Zoo Corporation
Zoo Corporation is a Japanese company based in Nagano Prefecture that develops medical prescription systems and video games.
Also recorded as ZooCorporation · ZOO Games · ZOO
Zoo Corporation
- Name
- Zoo Corporation
- Founded
- 1986
- Headquarters
- Ueda
- Activity
- video game industry · information technology
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Zoo Corporation is a Japanese company based in Nagano Prefecture that develops medical prescription systems and video games.
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• Name — Zoo Corporation • Native Name — 株式会社ズー • Romanized Name — Kabushiki-gaisha Zū • Type — Kabushiki gaisha • Industry — Software • Founded — April 8, 1986 • Hq Location — Ueda, Nagano • Area Served — Worldwide • Num Employees — 85
History
History
Zoo was founded on April 8, 1986 by Jinichi Miyajima. It developed a computer-based prescription system in 1987. In 1994 it released a prescription system named Gennai Online which also supported revisions to pharmaceutical information and automatic drug ordering. Yakugen is a drug database linked to Gennai, and MediCounter is a drug information system the company made for face-to-face sales. In 1990 the company developed the first Japanese UNIX game. It was released in the United States by Spectrum Holobyte as BreakThru!.
Video games
Video games
• Title — Systems — Release date — Developer — Publisher — JP Japan — NA North America — PAL PAL region — Notes • BreakThru! — Windows — The game's concept was used for Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kurukkurin (Zoo is credited on the title screen). • MS-DOS • Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda Playing Cards] — Windows — April 27, 2015 • Princess Kaguya: Legend of the Moon Warrior — Windows — August 4, 2015| August 4, 2015 • Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire — Windows — August 24, 2015 • Dungeon Manager ZV — Windows — September 28, 2015 — Developed by StudioGIW • Pretty Girls Panic! — Windows, macOS — December 20, 2016 • Dungeon Manager ZV 2 — Windows — February 17, 2017 — Developed by StudioGIW • Dungeon Manager ZV: Resurrection — Windows — August 15, 2017 — Developed by StudioGIW • Alvarok — Windows — August 24, 2017 — Developed by StudioGIW • Beat Souls — Windows, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX — July 29, 2021 — Published by eastasiasoft
Localized Games
Localized Games
• Title — Systems — Japanese Release date — Original Developer — Original Publisher — Original Release date • Bermuda Syndrome — Windows — Century Interactive — BMG Interactive • Grand Theft Auto — Windows — January 23, 1998 — DMA Design — BMG Interactive — October 1997 • Moomin — Windows — January 27, 1998 — BMG Interactive — BMG Interactive • V2000 — Windows — December 25, 1998 — Frontier Developments — Grolier Interactive — August 1998 • Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 — Windows — July 1, 1999 — Rockstar Canada — Rockstar Games — March 31, 1999 • Grand Theft Auto 2 — Windows — February 25, 2000 — DMA Design — Rockstar Games — September 30, 1999 • Grand Theft Auto III — Windows — June 28, 2002 — Rockstar North — Rockstar Games — October 22, 2001 • Nitro Family — Windows — June 11, 2004 — Delphieye — Delphieye • Singles: Flirt Up Your Life — Windows — December 3, 2004 — Rotobee — Deep Silver — April 2, 2004 • Knights of Honor — Windows — Black Sea Studios — Sunflowers Interactive — September 30, 2004 • Singles 2: Triple Trouble — Windows — December 16, 2005 — Rotobee — Deep Silver • City Life — Windows — July 28, 2006 — Monte Cristo — Focus Home Interactive • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl — Windows — June 1, 2007 — GSC Game World — GSC World Publishing — March 20, 2007 • Pacific Storm: Allies — Windows — July 27, 2007 — Lesta Studio — Buka Entertainment • Breed — Windows — August 20, 2007 — Brat Designs — Cdv Software Entertainment — March 19, 2004 • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky — Windows — September 26, 2008 — GSC Game World — GSC World Publishing — August 25, 2008 • GTR Evolution — Windows — September 26, 2008 — SimBin Studios — Take-Two Interactive — September 1, 2008 • Left 4 Dead — Windows — November 21, 2008 — Valve South — Valve — November 17, 2008 • Tomb Raider: Underworld — Windows — July 17, 2009 — Crystal Dynamics — Eidos Interactive — November 18, 2008 • Left 4 Dead 2 — Windows — November 19, 2009 — Valve — Valve — November 17, 2009 • The Path — Windows — July 7, 2010 — Tale of Tales — Tale of Tales — March 18, 2009
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1986
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1986
Zoo Corporation is recorded from 1986.
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Constitution and standing. It is classified as video game developer, video game publisher and kabushiki gaisha. Its recorded field of business is video game industry and information technology.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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