Success

Local Name	株式会社サクセス
Company Type	Developer
Founded	7 June 1978
Status	Trading
Head Quarters	Tokyo, Japan
Website	www.success-corp.co.jp

3DO Games

Game	Region	Code	Type	Developer	Publisher	Release Date	Local Title	Rarity
Shanghai: Banri no Choujou: The Great Wall		FZ-SJ1660	Puzzle	Success Corporation	Activision	December 13, 1994	上海　～万里の長城～	1
Shanghai-Triple Threat			Puzzle	Success Corporation	Activision	December 13, 1994		1

3DO Overview

Success Corporation appeared on the original Developer list in 1993.

Overview

Success Corporation (株式会社サクセス, Kabushiki gaisha Sakusesu) is a Japanese video game and online game developer and publisher, based in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and founded on 7 June 1978. They are best known for their Cotton series of shooter games, Zoo Keeper and others.

History

• June 1978 - Success Achievement Tokyo Ltd. was established. The founder, Takamori Yoshinari, had been selling various products as a salesman until then, but started a new business selling "Success Motivation Institute", a self-development material for entrepreneurs. After pitching this to President Shiina of Sword , Yoshinari became interested in computer programming and the computer game industry.
• January 1980 - Started working as a gaming machine operator
• February 1981 - Company name changed to Success Ltd.
• January 1982 - Started in-house development of game software
• March 1982 - Reorganized as Success Co., Ltd.
• 1983 - Release of debut game "PLAY BALL" (distributed by Copac). Although it barely sold and the circuit boards piled up, he loaded the program for his next game, " Othello ," and sold out the boards.
• 1987 - "Tonton" developed (sold by Taiyo Automatic Machines). It is said to be the first storefront game machine (a so-called "dagashi-ya game machine") to be equipped with a video display terminal.
• 1991 - Arcade version of "Cotton" released (Sega). It became Success's biggest hit.
• 1994 - Developed "Shanghai: The Great Wall" (published by Sunsoft). It was unprecedented to achieve simultaneous development on nine platforms: arcade, Super Famicom, Saturn, PS, PC-FX, 3DO, FM Towns, PC-98, and X68000.
• 1995 - Development of " Game Master " (Sold by Sunsoft). A bargain version that includes four games in one package: Shogi, Renju, Mahjong, and Brace. However, the idea that "it would be even better if I could buy one software for 1/4 the price" led to the later " Simple1500 series ."
• 1998 - The company brought a plan for a "cheap version of home video games" to D3 Publisher , and launched the "Simple 1500 series". Later, the company also launched the " Super Lite 1500 " series, which was sold by Success itself.
• March 2000 - J-PHONE service launched. Since then, a large number of games have been released for feature phones, exceeding 100 games per year at the peak.
• October 2001 - Online game portal "GAMESPACE24" service launched
• 2003 - Release of the fighting game "UNO." The first cross-platform game in the mobile phone game industry, compatible with cross-platform play on three mobile phone carriers.
• 2009 - Ranked 29th in "Top 50 Developers 2009"
• 2011 - Release of smartphone game " Touch Detective: Mushroom Cultivation Kit " (developed by Beeworks). It became a huge hit, surpassing the original " Touch Detective: Rina Ozawa " series, and was developed independently as the "Mushroom Cultivation Kit" series.
• 2023 - CEO Takamori Yoshinari participated in the 2023 Abu Dhabi World Veterans Judo Championships and won the 70+ 81kg category. To commemorate this, the company held a sale on its game titles . [3]
• 2024 - Subsidiary Success Plus is scheduled to be transferred to Cave .