- Video System
Video System Co., Ltd. was a
software company in Japan that made games for different systems, including theSuper Nintendo , Neo-Geo andNintendo 64 . It was run and founded by software designerKoji Furukawa .They released various different types of arcade games throughout Japan and the U.S., such as "Karate Blazers", "Rabio Lepus", " [Turbo Force", "Super Volleyball", and their biggest hit, "
Aero Fighters ". The staff of "Aero Fighters" would go on to form their own company,Psikyo .Although Video System's main headquarters opened in Japan, they eventually opened a U.S. branch office. Sometime in 1992, Video System's U.S. office changed its name to "McO'River, Inc.", and was given the licensing rights to distribute "Aero Fighters" arcade machines throughout the U.S. In 1993, McO'River was supposed to publish 3 titles of arcade games in the U.S. that were ported over to the
Super Famicom in Japan. While Video System developed and published numerous titles in Japan, McO'River would only able to publish 2 of them in the U.S.: "Hyper V-Ball " in June, 1994; and "Aero Fighters" in November, 1994.The third title, "F-1 Grand Prix 2", was never released in the U.S. for reasons unknown. McO'River would never publish another title under that name. Video System, meanwhile, released "Aero Fighters" 2 and 3 for the
Neo-Geo , sequels which secured the shooter's success. Between 1994 and 1997, McO'River, Inc. changed its name to Video System U.S.A., Inc. Under that name, the company released "AeroFighters Assault ", and "F-1 World Grand Prix " for theNintendo 64 . A sequel to the latter game was only released in Europe. Video System closed its U.S. office sometime between1999 and2000 and closed its doors around2001 .External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dreamsquare.co.jp Official Japanese website]
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