Company

Video System

Defunct

Shipping

1986 – 2025

Closed

2001

Developed

30

Published

33

HQ

🇯🇵 Japan

Video System Co., Ltd. was a game development company that was founded in Japan in December 1984 and ceased operations in 2001. It was responsible for making numerous video games consoles , mainly for the Super Nintendo, Neo Geo, and Nintendo 64. Its founder and director was software designer Koji Furukawa . In 1992, they opened a branch in the United States which was named McO'River, Inc., they obtained the licenses to publish the three Aero Fighters Arcade games America in North and also published the titles Hyper V-Ball and Aero Fighters for SNES. The company released several games in the Japan and United States regions, such as F-1 Grand Prix , Karate Blazers, Tao Taido , Rabbit Punch Turbo Force, Super Volleyball, and its biggest hit, Aero Fighters. The Aero Fighters staff would later split to form their own company, Psikyo. In 1997, McO'River, Inc. changed its name to Video System USA, Inc. Under this new name they released the game Aero Fighters Assault and F-1 World Grand Prix for the Nintendo 64, the latter receiving a published sequel only in Europe. The United States offices closed their doors around 2000 and the Japanese company closed permanently in 2001.