Nihon Falcom Corporation
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Nihon Falcom Corporation (日本ファルコム株式会社 Nihon Farukomu Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese computer game company. The company was founded in March of 1981 by their president, Masayuki Kato. Falcom has played a definite role in the growth and development of the Japanese personal computer software industry. The company released the first Japanese computer role-playing game in 1983 and followed with real-time action and adventure games as well as games with fully developed soundtracks.
Their flagship titles include the Dragon Slayer and Ys series. While most of Falcom's games have been ported to various video game consoles of all generations, they have only developed a few non-PC video games themselves.
- (1984) Dragon Slayer
- (1985) Asteka
- (1985) Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II (NEC PC-8801 mkII SR)
- (1986) Romancia: Dragon Slayer Jr. (Sharp X1c)
- (1987) Asteka II: Templo del Sol (NEC PC-8801)
- (1987) Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family (MSX)
- (1987) Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished (NEC PC-9801)
- (1988) Sorcerian
- (1988) Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter
- (1989) Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes
- (1989) Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
- (1991) Popful Mail (NEC PC-9801)
- (1993) The Legend of Xanadu (Dragon Slayer VIII) (PC Engine Super CD-ROM²)
- (1995) The Legend of Xanadu II (Dragon Slayer VIII) (PC Engine Super CD-ROM²)
- (1995) Ys V: Kefin, The Lost City of Sand (Super Famicom)
- (2002) The Legends of Heroes VI: Sora no Kiseki FC
- (2004) Gurumin (PC)
- (2005) Ys: The Oath in Felghana
- (2006) The Legends of Heroes VI: Sora no Kiseki SC
- (2007) The Legends of Heroes VI: Sora no Kiseki the 3rd
All the other Falcom games that have appeared on various video game systems have been ported or developed by other companies, such as NEC, Hudson Soft, Epoch, Tokyo Shoseki (aka Tonkin House), Sega, RIOT, Victor, KOEI and Konami (among others).
- Falcom Home Page (Japanese)
- Ancient Land of Ys (English)
- Vantage Master Online (English)
- VM Japan (Japanese)
- Lord Monarch (English)
- Zwei!! (Japanese)