Sunsoft, the company behind series like Mr. Blasterhas announced that it will be hosting a new digital event next week at August 18.
At the event, she intends to reveal her plans for the titles due to be released for the remainder of 2022 as well as next year. In PR, Sunsoft’s General Manager Yuichi Aoshi mentioned how the company was “so excited” to finally be able to share its vision for Sunsoft’s “rebirth” – with both new and old fans.
And if you’re wondering, yes – “Sunsoft is back,” as shown in the video below:
Here are some additional PRs about the history of Sunsoft (via Gematsu):
“SUNSOFT is the video game division of Japanese electronics manufacturing company SUNCORPORATION, which was established in 1971. In October 1978, SUNSOFT began developing video games in arcades with two titles, Challenger block And the perfect block. We had many arcade games in the early 80’s like Arabian, Ikki and Kangaroo. On July 25, 1985, we released our first Famicon (NES) title. Super Arabic In Japan under the SUNSOFT brand.
“SUNSOFT is known as the developer of retro games and publisher of titles like trick!And the Mr. BlasterAnd the Spy hunterAnd the BatmanAnd the tripworldAnd the Euphoria Sagaand more.”
What would you like to see from the upcoming Sunsoft event? If you’re not familiar with the company, you can check out some of their work via Hamster’s Arcade Archives.