Shin-Nihon Laser Soft Co., Ltd.
Shin-Nihon Laser Soft was a subsidiary of Telenet Japan and Yodobashi founded in October 1988. It was known for its futuristic manga games, mostly the Cosmic Fantasy series. Laser Soft was founded in October 1988 to focus on games for optical media, especially the PC Engine TurboGrafx CD. In June 1990 the shares by Yodobashi were taken over by Telenet, and in January 1991 Laser Soft was formally merged with Wolf Team. After that the label Laser Soft was kept for further games by Telenet for PC-Engine and other systems until about 1992.
Shin-Nihon Laser Soft Co., Ltd. at a Glance
Shin-Nihon Laser Soft Co., Ltd. has been active in the gaming industry from 1989 to 1994, with 13 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Role-playing (RPG), Platform, Shooter, with additional titles in Arcade and Adventure. The studio carries a solid 70.2/100 average rating across their catalog, with 2 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Valis III (73.8/100). Games from Shin-Nihon Laser Soft Co., Ltd. are available across 4 platforms, most notably Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Sharp X68000, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
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Highest Rated Titles
Cosmic Fantasy 4: Ginga Shounen Densetsu - Gekitou-hen: Hikari no Umi no Naka de...
Cosmic Fantasy 4: Ginga Shounen Densetsu - Totsunyuuhen: Densetsu he no Prelude
Moonlight Lady
Babel
Cosmic Fantasy 3: Bouken Shounen Rei
Psychic Storm
Syd of Valis
Valis IV
Avenger
7.4Valis III
Cosmic Fantasy: Bouken Shounen Yuu
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6.7
