Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese video game manufacturer, commonly known as Nichibutsu (ニチブツ). The company uses an owl sign for the company's official logo. The company has its headquarters in Kita-ku

Kita-ku, Osaka

is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.-Economy:West Japan Railway Company has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Nihon Bussan has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Dentsu and Yomiuri Shimbun have branch offices in Kita-ku. Mazda has an office in the Umeda Sky Building Tower East. Air France has an office on the...

, Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

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Established in 1970, the company started making video games in 1978. In the middle of 1980s, the company began to make strip mahjong

Mahjong

Mahjong, sometimes spelled Mah Jongg, is a game that originated in China, commonly played by four players...

 games. The 1988 game "Tatakae! Big Fighter" ended up being their last arcade game other than mahjong titles. Currently Nichibutsu produces strip mahjong games that use DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

s for video playback. Nichibutsu's popularity was at its peak in 1980 when the company announced and released Moon Cresta

Moon Cresta

is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. Incentive Software published a version of this arcade game for many 8-bit home computers of the time. Dempa also released a port of both Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta for the X68000...

 (shooting) and Crazy Climber

Crazy Climber

is a coin-operated arcade game produced by Nichibutsu in 1980. It was also released in North America by Taito America Corporation by UA Ltd. in 1982 for the Emerson Arcadia 2001 and other video game consoles. It is one of Nichibutsu's most highly-acclaimed video games in its library...

 (action).

1980s

• 1980 Moon Alien
• 1980 Moon Alien 2
• 1980 Moon Cresta
  Moon Cresta
  is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. Incentive Software published a version of this arcade game for many 8-bit home computers of the time. Dempa also released a port of both Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta for the X68000...
  
  
• 1980 Moon Alpha
• 1980 Moon Raker
• 1980 Moon Quasar
• 1981 Moon Shuttle
• 1983 Space Fighter X (SF-X)
• 1983 Tube Panic
• 1985 Terra Cresta
  Terra Cresta
  is an arcade game that was released by Nichibutsu in 1985.- Overview :Terra Cresta is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up. The player controls a ship, initially with limited firepower. Numbered pods appear containing further parts of the ship that will increase firepower...
  
  
• 1986 Ufo Robo Dangar
• 1986 Mag Max

This game was also released for the Nintendo NES in 1988.

• 1986 Seicross
  Seicross
  Seicross, known in Japan as , is an arcade game developed and released in Japan and North America by Nichibutsu. Despite the original arcade being titled Sector Zone, Nichibutsu later ported it to the Famicom as...
  
  

This game was also released for the Nintendo NES in 1988.

• 1986 Soldier Girl Amazon (aka Sei Senshi Amatelass)
• 1987 Terra Force
• 1987 Legion
• 1988 Formation Armed F
• 1988 Big Fighter
• 1996 Terra Cresta 3D

Action

• 1980 Crazy Climber
  Crazy Climber
  is a coin-operated arcade game produced by Nichibutsu in 1980. It was also released in North America by Taito America Corporation by UA Ltd. in 1982 for the Emerson Arcadia 2001 and other video game consoles. It is one of Nichibutsu's most highly-acclaimed video games in its library...
  
  

A version of this game was released for the Atari 2600, and it is very hard to find.

• 1981 Frisky Tom
  Frisky Tom
  Frisky Tom was a 1981 arcade game by Nichibutsu. The object of the game is to provide enough water for a shower by crawling along a network of plumbing pipes and keeping them connected. Various types of mice are the game's antagonists, trying to thwart Tom by destroying portions of pipes...
  
  
• 1982 Wiping (Also known as "Rug Rats")
• 1985 Galivan (Also known as "Cosmo Police Galivan")

A NES

Nes

-Localities:In Norway:* Nes, Akershus, a municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway* Nes, Buskerud, a municipality in the county of Buskerud in Norway* Nes, Hedmark, a former municipality in the county of Hedmark in Norway...

 version was also released.

• 1987 Booby Kids (aka Kid no HORE HORE Dai Sakusen)

A version of this game was also released for the Nintendo Famicom, in 1987.

• 1988 Crazy Climber 2

Quiz

• Hihoo! (1987)
• Hihoo!2 (1987)
• Quiz DE Date (1991)
• Miracle Q (1991)
• Kotaemon kachi (1991)
• TECHNO・DOOL (1991)

Mahjong (only the most notable games)

• 1983 Jangō Lady
• 1986 Second Love
• 1990 Mahjong Triple Wars
• 1991 Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome
• 1994 Sailor Wars

External links

Nichibutsu website

• Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. entry at MobyGames
  MobyGames
  -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...