Nichibutsu

Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. (日本物産株式会社 Nihon Bussan Kabushikigaisha) was a Japanese video game manufacturer. The company had its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. In the past they had also manufactured and sold yachts.

The main video game brand of the company was Nichibutsu (ニチブツ),with adult video games coming under the Sphinx (スフィンクス) brand. The company uses a horned owl for its official logo.

The company slogan was Frontier Spirit of Amusement or Frontier Spirit in the Amusement.

The company's founder Sueharu Torii (鳥井 末治) (1947 -) established Nihon Bussan in 1970. The company was incorporated in 1972.

1978 saw them enter the Arcade game market, when they debuted with a copy of the game Breakout Table attacker. The same year, Space Invaders to launch the like is a copy game Moon Base also filed in the Taito, Nihon Bussan is to settle by paying a license fee. Also in 1979, was business alliance Namco is a work of the name Galaxian did on violation exceeded production in the manufacturing agreement referred to as Moon Alien in filed in Namco by was released, Nihon Bussan was settled by paying the excess of the license fee. Then, it is released to continue to hit works such as 1980 The original work Moon Cresta (shooting) and Crazy Climber (action). The same year, Nihon Bussan in companies brochure issued by, the Table Attacker, Moon Base, Moon Alien both, it was listed as an original work of Nihon Bussan.

The 1983 to develop a Jangou Night of Mahjong game where there is industry's first undressing elements, strip mahjong games was established the genre of. 1984 to work also equipped with a rotation feature the industry's first board game developed Tube Panic, Namco and Sega it was noted in the technical aspects from. From the mid-1980s, undressing Mahjong and while you put a force on the Medal game, such as Terra Cresta or Cosmo Police Galivan, is adopted Yamaha YM3812 FM sound source chip number and release were works. Powerful sound like pierce the ear with metallic is called Nichibutsu sound, has been handed down among gamers.