Data West
Moby ID: 6613
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Data West is a Japanese software development company that was established in Osaka in May 1986. The company's director is Naokazu Akita. They produced games in a variety of genres, primarily for Japanese home computers, and were an important third-party for Fujitsu's FM Towns platform. Among their better-known series are Rayxanber, 4th Unit, and Psychic Detective.
The company left the games industry around 1998; their last released title was the PlayStation action RPG Brave Prove. Today, the company's primary business is car navigation system software.
Credited on 33 Games from 1986 to 1998
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| Brave Prove (1998 on PlayStation) |
| Cutey Honey FX (1995 on PC-FX) |
| Vajra 2 (1994 on LaserActive) |
| Vajra (1993 on LaserActive) |
| Tanjō: Debut (1993 on SEGA Saturn, 3DO, TurboGrafx CD...) |
| Return to Zork (1993 on DOS, Windows, PlayStation...) |
| Rayxanber III (1992 on TurboGrafx CD) |
| Wyatt: The 4th Unit Series (1992 on FM Towns) |
| Psychic Detective Series Vol.5: Nightmare (1991 on DOS, Windows, PC-98...) |
| Rayxanber II (1991 on TurboGrafx CD) |
| Psychic Detective Series Vol.4: Orgel (1991 on DOS, Windows, SEGA CD...) |
| Gulclight TDF2 (1991 on TurboGrafx CD) |
| Misty Vol.7 (1991 on PC-88, PC-98, MSX...) |
| Merrygoround: The 4th Unit Series (1990 on FM Towns) |
| Misty Vol.6 (1990 on PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X68000...) |
| Misty Vol.5 (1990 on PC-98, PC-88, Sharp X68000...) |
| Misty Vol.4 (1990 on MSX, Sharp X68000, PC-98...) |
| Psychic Detective Series Vol.3: Aýa (1990 on PC-98, Windows, TurboGrafx CD...) |
| D-Again: The 4th Unit Five (1990 on Windows, PC-98, Sharp X68000...) |
| Rayxanber (1990 on FM Towns) |
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Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 2 games with Pioneer Electronic Corp.
- 2 games with NEC Home Electronics, Ltd.
- 1 game with Pony Canyon, Inc.
- 1 game with Marvelous Interactive, Inc.
- 1 game with Apros
- 1 game with Kokusai Tsushinsha
- 1 game with Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc.
- 1 game with Bishop Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with Activision Publishing, Inc.
- 1 game with Universal City Studios, Inc.
- 17 games with Naokazu Akita
- 14 games with Yasuhito Saito
- 13 games with Takeharu Igarashi
- 12 games with Kazuhide Nakamura
- 11 games with Takashi Komiyama
- 10 games with Kenji Nakamura
- 10 games with Yoshiko Miyamoto
- 7 games with Yoshiyuki Washizu
- 6 games with Yoichi Yamada
- 5 games with Takeo Yakushiji
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