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Game maker

Taito

1990–2002 / mainly puzzle video game / 30 titles

About this game maker

A record of the titles released on Game Boy. Every figure is an actual count.

Titles
30 titles
Period
1990-2002
Formats
GB / GBC
Main genre
puzzle video game
Median price
3,800 yen
Median Famitsu score
21 points
Name used at the time
Taito
Titles
30
Share released in Japan
83%
Share released overseas
60%
Share with a known price
83%
Share with a known score
17%

Titles per year

Covers the 30 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 29 titles with a known genre. Press a slice to open that genre's page.

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 37 titles with a known developer.

Taito20 titlesAct Japan2 titlesI.T.L2 titlesAtelier …2 titlesCrawfish…1 titlesKID1 titles
1Taito54%20 titles
2Act Japan5%2 titles
3I.T.L5%2 titles
4Atelier Double5%2 titles
5Crawfish Interactive3%1 titles
6KID3%1 titles

Where they were released

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

1Japan25 titles
2North America18 titles
3Europe16 titles
Released in Japan too25 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, "Supesu Inbeda". Only 1 titles have known sales figures.

1Supesu InbedaWorldwide1,000,000 titles
Launch price (median)
3,800 yen
25 titles have a known price
13,000 yen range20 titles
24,000 yen range4 titles
35,000 yen range1 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 5 titles with a known score, the median was 21.

1 titles
4 titles
15s
20s

Titles in this group (all 30)

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

Game titleSupesu Inbeda
1990-03-30 / shoot 'em up/ 3,000 yen / Famitsu 19 /Taito
2002-03-08 / role-playing video game/ 4,300 yen / Famitsu 24 /Taito
Game titleBaburu Boburu
1990-12-07 / platformer/ 3,600 yen / Famitsu 23 /Taito
Game titleFurippuru
1990-03-16 / arcade/ 3,000 yen / Famitsu 21 /Taito
1993-05-28 / platformer/ 3,600 yen / Famitsu 20 /Taito
Game titleDarius
1990-03-16 / shoot 'em up/ 3,600 yen /Taito
1990-06-27 / 3,400 yen /Taito
Game titlePazunikku
1990-07-31 / puzzle video game/ 3,400 yen /Taito
Game titleTaito Cheisu Hq
1991-01-11 / racing video game/ 3,500 yen /Taito
Game titleErebeta Akushon
1991-08-09 / action game/ 3,400 yen /Taito
Game titleNaito Kuesuto
1991-09-13 / role-playing video game/ 3,600 yen /Taito
Game titleSagaia
1991-12-13 / shoot 'em up/ 3,600 yen /Taito
Game titleRingu Reiji
1993-01-29 / sports video game/ 3,900 yen /Taito
1994-04-01 / 5,900 yen /Taito
1997-02-28 / 3,800 yen /Taito
1998-04-10 / puzzle video game/ 3,500 yen /Taito
Game titlePuchi Karatto
1999-04-23 / puzzle video game/ 3,800 yen /Taito
1999-09-23 / role-playing video game/ 3,980 yen /Taito
1999-10-22 / puzzle video game/ 3,980 yen /Taito
Game titleMonkey Puncher
2000-03-24 / strategy video game/ 3,980 yen /Taito
Game titlePazuru Boburu 4
2000-04-28 / puzzle video game/ 3,800 yen /Taito
Game titleSupesu Inbeda X
2000-09-29 / shoot 'em up/ 3,980 yen /Taito
2000-12-22 / role-playing video game/ 4,200 yen /Taito
2001-03-02 / role-playing video game/ 4,500 yen /Taito
2001-09-07 / role-playing video game/ 4,800 yen /Taito
action game / Taito

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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
Sources: TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), speedrun.com (https://www.speedrun.com/)