Psikyo

nihongo|Psikyo|彩京|saikyō is a Japanese video game company started in 1992. Psikyo is an off-shoot formed from the staff that created the game Aero Fighters for Video System. Psikyo focused on arcade games, mostly vertically-scrolling shoot 'em ups and pornographic mahjong games. The popularity of these arcade games led to them being ported to home consoles, and then ultimately to Psikyo developing games for consoles.

Psikyo was acquired by X-nauts in mid-2002. In 2003, it was reported that Psikyo was shutting down. [ [http://www.gamespot.com/dreamcast/action/gunbird2/news.html?sid=6025947&q=psikyo "Psikyo shuts its development division down"] , GameSpot.com, April 29, 2003] Shortly afterwards, X-nauts stated this news was wrong. [ [http://www.gamespot.com/news/6026143.html?q=psikyo "Psikyo not closing down operations as reported"] , GameSpot.com, May 2, 2003] Games under the Psikyo label are still being released, but these games are outsourced to other teams.

Psikyo is infamous for its extremely difficult "second loops"; after completing the game, you start again, with a very high difficulty increase (Gunbird 2 is reported as having the highest difficulty due to its bullet patterns on this second loop). This is present in every Psikyo shooter, since Samurai Aces/Sengoku Ace (in fact, since Aero Fighters).

List of Psikyo's releases

*"Samurai Aces" / "Sengoku Ace" - 1993 - Arcade
*"Battle K-Road" - 1994 - Arcade
*"Gunbird" - 1994 - Arcade
*"Strikers 1945" - 1995 - Arcade
*"Gunbird" - 1995 - PlayStation
*"Gunbird" - 1995 - Saturn
*"" - 1996 - Arcade
*"Sengoku Blade: Sengoku Ace Episode II" - 1996 - Saturn
*"Strikers 1945" - 1996 - PlayStation
*"Strikers 1945" - 1996 - Saturn
*"Sol Divide - Sword of Darkness" - 1997 - Arcade
*"Strikers 1945 II" - 1997 - Arcade
*"Taisen Hot Gimmick" - 1997 - Arcade
*"Zero Gunner" - 1997 - Arcade
*"Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen Angels" - 1998 - Arcade
*"Gunbird 2" - 1998 - Arcade
*"Pilot Kids" - 1998 - Arcade
*"Space Bomber" - 1998 - Arcade
*"Taisen Hot Gimmick Kairakuten" - 1998 - Arcade
*"Sol Divide - Sword of Darkness" - 1998 - PlayStation
*"Sol Divide - Sword of Darkness" - 1998 - Saturn
*"Strikers 1945 II" - 1998 - PlayStation
*"Strikers 1945 II" - 1998 - Saturn
*"Strikers 1945 III" / "Strikers" 1999 - 1999 - Arcade
*"Strikers 1945 Plus" - 1999 - Arcade
*"Taisen Hot Gimmick 3 Digital Surfing" 1999 - Arcade
*"Dragon Blaze" - 2000 - Arcade
*"Lode Runner - The Dig Fight" - 2000 - Arcade
*"Quiz de Idol! Hot Debut" - 2000 - Arcade
*"Cannon Spike" (Capcom license) - 2000 - Arcade
*"Cannon Spike" (Capcom license) - 2000 - Dreamcast
*"Ikuze! Onsen Takkyuu!!" - 2000 - PlayStation 2
*"Gunbird 2" - 2000 - Dreamcast
*"Gunbarich" - 2001 - Arcade
*"Zero Gunner 2" - 2001 - Arcade
*" (Capcom license) - 2001 - Dreamcast
*"Zero Gunner 2" - 2002 - Dreamcast
*"G-Taste - 2003 - PlayStation 2

Psikyo label games not developed by Psikyo.
*"" - 2003 - PlayStation 2
*"" - 2003 - PlayStation 2
*"Gunbird 1 & 2" - 2004 - PlayStation 2
*"" - 2004 - PlayStation 2
*"" - 2004 - PlayStation 2
*"" - 2004 - PlayStation 2
*"" - 2004 - PlayStation 2
*"Sengoku Cannon" - 2005 - PSP
*"" - 2005 - PlayStation 2

Footnotes

External links

* [http://x-nauts.com/psikyo/ Official Site (In Japanese)]
* [http://www.world-of-arcades.net/1945/1945.htm 1945 - A Psikyo Arcade Shooter Tribute Site]