Nihon Falcom Corp.

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A video game development company known for creating some of the first Japanese action RPGs and many long-running franchises such as Ys and The Legend of Heroes.

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Falcom's opening in 1981

Falcom's opening in 1981

Falcom Staff Circa 1988

Inside Falcom (1981)

Development Area (1987)

Falcom Office (1988)

Current Falcom Headquarters (Located on the 3rd Floor)

Logo 1985

Development Area around 1991

Falcom Headquarters around 1991

1990s

Company Dormitory (Early 1990s)

Masayuki Kato at Falcom around 1990

1990s

90s Recruitment Ad

Development Staff of Xanadu Scenario II (Super Soft AVG & RPG #2 1987)

Ys II Development Staff (Beep July 1988)

Falcom Ad (I/O Magazine July 1985)

Illustration of Falcom's Offices in 1988 (Falcom Bible: Making Of Sorcerian)

Variations on Falcom's Logo 1988 (Falcom Bible: Making Of Sorcerian)

Flyer advertisting the opening of Falcom's new store in Tachikawa.

Falcom's History Timeline from 1988's Falcom Bible: Making Of Sorcerian

Falcom Advertisment (I/O Magazine December 1983)

Computer Land Tachikawa Advertisement (I/O Magazine September 1981)

Computer Land Tachikawa Advertisement (I/O Magazine January 1983)

Computer Land Tachikawa Advertisement (I/O Magazine June 1982)

Advertisement for Computer Land Tachikawa (I/O Magazine July 1983)

Advertisement for Falcom Computer Shop (I/O Magazine August 1983)

Falcom Computer Store Ad (I/O Magazine September 1985)

(I/O Magazine September 1985)

(I/O Magazine October 1985)

(I/O Magazine November 1985)

Falcom Ad (Famimaga June 5, 1987)

I/O Magazine October 1983

I/O Magazine May 1984

I/O Magazine July 1984 (Mentions Falcom appearing on TBS TV)

I/O Magazine August 1984 (Hot News: Dragon Slayer)

I/O Magazine Feburary 1985

Ad for Falcom's New Store Openning (I/O Magazine May 1985)

Falcom's Computer Store Ad (I/O Magazine June 1985)

I/O Magazine May 1985

I/O Magazine November 1987

Recruitment Ad (MSX FAN October 1990)

Computer Land Tachikawa Catalog (I/O Magazine December 1982)

Ys 1 Development Staff (1987? from Pasokon Sunday)

Falcom Headquarters (1985? Pasokon Sunday)

Photos of the "Falcom Shop" in Yoyogi, Tokyo (1989)

Ad for Falcom Shop

Inside Computer Land Tachikawa (1981)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Spring 1987 Issue of Falcom's Catalog Magazine (Illustration Drawn by Masayuki Kato)

Ad for Falcom Festival 90 (Technopolis March 1990)

Ys I-III Ad (Technopolis November 1989)

Falcom Product Ad (Technopolis October 1990)

Falcom Media Opera Ad 1(Technopolis July 1990)

Falcom Media Opera Ad 2 (Technopolis July 1990)

Falcom Character Museum 1 (Technopolis August 1990)

Falcom Character Museum 2 (Technopolis August 1990)

Falcom Originative Quality 1 (Technopolis September 1990)

Falcom Originative Quality 2 (Technopolis September 1990)

Ys 1 Staff 1987 (Super Soft AVG & RPG #3)

Recruitment Ad (Micom BASIC January 1993)

Falcom Festival 91 Ad (Micom BASIC September 1991)

Coming Soon ad for "Xanadu III," "Ys IV" and "Brandish." (Micom BASIC September 1991)

Ad for "Provincialism Ys" Album.

Ad for Falcom Dealers and Falcom Shop (Micom BASIC November 1990)

Ad for Falcom's Magazine (Micom BASIC June 1987)

"Something New" Recruitment Ad (Micom BASIC October 1988)

Falcom Special Box 89 Ad (Micom BASIC December 1988)

This Year is Falcom! 1 (Micom BASIC February 1987)

This Year is Falcom! 2 (Micom BASIC February 1987)

Falcom Special Box 92 (Micom BASIC January 1992)

Micom BASIC June 1987

Micom BASIC June 1987

Micom BASIC July 1987

Micom BASIC August 1987

Micom BASIC November 1987

Micom BASIC May 1987

I/O Magazine February 1982

Falcom Shop

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Computer Land Tachikawa (Login Magazine July 1984)

Outside Falcom's Office (Login Magazine July 1984)

Demons Ring Development Staff (Login Magazine July 1984)

Falcom Sound Team JDK 1992 (Micom BASIC August 1992)

Dragon Slayer JDK Special (Micom BASIC August 1992)

Masayuki Kato at a press conference for Mantra's "Ys II Special".

