SIMS Co., Ltd.

Not to be confused with The Sims.

SIMS Co., Ltd. (シムス株式会社, Shimusu Kabushiki-gaisha), which stands for "Soft Development Innovation Multi Success",^[1] is a Japanese video game publisher and developer originally established on June 12, 1991 as a joint venture of Sanritsu Denki Co., Ltd. and Sega Enterprises, Ltd. About 50 employees transferred over from Sanritsu.^[2]

SIMS Co., Ltd.
シムス株式会社

Company type	KK
Industry	Video games
Founded	June 12, 1991
Headquarters	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Noboru Machida: Representative Director; Hideki Katagiri: Director; Keisuke Nozawa: Director
Products	Games for video game consoles
Number of employees	32
Parent	Sega (1991–2004)
Website	http://www.sims.co.jp/

SIMS became independent of the Sega group on June 25, 2004, when Representative Director Noboru Machida took over all stock from the veteran game maker^[3]

Games

Nintendo 3DS

• Fish On
• Beyblade: Evolution

PlayStation Vita

• Let's Fish! Hooked On

Dreamcast

• Charge 'N Blast
• Harusame Youbi
• The House of the Dead 2
• Maboroshi Tsukiyo
• Sega Bass Fishing

Master System

• Air Rescue
• Aladdin
• Alien Storm
• Buggy Run
• George Foreman's KO Boxing
• Master of Darkness
• Masters of Combat
• Ninja Gaiden
• Putt & Putter

Mega Drive / Genesis

• ATP Tour Championship Tennis
• Devil Buster (unreleased)^[4][5][6]
• From TV Animation Slam Dunk: Kyougou Makkou Taiketsu!
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
• Out Run 2019
• Shadow Dancer
• Scratch Golf (unreleased)^[7]
• Wimbledon II (unreleased)^[8]

Sega CD

• Vay

Game Gear

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
• Disney's Aladdin
• Buster Fight
• Fred Couples Golf
• Master of Darkness
• Tails' Skypatrol
• Alien Syndrome

Wii

• Hooked! Real Motion Fishing
• Sega Bass Fishing (co-developed with Cavia)
• Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream
• Hooked! Again: Real Motion Fishing
• All Round Hunter

WiiWare

• Derby Dogs
• Reel Fishing Challenge

PSP

• Ape Escape: On the Loose

Multi-platform

• Mark Davis Pro Bass Challenge (PS2, GameCube)
• Legendary Fishing (PS4, Switch)

See also

• List of Sanritsu/SIMS games

References

1. "Developer_Table". Review-site.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
2. "Developer_Table". Review-site.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
3. "SIMS会社概要". Archived from the original on 2004-07-16. Retrieved 2017-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. "Coming Soon MD: デビルバスター". Mega Drive Fan [ja] (in Japanese). No. 38. Tokuma Shoten. March 1993. p. 85.
5. Halverson, Dave (April 1993). "Sega Sector - Sega Previews". GameFan. Vol. 1, no. 5. DieHard Gamers Club. p. 43.
6. "Reportage - Le Japon En Direct: Devil Buster (SIMS/MD juillet au Japon)". Consoles + [fr] (in French). No. 21. M.E.R.7 [fr]. June 1993. pp. 22–23.
7. "Sega Pro News Scoop: Japan News - Nip Bits". Sega Pro. No. 32. Paragon Publishing. May 1994. pp. 12–13.
8. "Hit me! Das 16-Bit-As Für Matchwinner Spiel Auf Satz Und Sieg". Play Time [de] (in German). No. 27. Computec. September 1993. p. 13.

External links

• Official website