Psikyo

Psikyo
Native name
 彩京
Saikyō
Public
Industry Video games
Founded 1992
Defunct 2005[1]
Headquarters Kyoto, Japan
Key people
 Shinsuke Nakamura (CEO)

Psikyo[lower-alpha 1] was a Japanese video game developer 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 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". 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.

Video games

Arcade

Home systems

Title Release Platform(s) Notes
Gunbird / Mobile Light Force1995PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Yahoo Mobile
Sengoku Blade: Sengoku Ace Episode II1996Sega Saturn
Strikers 19451996PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Sol Divide - Sword of Darkness1998PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Strikers 1945 II1998PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Yoshimoto Mahjong Club1998Sega Saturn
Strikers 1945 Plus1999Neo Geo, PlayStation
Yoshimoto Mahjong Club Deluxe1999PlayStation
Cannon Spike / GunSpike2000Sega DreamcastGame licensed by Capcom.
Ikuze! Onsen Takkyū!!2000PlayStation 2
Gunbird 22000Sega Dreamcast
Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom & Psikyo All Stars2001Sega DreamcastGame licensed by Capcom.
Zero Gunner 22002Sega Dreamcast
Cho Aniki: Legend of Holy Protein2003PlayStation 2
G-Taste2003PlayStation 2

Psikyo label games not developed by Psikyo

Overview over Psikyo label titles
Title Release 6th Gen Handheld Notes
Buggy Grand Prix: Kattobi! Dai-Sakusen2003PlayStation 2N/A
Gunbird Special Edition / Gunbird 1&22004PlayStation 2N/A
Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 1: Strikers 1945 I & II2004PlayStation 2N/AReleased and published in Europe by Play It as 1945 I & II: The Arcade Games.
Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 2: Sengoku Ace & Sengoku Blade2004PlayStation 2N/A
Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 3: Sol Divide & Dragon Blaze2004PlayStation 2N/A
Taisen Hot Gimmick: Cosplay Mahjong2004PlayStation 2N/A
Sengoku Cannon2005N/APSP
Taisen Hot Gimmick: Axes-Jong2005PlayStation 2N/A
Strikers 1945 Plus2009N/APSP
Strikers 1945: World War2016N/AiOS, Android
Strikers 19452017N/ANintendo Switch
Gunbarich2017N/ANintendo Switch

Notes

  1. ↑ In Japanese: Saikyō (彩京)

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.
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