Falcom Advert from The Rhapsody of Zephyr (1999)

Falcom Original Goods Catalog Advert (1999)

Login Magazine October 1984

Masayuki Kato (Login Magazine October 1985)

Masayuki Kato (Login Magazine October 1985)

Tadanobu Inoue and Masayuki Kato (Login Magazine October 1985)

Tadanobu Inoue (Login Magazine October 1985)

I/O Magazine (February 1984)

Micom Basic Magazine (October 1990)

Tadanobu Inoue and Masayuki Kato (Login Magazine October 1986)

Tadanobu Inoue and Masayuki Kato (Login Magazine October 1986)

Falcom staff holding various Xanadu merch (Login Magazine October 1986)

(Left to right): Koichi Hatakeyama, Masaya Hashimoto, Yoshio Kiya (Login Magazine October 1986)

Shinji Yamazaki 1997

Shinji Yamazaki 1998

Login Magazine (April 1987)

Yoshio Kiya (center), Tadanobu Inoue (left), Tsuneyuki Miyamoto (right) (Technopolis April 1985)

Technopolis (February 1986)

Technopolis (February 1986)

Technopolis (July 1986)

Technopolis (July 1986)

Technopolis (July 1986)

Tomoo Yamane, Takahiro Ohura, Tsuneyuki Miyamoto, and Masaya Hashimoto (Technopolis December 1986)

Masaya Hashimoto and Tsuneyuki Miyamoto (Technopolis December 1986) 

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Computer Land Tachikawa (Monthly Micom, July 1981)

Computer Land Tachikawa (Monthly Micom, July 1981)

POPCOM (March 1985)

POPCOM (March 1985)

The Legend of Xanadu Special Fan Book (Marukatsu PC Engine, December 1993)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Ys III Dev Team (Comptiq January 1989)

Star Trader Dev Team (Comptiq January 1989)

Sorcerian Dev Team (Comptiq January 1989)

Seigo Oketani and Masaya Hashimoto (Comptiq January 1989)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Tadanobu Inoue and staff holding posters for Falcom's Sepcial Box 89 Album (Comptiq January 1989)

Comptiq (January 1988)

Comptiq (December 1988)

Comptiq (January 1990)

Comptiq (January 1990)

Comptiq (January 1990)

Falcom Shop Opening Day (Comptiq January 1990)

Falcom Shop Opening Day (Comptiq January 1990)

Comptiq (June 1990)

PiO Magazine (Decemeber 1985)

Mieko Ishikawa, Yoshio Kiya, and Masaya Hashimoto (Technopolis December 1988)

Computer Land Tachikawa

Falcom's opening in 1981

Falcom's opening in 1981

Inside Falcom (1981)

Computer Land Tachikawa Advertisement (I/O Magazine September 1981)

Computer Land Tachikawa Advertisement (I/O Magazine January 1983)

Computer Land Tachikawa Advertisement (I/O Magazine June 1982)

Advertisement for Computer Land Tachikawa (I/O Magazine July 1983)

Falcom Computer Store Ad (I/O Magazine September 1985)

Falcom's Computer Store Ad (I/O Magazine June 1985)

Computer Land Tachikawa Catalog (I/O Magazine December 1982)

Inside Computer Land Tachikawa (1981)

I/O Magazine February 1982

Computer Land Tachikawa (Login Magazine July 1984)

Login Magazine October 1984

Computer Land Tachikawa (Monthly Micom, July 1981)

Computer Land Tachikawa (Monthly Micom, July 1981)

POPCOM (March 1985)

Falcom Shop

Photos of the "Falcom Shop" in Yoyogi, Tokyo (1989)

Ad for Falcom Shop

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop 1993 (Ys Special Collection: All About Falcom VHS)

Falcom Shop

Falcom Shop Opening Day (Comptiq January 1990)

Falcom Shop Opening Day (Comptiq January 1990)

Headquarters

Current Falcom Headquarters (Located on the 3rd Floor)

Falcom Headquarters around 1991

Company Dormitory (Early 1990s)

Falcom Headquarters (1985? Pasokon Sunday)

Outside Falcom's Office (Login Magazine July 1984)

Technopolis (February 1986)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Comptiq (January 1987)

History

Falcom's History Timeline from 1988's Falcom Bible: Making Of Sorcerian

Logo

Logo 1985

Variations on Falcom's Logo 1988 (Falcom Bible: Making Of Sorcerian)

Offices

Development Area (1987)

Falcom Office (1988)

Development Area around 1991

Masayuki Kato at Falcom around 1990

1990s

Illustration of Falcom's Offices in 1988 (Falcom Bible: Making Of Sorcerian)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Falcom Advert from The Rhapsody of Zephyr (1999)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

The Legend of Xanadu Special Fan Book (Marukatsu PC Engine, December 1993)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Comptiq (February 1988)

Comptiq (January 1988)

Comptiq (December 1988)

Comptiq (January 1990)

Comptiq (January 1990)

PiO Magazine (Decemeber 1985)

Old Advertisements

90s Recruitment Ad

Falcom Ad (I/O Magazine July 1985)

Flyer advertisting the opening of Falcom's new store in Tachikawa.

