Thinking Rabbit
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|---|---|
| Local Name | 有限会社シンキングラビット |
| Company Type | Developer |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Status | Trading |
| Head Quarters | Japan |
| Website | www.thinkingrabbit.jp |
3DO Games
| Game | Region | Code | Type | Developer | Publisher | Release Date | Local Title | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Letter That Transcends Time |  |
FZ-SJ0601 | Adventure, Visual novel | Thinking Rabbit | Panasonic | 28th May 1994 | 時を超えた手紙 | 3 |
3DO Overview
Thinking Rabbit appeared on the original Developer list in 1993.
Overview
Thinking Rabbit Inc. (有限会社シンキングラビット) was a publisher and developer located in Takarazuka, Hyogo, started by Sokoban creator Hiroyuki Imabayashi (今林宏行) in 1982. In addition to the Sokoban puzzle games, the company is also remembered for its mystery adventure games, some of which featured the work of illustrator Akira Komeda.
Thinking Rabbit was involved in several partnerships over the years: Trinity, with Humming Bird Soft and Xtalsoft; Disk Original Group (DOG), a coalition led by Square that produced Famicom Disk System games; and Scap Trust, a joint venture company with seven other computer game makers.
Programmer Masaharu Ohno started Dragnet in 1990, and programmer Hiroto Nakamura started Giraffe Soft (有限会社ジラフソフト) in December that same year. Both companies were also based in Hyogo Prefecture and continued to do work for Thinking Rabbit. Masami Watanabe started Flight-Plan in 1989. Other ex-staff made their way to Kan's, another company based in Takarazuka, after Thinking Rabbit seemingly shut down development in the late 1990s. Programmer Masahiro Kataoka later worked for Square, then started Studio R.E.E.L in 2012. Imabayashi runs a company called Pictria.
Falcon now owns the Thinking Rabbit properties.