70 years and still going strong. And with some amazing games, too.
“I love shining the spotlight on underrated games and out of all 181 games that I wrote full reviews for in our 9th year, here are the top 10 that I feel more chums should be playing. Plus, it's Video Chums' 9th anniversary today - go us! 🥳” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
"Taito’s Arkanoid series of brick-breaking games began in arcades and has spawned numerous ports and sequels. Now, French developer and Pastagames (developer of Pang Adventures) and Microids have crafted their own unique sequel called Arkanoid – Eternal Battle. Although a Taito-developed sequel might have been preferable in some ways, the benefit to Microids publishing this one is that Eternal Battle is available on all platforms, not just PlayStation and Switch," says Co-Optimus.
"Taito's Bubble Bobble series started out in 1986 and remains popular to this day. Bubble Bobble 4 didn't get the world on first, but there will be plenty more adventures for Bub and Bob in the future, including the upcoming Puzzle Bobble Everybubble. Merchandise for this series doesn't come to international markets very often, but Strictly Limited Games currently has a bundle of Bub and Bob plushies available to order," says Co-Optimus.
Taito is one of the coolest Japanese developers.
Darius.
Rastan Saga if you're hard enough.