Electronic Arts Victor
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| Electronic Arts Victor | ||
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| Founded: 1992-09 | ||
| Defunct: 1998 | ||
| T-series code: T-106 | ||
| Merged into: Electronic Arts | ||
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1998
Electronic Arts Square →
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Electronic Arts Victor (エレクトロニック・アーツ・ビクター; aka EAV, EA Victor) was a joint venture of Electronic Arts (EA) and Victor Entertainment, a subsidiary of JVC, started in September 1992 in Tokyo, Japan[1]. It primarily published and localized Electronic Arts products for the Japanese market, with the intention of making the EA brand known and accepted in that country. Before then, the few EA games on Sega consoles published in Japan (such as Blockout) were published by Sega (other consoles/computers are unknown at the moment). EAV also ported several EA computer games to Japanese home computers such as the PC-98.
The joint venture appears to have dissolved (at least on the Sega side) in late 1996/early 1997; EA would publish one last Saturn game themselves in Japan, Battle Garegga, in 1998 before refusing to remain supporters of Sega platforms when the Dreamcast arrived. (They would continue to publish Saturn games overseas until the end of the year.) Whatever happened to Victor's involvement in the video game industry afterward is presently unknown.
EAV also did some in-house development, though none of it was Sega-related or on a Sega system (except for porting Cotton to the X68000).
EA later started a similar joint venture in 1998-2003 with Square called Electronic Arts Square (EA Square). After Square merged with Enix to form Square Enix in April 2003, Electronic Arts started to publish games in Japan without having a joint venture.
Softography
Mega Drive
- James Pond II: Codename RoboCod (1991) — Publisher (JP)
- EA Hockey (1991) — Publisher (Japan)
- F-22 Interceptor: Advanced Tactical Fighter (1991) — Publisher (Japan)
- Road Rash (1991) — Publisher (JP)
- Fatal Rewind (1991) — Publisher (JP)
- John Madden Football '92 (1991) — Publisher (Japan)
- Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (1992) — Publisher (JP)
- Jordan vs Bird (1992) — Publisher (Japan)
- Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs (1992) — Publisher (Japan)
- Team USA Basketball (1992) — Publisher (Japan)
- Crüe Ball (1992) — Publisher (Japan)
- LHX Attack Chopper (1992) — Publisher (Japan)
- Road Rash II (1992) — Publisher (Japan)
- Risky Woods (1992) — Publisher (Japan)
- Power Monger (1993) — Publisher (JP)
- Rolo to the Rescue (1993) — Publisher (Japan)
- PGA Tour Golf II (1993) — Publisher (JP)
- Bulls versus Blazers and the NBA Playoffs (1993) — Publisher (Japan)
- Mutant League Football (1993) — Publisher (Japan)
- Jungle Strike (1993) — Publisher (JP)
- B.O.B. (1993) — Publisher (Japan)
- General Chaos (1993) — Publisher (Japan)
- Super Baseball 2020 (1993) — Publisher (Japan)
- Madden NFL '94 (1993) — Publisher (Japan)
- FIFA International Soccer (1993) — Publisher (Japan)
- F-117 Night Storm (1993) — Publisher (Japan)
- NBA Showdown '94 (1994) — Publisher (Japan)
Game Gear
- FIFA International Soccer (1994) — Publisher (JP)
Saturn
- Mahjong Gokuu Tenjiku (1994) — Publisher
- Theme Park (1995) — Publisher (JP)
- Senryaku Shougi (1995) — Publisher
- Hi-Octane (1995) — Publisher (JP)
- FIFA Soccer 96 (1995) — Publisher (Japan)
- Alone in the Dark 2 (1996) — Publisher (Japan)
- Magic Carpet (1996) — Publisher (Japan)
- Shellshock (1996) — Publisher (JP)
- Road Rash (1996) — Publisher (Japan)
- Loaded (1996) — Publisher (Japan)
- PGA Tour 97 (1996) — Publisher (JP)
- NHL 97 (1996) — Publisher (JP)
- Nissan Presents Over Drivin' GT-R (1996) — Publisher
- Nissan Presents Over Drivin' GT-R Demo-CD Hibaihin (1996) — Publisher
- Soukyugurentai (1997) — Publisher
- Soviet Strike (1997) — Publisher (JP)
- Shin Theme Park (1997) — Publisher
- Rabbit (1997) — Publisher
- Warcraft II: The Dark Saga (1997) — Publisher (JP)
- Fighting Force (unreleased) — Publisher
- Raiden Fighters (unreleased) — Publisher
- Raindrops (unreleased) — Publisher
- Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (unreleased) — Publisher (JP)
Promotional material
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