DF Retro: Sunsoft - Batman And Beyond - An Incredible Legacy... And A New Beginning

Legendary at its heights through the 1980s and 1990s, Sunsoft carved out a reputation for incredible quality across the 8-bit and 16-bit eras before gradually fading away. However, the publisher is beginning its comeback and in this incredible DF Retro special, John Linneman catalogues the history of Sunsoft, from its origins through its stratospherically successful period and then onto its quieter years through to the beginnings of its resurgence. With unprecedented access to Sunsoft HQ in Japan - including a look at unreleased games - this is the definitive look at a unique publisher. This is exactly the kind of major project that simply would not be possible without the DF Supporter Program, so many thanks for making this kind of content possible. 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:10 - Chapter 1 - Sun Corporation’s Early Years 00:03:43 - Ikki - The First ’Kusoge’? 00:04:21 - Digging through Arcade Boards 00:05:28 - Chapter 2 - Sunsoft Arrives on Famicom (NES) 00:10:49 - The Unreleased Arcade Games 00:16:11 - Blaster Master 00:18:11 - The Best Years of Sunsoft - NES 00:21:29 - Chapter 3 - The Batman Chapter 00:25:21 - Batman on Game Boy 00:27:17 - Batman on Mega Drive 00:29:17 - Batman on PC Engine 00:31:27 - Batman: Return of the Joker on NES 00:34:52 - Batman: Return of the Joker on Game Boy 00:36:11 - Batman: Revenge of the Joker on Genesis 00:41:16 - Other Licensed Games 00:48:07 - Chapter 4 - Sunsoft’s Original Games 00:52:01 - Journey to Silius 00:55:16 - Hebereke 00:59:32 - Gimmick! 01:04:34 - Trip World and more 01:08:29 - Chapter 5 - Myst and Cyan 01:14:23 - Chapter 6 - Sunsoft’s American Games 01:27:39 - Aero the Acrobat Series 01:36:49 - Chapter 7 - Sunsoft’s Japanese Games on 16-bit 01:51:06 - Chapter 8 - What Happened to Sunsoft? 01:58:43 - Sunsoft Memorial Series 02:03:00 - Sunsoft Opens A YouTube Channel 02:05:33 - Chapter 9 - Sunsoft is Back