KOEI Co., Ltd.

Founded in Japan in 1978 and based in Yokohama-area offices during its game era, KOEI Co., Ltd. built a reputation as a developer and publisher of historical strategy and simulation titles. Yoichi Erikawa (also known by the pen name Kō Shibusawa) is documented as the company’s founder and an early creative lead. From the early 1980s KOEI produced influential series such as Nobunaga no Yabō (Nobunaga’s Ambition) and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and later supported action-oriented offshoots and licensed works that reached markets in North America, Europe and Asia. The company was later reorganized into the group now identified with Koei Tecmo entities. The game entries below, including versions and later rereleases grouped in this archive, span systems such as Windows, SNES, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, FM Towns, DOS, Genesis, MSX, PlayStation 3, and NES.