List of Nihon Falcom video games

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Nihon Falcom is a Japanese video game development and publishing company founded in 1981. While the company has actively developed video games since their inception, their games were not consistently localized and published until the 2010s. [1] The company originally focused on developing games for Japanese personal computers. In the 2000s, the company moved into developing games for Sony's PlayStation brand, particularly the PlayStation Portable, while continuing development on PCs on Windows, to reach a broader demographic. [2] [3] The move was internally seen as a success, and broadened their fanbase in Western territories, leading the company to put greater emphasis into English translations and releases of their games in the 2010s. [3] [4] Since the 2010s, the company generally releases one game per year. [5] By the end of the decade, the company started seeing success in porting their games to the Nintendo Switch platform, leading them to start internal development on the Switch moving into the 2020s, alongside an even greater push for multi-platform publishing. [6]

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Video games

List of games
TitleYearSystem(s)JPNAEURef(s)
Galactic Wars1982 PC-8801 Yes [7]
Super Mahjong1983 Sharp X1 Yes [8]
Computer the Golf PC-8801 Yes [8]
Horror House PC-8801 Yes [9]
Private Stripper PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7 Yes [8]
Panorama Toh PC-8801 Yes [10] [11]
Horror House Part-II PC-8801 Yes [9]
Monster House1984 Sharp MZ Yes [9]
Demon's Ring PC-8801, FM-7, PC-9801 Yes [12]
Asteka PC-8801, FM-7, PC-9801 Yes [9]
Escape from Twilight Zone FM-7 Yes [12]
Dragon Slayer PC-8801, FM-7, Sharp X1, MSX Yes [13]
Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu 1985 Sharp X1, PC-8801, FM-7, PC-9800, MSX, MSX 2 Yes [14]
Xanadu Scenario II 1986 PC-8801, FM-7, PC-9801 Yes [14]
Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia Sharp X1, PC-8801, PC-9801, MSX, MSX 2 Yes [15]
Tombs & Treasure Sharp X1, PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7, MSX 2 YesYes [8]
Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished 1987 PC-8801, Sharp X1, PC-9801, FM-7, MSX2, Master System YesYesYes [10]
Dragon Slayer IV - Drasle Family MSX, MSX2, Famicom Yes [16]
Legacy of the Wizard 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System YesYes [17]
Sorcerian PC-8801, PC-9801, Sharp X1, MSX2, MS-DOS YesYes [18]
Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7, Sharp X1, MSX2 Yes [19]
Star Trader PC-8801, PC-9801 Yes [20]
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys PC-8801, PC-9801, MSX2, Sega Genesis, SNES YesYes [21]
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes PC-8801, PC-9801, FM TOWNS, TurboGrafx-CD YesYes [16]
Dinosaur1990 PC-8801, PC-9801, FM TOWNS Yes [22]
Lord Monarch 1991 PC-9801, FM TOWNS Yes [23]
Brandish PC-9801, FM TOWNS, SNES YesYes [24]
Popful Mail PC-8801, PC-9801, Super Nintendo, Sega CD YesYes [25]
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II 1992 PC-8801, PC-9801, MSX2 Yes [26]
Brandish 2: The Planet Buster 1993 PC-9801 Yes [27]
The Legend of Xanadu 1994 PC Engine CD Yes [28]
The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch PC-9801 Yes [29]
Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan PC-9801 Yes [30]
Revival Xanadu PC-9801 Yes [14]
The Legend of Xanadu II 1995 PC Engine CD Yes [31]
Revival Xanadu II Remix PC-9801Yes [14]
Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand Super Nintendo Yes [32]
The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion 1996 Windows, PlayStation Portable YesYesYes [33]
Brandish VT PC-9801Yes [34]
Lord Monarch Original Windows Yes [23]
Lord Monarch First 1997 Windows Yes [23]
Lord Monarch Pro Windows Yes [23]
Sorcerian Forever Windows Yes [18]
Vantage Master Windows Yes [35]
Ys I Eternal 1998 Windows Yes [19]
Vantage Master V2 Windows YesYes [35]
Monarch Monarch Windows Yes [23]
Brandish 4 1999 Windows Yes [34]
The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean Windows, PlayStation Portable YesYesYes [36]
Ys II Eternal 2000 Windows Yes [19]
Sorcerian Original Windows Yes [18]
Ys I & II Complete 2001 Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, iOS, Android YesYesYes [19]
Zwei: The Arges Adventure Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2 YesYesYes [37]
VM Japan 2002 Windows Yes [38] [39]
Dinosaur Resurrection Windows Yes [22]
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim 2003 Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, iOS, Android YesYesYes [40]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2004 Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 YesYesYes [41]
Gurumin Windows, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo 3DS YesYesYes [42]
Rinne2005 Windows Yes [43]
Ys: The Oath in Felghana PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Windows YesYesYes [44]
Xanadu Next Windows, N-Gage YesYesYes [45]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC 2006 PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Windows YesYesYes [46]
Ys Origin PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One YesYesYes [47]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd 2007 PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Windows YesYesYes [48]
Vantage Master Portable 2008 PlayStation Portable Yes [49]
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection Windows YesYesYes [50]
Brandish: The Dark Revenant 2009 PlayStation Portable YesYesYes [51]
Ys I & II Chronicles PlayStation Portable, Windows, iOS, Android YesYesYes [52]
Ys Seven PlayStation Portable, Windows YesYesYes [53]
Ys vs. Trails in the Sky 2010 PlayStation Portable, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 YesScheduledScheduled [54] [55]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows YesYesYes [56]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure 2011 PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows YesYesYes [57]
The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails 2012 PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows YesYesYes [58]
Ys: Memories of Celceta PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Windows YesYesYes [59]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 2013 PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows YesYesYes [60]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II 2014 PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows YesYesYes [60]
Tokyo Xanadu 2015 PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch YesYesYes [61]
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana 2016 PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch YesYesYes [62]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III 2017 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch YesYesYes [63]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV 2018 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch YesYesYes [64]
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox 2019 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch YesYesYes [65]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie 2020 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch YesYesYes [66]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak 2021 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch YesYesYes [67]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II 2022 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch YesYesYes [68]
Ys X: Nordics 2023 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch YesYesYes [69]
The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-2024 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows Yes [70]
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter 2025 PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch ScheduledScheduledScheduled [71]
Ys X: Proud Nordics2025TBAScheduled [72]
Tokyo Xanadu New ProjectTBATBAScheduled [73]

See also

References

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