Gazelle (software company)


was a Japanese video game developer founded in 1994 by former Toaplan employees after the latter company declared bankruptcy on the same year.

History

Gazelle was founded by Tatsuya Uemura, Junya Inoue, Mikio Yamaguchi, Kaneyo Ōhira and Yoshitatsu Sakai, former Toaplan members after the latter company declared bankrupt and originally focused on printed circuit boards exportation prior to game development. Cave co-founder Tsuneki Ikeda refused to join the company. According to Uemura, his former Toaplan CEO sold the company's IPs to both Gazelle and Raizing but doubted about the procedure's overall legality. During its existence, Gazelle developed three games for Banpresto on the CAVE 68000 hardware: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, Air Gallet and . The company also ported three Toaplan titles to fifth generation game consoles, among other projects. Prior to ceasing game development and closure, many of the company's staff later joined Cave and Raizing.

Games developed