Nihon Bussan

Nihon Bussan KK
legal form	Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company)
founding	1970
Seat	Kita-ku , Osaka , Japan
Branch	Software development
Website	www.nichibutsu.co.jp

Nihon Bussan KK ( Japanese 日本 物産 株式会社 , Nihon Bussan Kabushiki kaisha , English Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese computer game manufacturer, which is mainly known under the name Nichibutsu ( ニ チ ブ ツ ). So the company carries an owl logo. The head office is in Kita-ku , Osaka .

Founded in 1970, the company began manufacturing video games in 1978 . From the mid-1980s, Nichibutsu began producing strip mahjong games. The company launched their last arcade game in 1988 under the title “Tatakae! Big Fighter ”on the market. Nichibutsu peaked in the 1980s with the titles Moon Cresta and Crazy Climber .

List of Nihon Bussan games (excerpt)

Shooter 1978 Moon Base 80s 1980 Moon Alien 1980 Moon Alien 2 1980 Moon Cresta 1980 Moon Alpha 1980 Moon Raker 1980 Moon Quasar 1981 moon shuttle 1983 Space Fighter X (SF-X) 1983 Tube Panic 1984 Karate Champ 1984 Kung Fu Master 1985 Terra Cresta 1986 Ufo Robo Dangar 1986 Mag Max 1986 Seicross 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 1981 Frisky Tom 1982 Wiping 1985 Galivan 1987 Booby Kids 1988 Crazy Climber 2 1990 Die Hard

quiz Hihoo! (1987) Hihoo! 2 (1987) Quiz DE Date (1991) Miracle Q (1991) Kotaemon kachi (1991) TECHNO DOOL (1991) puzzle Oh! Pyepee (1988) Tougenkyou (1988) Pairs (1989) Sports games F1 Circus Casino Kōryaku Casino Bar Mahjong 1983 Jangō Lady 1986 Second Love 1990 Mahjong Triple Wars 1991 Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome 1994 Sailor Wars

Web links

• Company website (Japanese)
• Mitchell Corporation at MobyGames (English)
• Games by Nihon Bussan / AV Japan in the Killer List of Videogames