Psikyo

Psikyo[lower-alpha 1] was a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded in 1992. Psikyo was an offshoot formed from the Video System team that created the Aero Fighters series. The team mainly developed arcade games, mostly vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups and erotic mahjong games. The popularity of these arcade games led to them being ported to home consoles, and then ultimately led to Psikyo developing games for consoles.

Psikyo
Native name
彩京
Saikyō
Public
IndustryVideo games
Founded1992
Defunct2005[1]
HeadquartersKyoto, Japan
Key people
Shinsuke Nakamura (CEO)

Psikyo was acquired by X-Nauts in mid-2002. In 2003, it was reported that Psikyo was shutting down.[2] Shortly afterwards, X-Nauts stated this news was wrong.[3] Games under the Psikyo label would continue to be released, but would be outsourced to other teams.

Psikyo was known for its difficult "second loops"; after completing the game, you start again, with a high difficulty increase over the first "loop" with enemies firing faster and better. This has been present in every Psikyo shooter, since Samurai Aces, and was present in Aero Fighters. This has even been extended to Aero Fighters 2 and Aero Fighters 3, although these games are not developed by Psikyo.

In 2007, Keiyuki Haragami, a programming veteran of Psikyo, started a company called Zerodiv, to handle distribution of Psikyo's catalog. In March 2019, Zerodiv was acquired by City Connection. [4]

Games developed
Release Title Genre Arcade release Home Platforms
1993 Sengoku Ace Shooter
1994 Battle K-Road Fighting
Gunbird Shooter PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Yahoo Mobile
1995 Strikers 1945 Shooter PlayStation, Sega Saturn
1996 Sengoku Blade (Tengai) Shooter Sega Saturn
1997 Sol Divide Shooter PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Strikers 1945 II Shooter PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Taisen Hot Gimmick Mahjong
Zero Gunner Shooter
1998 Yoshimoto Mahjong Club Mahjong Sega Saturn
Gunbird 2 Shooter Sega Dreamcast
Pilot Kids Shooter
Space Bomber Shooter
Taisen Hot Gimmick Kairakuten Mahjong
1999 Pocket Shooting Shooter
Strikers 1945 III Shooter
Strikers 1945 Plus Shooter
Taisen Hot Gimmick 3 Digital Surfing Mahjong
Yoshimoto Mahjong Club Deluxe Mahjong PlayStation
2000 Cannon Spike (Gunspike) Shooter Sega Dreamcast
Dragon Blaze Shooter
Lode Runner - The Dig Fight Action
Quiz de Idol! Hot Debut Quiz
Taisen Hot Gimmick 4 Ever Mahjong
Ikuze! Onsen Takkyū!! Table tennis PlayStation 2
2001 Gunbarich Puzzle
Taisen Hot Gimmick Integral Mahjong
Zero Gunner 2 Shooter Sega Dreamcast
Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom & Psikyo All Stars Mahjong Sega Dreamcast
2002 G-Taste Mahjong PlayStation 2
2003 Cho Aniki: Legend of Holy Protein Shooter PlayStation 2
2005 Taisen Hot Gimmick 5 Mahjong
Taisen Hot Gimmick Mix Party Mahjong

Psikyo label games not developed by Psikyo
Release Title Platforms
2003 Buggy Grand Prix: Kattobi! Dai-SakusenPlayStation 2
2004 Gunbird Special Edition / Gunbird 1&2PlayStation 2
Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 1: Strikers 1945 I & II[lower-alpha 2]PlayStation 2
Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 2: Sengoku Ace & Sengoku BladePlayStation 2
Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 3: Sol Divide & Dragon BlazePlayStation 2
Taisen Hot Gimmick: Cosplay MahjongPlayStation 2
2005 Sengoku CannonPSP
Taisen Hot Gimmick: Axes-JongPlayStation 2
2009 Strikers 1945 PlusPSP
2016 Strikers 1945: World WariOS, Android
2017 Strikers 1945Nintendo Switch
GunbarichNintendo Switch
Unreleased Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen AngelsN/A

Notes
  1. In Japanese: Saikyō (彩京)
  2. Released and published in Europe by Play It as 1945 I & II: The Arcade Games
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References
  1. http://www.siliconera.com/2009/08/04/psikyo-defunct-but-their-game-library-lives-on/
  2. "Psikyo shuts its development division down", GameSpot.com, April 29, 2003
  3. "Psikyo not closing down operations as reported", GameSpot.com, May 2, 2003.
  4. "「彩京」コンテンツを扱うゼロディブがシティコネクションの完全子会社に。ゼロディブ代表の原神敬幸氏はシティコネクションの執行役員に就任". 4Gamer. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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