Aicom

A Japanese video game developer active in the 1980s and 1990s, known for titles like Amagon and Hoops.

Action

Sports

Founded

1988

Acquired

1992

HQ

Tokyo, Japan

Parent

Sammy Corporation

Known for

Action / Platform / Shoot 'em up

25

Games

1988–1996

Years

12

Platforms

$66.19

Ø CIB

-2.9%

24M change

About

Aicom was a Japanese game development studio founded in 1988. The company developed several notable NES titles during the late 1980s, including the action game Amagon (released in Japan as Totsuzen Macho Man) and the sports game Hoops (also known as Zenbi Pro Basketball or All-Pro Basketball). They were also involved in the development of Flying Hero and Chuugoku Senseijutsu.

Operating as a key contributor to the broader King of Fighters and Wonder Boy intellectual properties, the developer established its industry footprint through these specific releases. Within the King of Fighters lineage, the studio's early output includes the 1988 titles Flying Dragon and the divination-themed Chuugoku Senseijutsu. That same year, they expanded their contributions to these franchises with the action-platformer Totsuzen Macho Man, which gained international recognition alongside its western localization Amagon in 1989.

The studio's portfolio within these shared franchise universes also diversified into sports and shooter genres. In 1989, they delivered the vertical-scrolling shooter Flying Hero, alongside a prominent basketball simulation released under multiple regional titles, including Hoops, Zenbi Pro Basketball, and All-Pro Basketball. These releases solidified the developer's technical versatility, bridging the gap between arcade-style action and sports simulation within the overarching framework of the King of Fighters and Wonder Boy brands. This collective body of work remains a distinct era in the evolution of both franchises.