They published their first title in 1995 which was Exector for the PlayStation. The company produced a series of Sailor Moon video games for publisher Angel including Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jōgai Rantō!? Shuyaku Sōdatsusen which was the first fighting game they produced. In 1992 they developed a game for the Famicom called Pizza Pop!. It consisted at the time of around eight developers most of whom had previously worked at Sega including founder Minoru Kidooka. The company spent early years as a contract developer for Sega, Sammy, and Banpresto. The company was founded in January 1988 and incorporated as Arc Co., Ltd. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, as well as other license-based fighting games for Dragon Ball, Persona 4 Arena ( Ultimax), Granblue Fantasy Versus ( Rising), and others. ( アークシステムワークス株式会社, Āku Shisutemu Wākusu kabushiki gaisha), commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama.
