Datam Polystar

A Japanese video game publisher active in the 1990s, known for the Makeruna! Makendou series and Youchien Senki Madara.

Action

Puzzle

Founded

1990

HQ

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Video-game publishing / Software distribution / Music software

21

Games

1992–2006

Years

5

Platforms

$15.00

Ø CIB

-75.8%

24M change

About

Datam Polystar was a Japanese publisher that released several titles for platforms like the Super Famicom, Sega Saturn, and PlayStation. They are best known for publishing the Makeruna! Makendou franchise, including the original 1993 action game and its 1995 fighting game sequel. Their catalog also includes the puzzle games Cacoma Knight and Keeper, as well as RPGs like Youchien Senki Madara and Dragon Master Silk.

Established as a software publishing subsidiary of the Japanese record label Polystar, the company leveraged its parent organization's audio-visual expertise to produce games with strong anime and musical influences. An early success in their puzzle lineup was Cacoma Knight (1992), which adapted classic territory-capturing gameplay.

The publisher's signature property, Makeruna Makendou (1993), established a media franchise that grew to include anime adaptations and the fighting game sequel Makeruna Makendou 2 (1995), also released as Makeruna! Makendo 2 (1995). These titles featured character designs by manga artist Kenichi Sonoda.

Datam Polystar continued to diversify its portfolio with Keeper (1994), an isometric puzzle title, and Shichuu Suimei Pitagraph (1996), a unique fortune-telling simulation. Their later years focused on role-playing games, notably Youchien Senki Madara (1996), a parody spin-off of the popular Madara manga series, and Dragon Master Silk (1997), a dungeon crawler that utilized extensive voice acting and animated sequences to align with the company's multimedia focus.