Riverhillsoft
Founded in 1982, Riverhillsoft (リバーヒルソフト) was a video game developer and publisher who initially released software for Japanese home computers like the NEC PC-88. They later began producing home console games, focusing on systems like the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) and Sony PlayStation.
The company first found its niche in graphic adventure games (J.B. Harold: Murder Club) before expanding to create RPGs (Burai series) and early survival horror games (Doctor Hauzer). After expanding their offices in Fukuoka during the late-1990s, dwindling sales on PCs, consoles, and mobile platforms led to the company folding. Most of its staff left to form Althi, Inc.; original co-founder and lead creator Rika Suzuki moved to Cing and freelance contracting.
Catalog credits
- Vermilion Desert
- Pocket Tuner
- World Neverland 2: Pluto Kyouwakoku Monogatari
- OverBlood 2
- World Neverland: Olerud Oukoku Monogatari
- Refrain Love: Anata ni Aitai
- J.B. Harold no Jikenbo: Kiss of Murder
- OverBlood
- Gebockers
- J.B. Harold no Jikenbo: Manhattan Requiem - Yami ni Tobu Tenshi-tachi
- Doraemon Yuujou Densetsu
- Doctor Hauzer
- J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues
- Manhattan Requiem
- Aim for the Top! Gunbuster vol. 2
- Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
- Princess Minerva
- Aim for the Top! Gunbuster Vol. 1
- Buster Ball
- Burai: Hachigyoku no Yuushi Densetsu
- Burai: Gekan Kanketsu-hen
- Burai: Joukan
- Todo Ryuunosuke Tantei Nikki: Kohaku-iro no Yuigon
- Kiss of Murder: Another Story of Manhattan Requiem
- J.B. Harold Series #2: Manhattan Requiem - Angels Flying in the Dark
- Murder Club
- Ookami-otoko Satsujin Jiken
- Kuroneko-sou Souzoku Satsujin Jiken