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Sony Imagesoft was a video game publisher that operated from 1989 to 1995 and was located in California. It was established in January 1989 in Los Angeles, California, as a subsidiary of the Japan-based CBS/Sony Group (CSG) and initially named CSG Imagesoft Inc.〔''Sony in U.S. Videogame Venture.'' In: Television Digest with Consumer Electronics. Volume 28, December 26, 1988, page 51.〕 Focus at the beginning was on marketing games exclusively for Nintendo consoles.〔''CSG Imagesoft Enters U.S. Home Video Game Market.'' PR Newswire, Los Angeles, September 6, 1989〕 The first release was Super Dodge Ball in summer 1989.〔 Games by UK-based developers, Solstice and Dragon's Lair, followed in 1990. Both were also published in Japan through Epic/Sony Records. After Sony had set up its North American Sony Electronic Publishing division in April 1991,〔''Sony Software Establishes Sony Electronic Publishing.'' PR Newswire, New York, February 26, 1991.〕〔Consumer Electronics (Communications Daily), Vol. 11, No. 44, Warren Publishing. Page 9.〕 Imagesoft operated as Sony Imagesoft Inc. The new logo is a blue square that is diagonally divided by a feather emitting sparks of light from its tip. The first games sporting the new logo were Altered Space for Game Boy and movie tie-in Hudson Hawk for NES and Game Boy. Other releases were localizations of SNES games previously developed for Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) and published under the Epic/Sony Records brand: Extra Innings and Smart Ball, both published in 1992. == Sega partnership == On May 20, 1992 Sega of America and Sony Electronic Publishing announced a partnership to create content for Sega's consoles under the direction of Imagesoft.〔''Sony Electronic Publishing and Sega of America announce broad business partnership.'' Business Wire, May 20, 1992〕 Besides Sega's cartridge-based Genesis and GameGear consoles the partnership targeted the upcoming Sega CD peripheral.〔Adam Bryant: ''(Sega Links with Sony to Make CD Video Games. )'' New York Times, May 21, 1992. Accessed: 2010-09-01. ((archived version ))〕 Among the first titles released for Sega's consoles after the announcement were Sewer Shark and Hook. ''Sewer Shark'', initially released exclusively to Sega CD, is a rail-shooter that years earlier was shelved as part of the ill-fated NEMO project. The ''Hook'' video games are tie-ins to the Spielberg feature film Hook that premiered in December 1991 and was produced by Sony owned TriStar Pictures. Ports of the video game for Sega platforms are based on the SNES game published earlier by Imagesoft. The Sega CD version was enhanced with better cut scenes with voice actors and digital stills and featured music from the film soundtrack.〔Janet Wasko: ''Hollywood in the information age: beyond the silver screen.'' University of Texas Press 1995, ISBN 0-292-79094-5. Page 62.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sony Imagesoft」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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