CSG Imagesoft
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| Public | |
| Industry | Video games |
| Fate | Folded into SCEA |
| Successor | 989 Studios |
| Founded | January 1989 |
| Defunct | July 1995 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. |
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Key people
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Hiroaki G. Ishikawa |
| Products |
Video games |
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Number of employees
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100 (1995) |
| Parent |
CBS/Sony Group (1989-1991) |
| Website | www |
Video games
CBS/Sony Group (1989-1991)
Sony Imagesoft was a video game publisher that operated from 1989 to 1995 and was located in California. It was established in January 1989 in Los Angeles, California, as a subsidiary of the Japan-based CBS/Sony Group (CSG) and initially named CSG Imagesoft Inc. Focus at the beginning was on marketing games exclusively for Nintendo consoles.
The first release is Super Dodge Ball in summer 1989. Games by UK-based developers, Solstice and Dragon's Lair, followed in 1990. Both were also published in Japan through Epic/Sony Records.
After Sony had set up its North American division, Sony Electronic Publishing in April 1991, Imagesoft operated as Sony Imagesoft Inc. The new logo is a blue square that is diagonally divided by a feather emitting sparks of light from its tip. The first games sporting the new logo are Altered Space for Game Boy and movie tie-in Hudson Hawk for NES and Game Boy.
Other releases are localizations of SNES games previously developed for Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) and published under the Epic/Sony Records brand: Extra Innings and Smart Ball, both published in 1992. Following a shakeup at Sony in 1995, Sony Imagesoft was merged into Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) and has since only supported the PlayStation brand.
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