ASCII Corporation

ASCII Corporation was a Tokyo-based publisher and computer magazine company founded on May 24, 1977 by Kazuhiko Nishi with Akio Gunji and Keiichiro Tsukamoto. In the late 1970s and 1980s it partnered with Microsoft on the MSX home-computer initiative and moved into console and computer game publishing through the 1980s and 1990s. Key corporate offshoots include Enterbrain (games/media) and the U.S. entertainment arm that later became Agetec. Notable titles associated with the company include Bokosuka Wars (early 1980s computer/console releases) and L.O.L.: Lack of Love (Dreamcast, 2000). The game entries below, including versions and later rereleases grouped in this archive, span systems such as MSX, NES, Commodore 64, Windows, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, SNES, Atari ST, and PlayStation.