T&E Soft

T&E Soft at a Glance

If you are browsing PlayPile looking for details on T&E Soft, you will find a Japanese developer active from 1983 to 2009. They have published 41 titles on this site, with 24 as publishers and 34 as developers. The company was founded in 1982 before dissolving into other entities like Deep Co., Ltd. and eventually Spike Chunsoft by 2013. Their catalog spans three decades, starting with 11 games in the 1980s and peaking at 25 titles in the 1990s before dropping to just four releases in the 2000s. Their platform reach is heavily focused on older hardware. The Super Famicom leads their list with nine games, followed by seven titles each for the MSX and PC-8800 Series. They also released five games for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and four each for the Sharp X1, FM-7, and Sega Saturn. Genres vary across their work, but sports games dominate with 18 entries. Role-playing games follow with 11 titles, while adventure games account for seven. Other categories include strategy, puzzle, shooter, simulator, platform, and arcade games. The quality of their output shows mixed results based on available ratings. The average score across six rated titles is 56.9 out of 100. No game reached the great tier of 80 or higher. They have two good titles scoring between 60 and 79, three in the mixed range, and one that falls below 40. The Lost Vikings from 1993 holds the highest rating at 76. True Swing Golf released in 2006 scored 69, while older RPGs like Super Hydlide and Hydlide sit near the middle of the pack with scores around 52 to 54. Later releases such as Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics dropped to a 50.1 score. Recent activity included Disney Golf in 2002 and True Swing Golf Express in late 2009, but their overall output declined significantly in the final years of operation.

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