Falcom Advertisment (I/O Magazine December 1983)

(I/O Magazine September 1985)

(I/O Magazine October 1985)

(I/O Magazine November 1985)

Falcom Ad (Famimaga June 5, 1987)

I/O Magazine October 1983

I/O Magazine May 1984

I/O Magazine July 1984 (Mentions Falcom appearing on TBS TV)

I/O Magazine August 1984 (Hot News: Dragon Slayer)

I/O Magazine Feburary 1985

Ad for Falcom's New Store Openning (I/O Magazine May 1985)

I/O Magazine May 1985

I/O Magazine November 1987

Recruitment Ad (MSX FAN October 1990)

Ad for Falcom Festival 90 (Technopolis March 1990)

Ys I-III Ad (Technopolis November 1989)

Falcom Product Ad (Technopolis October 1990)

Falcom Media Opera Ad 1(Technopolis July 1990)

Falcom Media Opera Ad 2 (Technopolis July 1990)

Falcom Character Museum 1 (Technopolis August 1990)

Falcom Character Museum 2 (Technopolis August 1990)

Falcom Originative Quality 1 (Technopolis September 1990)

Falcom Originative Quality 2 (Technopolis September 1990)

Recruitment Ad (Micom BASIC January 1993)

Falcom Festival 91 Ad (Micom BASIC September 1991)

Coming Soon ad for "Xanadu III," "Ys IV" and "Brandish." (Micom BASIC September 1991)

Ad for Falcom Dealers and Falcom Shop (Micom BASIC November 1990)

Ad for Falcom's Magazine (Micom BASIC June 1987)

"Something New" Recruitment Ad (Micom BASIC October 1988)

Falcom Special Box 89 Ad (Micom BASIC December 1988)

This Year is Falcom! 1 (Micom BASIC February 1987)

This Year is Falcom! 2 (Micom BASIC February 1987)

Falcom Special Box 92 (Micom BASIC January 1992)

Micom BASIC June 1987

Micom BASIC June 1987

Micom BASIC July 1987

Micom BASIC August 1987

Micom BASIC November 1987

Micom BASIC May 1987

Dragon Slayer JDK Special (Micom BASIC August 1992)

Falcom Advert from The Rhapsody of Zephyr (1999)

Falcom Original Goods Catalog Advert (1999)

I/O Magazine (February 1984)

Comptiq (June 1990)

Staff

Falcom Staff Circa 1988

1990s

Masayuki Kato at Falcom around 1990

Development Staff of Xanadu Scenario II (Super Soft AVG & RPG #2 1987)

Ys II Development Staff (Beep July 1988)

Ys 1 Development Staff (1987? from Pasokon Sunday)

Ys 1 Staff 1987 (Super Soft AVG & RPG #3)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Making of Trails of Cold Steel (2013)

Demons Ring Development Staff (Login Magazine July 1984)

Falcom Sound Team JDK 1992 (Micom BASIC August 1992)

Masayuki Kato at a press conference for Mantra's "Ys II Special".

Falcom Advert from The Rhapsody of Zephyr (1999)

Masayuki Kato (Login Magazine October 1985)

Tadanobu Inoue and Masayuki Kato (Login Magazine October 1985)

Tadanobu Inoue (Login Magazine October 1985)

Tadanobu Inoue and Masayuki Kato (Login Magazine October 1986)

Tadanobu Inoue and Masayuki Kato (Login Magazine October 1986)

Falcom staff holding various Xanadu merch (Login Magazine October 1986)

(Left to right): Koichi Hatakeyama, Masaya Hashimoto, Yoshio Kiya (Login Magazine October 1986)

Shinji Yamazaki 1997

Shinji Yamazaki 1998

Login Magazine (April 1987)

Technopolis (February 1986)

Technopolis (July 1986)

Technopolis (July 1986)

Technopolis (July 1986)

Tomoo Yamane, Takahiro Ohura, Tsuneyuki Miyamoto, and Masaya Hashimoto (Technopolis December 1986)

Masaya Hashimoto and Tsuneyuki Miyamoto (Technopolis December 1986) 

Anime Vision Special Vol. 1 (1988)

POPCOM (March 1985)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Comptiq (January 1987)

Ys III Dev Team (Comptiq January 1989)

Star Trader Dev Team (Comptiq January 1989)

Sorcerian Dev Team (Comptiq January 1989)

Seigo Oketani and Masaya Hashimoto (Comptiq January 1989)

Tadanobu Inoue and staff holding posters for Falcom's Sepcial Box 89 Album (Comptiq January 1989)

Comptiq (January 1990)

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