What is your favorite game company?

[doomfarer75]

I now realize how big of a player hudson was in japan,  and all the fantastic games they made for the Pc engine and Nintendo..which now begs the question: What is your favorite?

[RCduck7]

I think hudson was a very capable company that knew the tricks of the hardware to develop for and made great games for the arcade minded and beyond. But the problem preventing them to be commercially succesfull was the lack of likeable and recognisable characters for everyone.
They had to go up with the likes of sonic and mario wich sells consoles at the time and even still do.
If they had a broader audience it's retro scene now would have been mentioned more in magazines and other media.

[nodtveidt]

I'd go with Taito on favourite game producer, with Hudson as close second (although Hudson did develop my favourite PCE game, Neutopia, Taito produced my second favourite, Cadash, plus a slew of other titles I absolutely love).

[cozzie]

Sega with out a shadow of doubt!!

[Keranu]

Too many to name, but I can easily say the Falcom is my favorite when it comes to action-RPGs .

[esteban]

I'm limiting the timeframe to 1993 and earlier:

sega or nintendo would have to be my faves.  I think I'd lean towards nintendo.  even the so-called "lesser" nintendo games (balloon fight!) just plain kick-ass.

Konami is a strong third (their pre-1994 era rules on NES, famicom, MSX, PCE, Genesis, SNES)...

of course i love hudson (4th on my list?), data east, taito, snk, etc. etc. etc.

but sega and nintendo just have too many awesome games (both at arcade and on console).  yes, Hogan's Alley and Donkey Kong ruled in the arcade!

If I had to go with my favorite underdog: hmmmmm, Data East would get my love (Karnov! Bad Dudes! ).

[Nutribrain]

When you look at the games that were released during the last years for all the nextgen consoles, then Capcom and Sega deserves to be mentioned as the best game developers/publishers. Both companies try to produce innovative and sometimes strange games like Killer 7, I would like to die for you aka Project Rub, P.N.03, Jet Set Radio or Rez.
I think most of the games released today are more or likely the same gangsta 3D shooting, racing or war shooters. Nothing really spectacular.
That's propably one reason why I'm so commited to retro gaming.

[dj898]

for PC Engine it's got to be Hacker International...
I'm all for any underdog especially when they go against the owner of the said console... he he

[zborgerd]

Probably Treasure.  They're one of the last companies around that really makes games of the generes that I love (SHMUPS!).  They also almost always add something fun and unique to them as well.

[lord_cack]

Square Soft
Enix
Square Enix
Falcom
Hudson
SNK
Capcom
Konami
Nintendo
Sega....Did I miss anyone...and not in that order....well except for Square and Enix.....would anyone else like to have seen them put something out for the PCE besides me....

[GUTS]

Sega all the way, best game company ever.  They were the first game company and system to be considered cool, if it wasn't for Sega we'd still all be considered even huger nerds than we are now.

[Keranu]

Oh yeah, no one mentioned Lucas Film company. No one can make a more kick ass point and click as much as them. Also Sierra On-Line was cool back in the 80's, too.

[GUTS]

Yeah lucas used to be awesome like 10 years ago.  f*ck that fat f*ck now though, him and his shit company, I hate everything that guy stands for.  When I first got a PC I bought ANY Lucas game I could get my hands on because they were all AWESOME quality games.  Then that shit Star Wars Episode 1 came out everything turned to crap, it pisses me off to think of what an awesome company Lucas Arts used to be everytime I see yet ANOTHER shit Star Wars game.

[lord_cack]

Yeah lucas used to be awesome like 10 years ago.  f*ck that fat f*ck now though, him and his shit company, I hate everything that guy stands for.  When I first got a PC I bought ANY Lucas game I could get my hands on because they were all AWESOME quality games.  Then that shit Star Wars Episode 1 came out everything turned to crap, it pisses me off to think of what an awesome company Lucas Arts used to be everytime I see yet ANOTHER shit Star Wars game.

agreed...only not violently so

[lord_cack]

Sega all the way, best game company ever.  They were the first game company and system to be considered cool, if it wasn't for Sega we'd still all be considered even huger nerds than we are now.

a little bit of an overstatement but Sega is good...and I think that games now are only starting to change the nerd image....so if you think you weren't a nerd back with your Sega back in the day...think again...nerd    

Someone I totally forgot. Namco....they started the whole thing really...well atleast set the whole thing on fire with Pac-Man
....I mean they have had some good titles over the years....

I know that this is gonna get looked down on....but I like Rockstar....I like GTA....I think the boldness of the design makes that game worth admiration...especially GTA:SA. I could care less about the gang violence storyline (although its good) just the overall design and especially the wide open area...thats what makes that game great. The openness and hugeness deffinetly like that direction in gaming....now if they could just start making good games......So of modern companies, I gotta go with Rockstar (f*&k Bungie)....and NC Soft (Guild Wars rocks and has some of the best ideas to implemented in RPG's in YEARS)....