The second and last logo of Fill-in-Cafe.
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Industry | Service |
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Fate | Defunct |
Founded | 1987 (as Team Cross Wonder) |
Defunct | 1998 |
Headquarters | Japan |
Area served
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Japan |
Key people
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Masatoshi Imaizumi Kanta Watanabe Masaki Ukyo Keishi Yonao |
Products | Video games |
Fill-in-Cafe (フィルインカフェ?) was a video game developer that was founded in Japan in 1987. They are best known for creating the Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. franchise, as well as the Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force titles.
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. 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 the Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force titles.
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 Makeruna! Makendō 2: Kimero Youkai Souri for instance.
After bankruptcy, Family Soft bought the rights to most of its developed library, including its only self-published title Community POM. Kanta Watanabe and Masaki Ukyo moved to Treasure while Masatoshi Imaizumi moved to establish R.U.N (Release Universe Network). Masaki Ukyo later joined R.U.N with Imaizumi.