Fill-in-Cafe explained

Fill-in-Cafe
Fate:Defunct
Foundation:1987 (as Team Cross Wonder)
Defunct:1998
Location:Japan
Area Served:Japan
Key People:Masatoshi Imaizumi
Kanta Watanabe
Masaki Ukyo
Keishi Yonao
Industry:Video games
Products:Asuka 120%

was a video game developer that was founded in Japan in 1987. They are best known for creating the Asuka 120% series.

History

In 1987, Fill-in-Cafe was founded as Team Cross Wonder, and later renamed itself as "Fill-in-Cafe" in 1989 and incorporated in 1991. They first developed Metal Sight for the Sharp X68000 under the Team Cross Wonder label, followed by developing Neural Gear under the Fill-in-Cafe label.[1] [2] Later, they hired several more companies like Intec and Family Soft to publish their products. In 1994, they became successful with the release of the Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. franchise, as well as with and its multiple versions.

In 1998, Fill-in-Cafe filed for bankruptcy. Some planned titles were canceled, such as a sequel to Panzer Bandit and an untitled, enhanced arcade port of the Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. Limited with Kaneko being the arcade publisher. Shortly afterward, Success Corporation became in charge of developing Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. Final and Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. Return after their relationship with Fill-in-Cafe and Datam Polystar in developing and publishing titles together, such as for instance.

After bankruptcy, Family Soft bought the rights to most of its developed library, including their only 3 self-released titles: Community POM, Wakusei Koukitai Little Cats and Rose Crusaders (the latter was the first game of Noise Factory, a subsidiary company of Atlus and SNK).

Developed titles

3DO

Arcade

Sharp X68000

FM Towns

Sony PlayStation

Pc engine Scdrom2.

PC-98

PC-FX

Sega Saturn

Super NES

Windows

External links

Notes and References

  1. Milne. Rory. Minority Report Special: Sharp X68000 - Metal Sight. Retro Gamer. 126. Imagine Publishing. March 2014. 52.
  2. Book: Szczepaniak, John. Toshinobu KONDO - All about Fill-in-Café and the creation of Umihara Kawase. The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 2. S.M.G. Szczepaniak. 4 November 2015. 352–357. 978-1518818745.