300 yen /Taito
Game titleGolf-kko Open
1989-11-25 / sports video game/ 5,900 yen /Taito
Game titleBurai Fighter
1990-07-20 / side-scrolling video game/ 5,900 yen /Taito
Game titleWorld Champ
1990-12-07 / sports video game/ 6,800 yen /Visco Corporation
1991-03-01 / sports video game/ 6,900 yen /Taito
1991-03-22 / board video game/ 5,900 yen /Taito
1991-04-26 / basketball video game/ 5,900 yen /Taito
1991-05-24 / shoot 'em up/ 7,400 yen /Taito
Game titleSD Keiji Blader
1991-08-02 / role-playing video game/ 6,400 yen /Taito
1991-12-20 / board video game/ 6,400 yen /Taito
Game titleDon Doko Don 2
1992-01-31 / action game/ 5,900 yen /Taito
1992-03-19 / sports video game/ 6,900 yen /Taito
1992-04-24 / platformer/ 5,900 yen /Taito
1992-08-07 / platformer/ 6,800 yen /Taito
Game titlePower Blade 2
1992-09-29 / platformer/ 5,900 yen /Taito
1993-04-23 / platformer/ 6,800 yen /Taito
Game titleHit the Ice
1993-12-31 / ice hockey video game / Taito
Game titleKick Master
action game / Taito
Game titleQix
action game / Taito

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
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