Nihon Falcom

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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 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.

[edit] Partial Gameography

System indicated reflects the first release (or concurrent releases) of the game.

(1984) Dragon Slayer (PC-8001/PC-8801)
(1985) Asteka (PC-8801)
(1985) Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II (PC-8801)
(1986) Romancia: Dragon Slayer Jr. (PC-8801)
(1987) Asteka II: Templo del Sol (PC-8801)
(1987) Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family (MSX/MSX2)
(1987) Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC-8801)
(1988) Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter (PC-8801)
(1988) Sorcerian (PC-8801)
(1989) Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (PC-8801/PC-9801)
(1989) Dragon Slayer VI: The Legend of Heroes (PC-8801/PC-9801)
(1991) Popful Mail (PC-8801/PC-9801)
(1991) Brandish (PC-8801/PC-9801)
(1992) Dragon Slayer VII: The Legend of Heroes II (PC-8801/PC-9801)
(1994) Dragon Slayer VIII: The Legend of Xanadu (PC Engine)
(1994) The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch (PC-9801)
(1994) Popful Mail (Super Famicom)
(1995) The Legend of Xanadu II: The Last of Dragon Slayer (PC Engine)
(1995) Ys V: Kefin, The Lost City of Sand (Super Famicom)
(1996) The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermillion (Windows PC)
(1997) Sorcerian Forever (Windows PC)
(1999) Sorcerian Original (Windows PC)
(1999) The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean (Windows PC)
(2003) Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (Windows PC)
(2004) The Legend of Heroes VI: Sora no Kiseki (Windows PC)
(2004) Gurumin (Windows PC)
(2005) Ys: The Oath in Felghana (Windows PC)

Many Falcom games have been licensed and developed by other companies such as NEC, Hudson Soft, Epoch, Tokyo Shoseki (aka Tonkin House), Sega, RIOT, Victor, KOEI and Konami, for various PC and video game systems.