List of Irem games

The following is a list of games developed and/or published by Irem (formerly known as IPM) for a variety of arcade and console platforms. The page may also includes ports from other companies licensed by Irem.

Arcade

Title	System	JP	NA	US Distributor
Table Block		March 1978	Unreleased
Power Block		September 1978	Unreleased
Stardust		September 1978	Unreleased
Piccolo		September 1978	Unreleased
Nyankoro		November 1978	Unreleased
IPM Invaders	M-10	January 1979	Unreleased
New Block X		January 1979	Unreleased
Mahjong Game		January 1979	Unreleased
Mahjong DX		June 1979	Unreleased
Capsule Invaders		July 1979	Unreleased
Head On	M-10	September 1979	Unreleased
Galaxy Wars		September 1979	Unreleased
Space Command		October 1979	Unreleased
New Block Z		November 1979	Unreleased
Richi Mahjong		November 1979	Unreleased
Galaxian		December 1979	Unreleased
Commander		December 1979	Unreleased
Space Beam	M-10	1979	November 1980	Nanao
Astro Fighter		January 1980	Unreleased
Sky Chuter	M-10	March 1980	Unreleased
Itazura Angel		April 1980	Unreleased
Green Beret	M-10	May 1980	Unreleased
Andromeda SS	M-10	July 1980	Unreleased
Uni Wars Ginga Teikoku no Gyakushū^JP		October 1980	October 1980	Irem
Panther	M-27	October 1980	October 1980	Irem
Payout Mahjong		February 1981	Unreleased
Red Alert WWIII^JP	M-27	July 1981	October 1981	GDI
Fever Mahjong		September 1981	Unreleased
Computer Mahjong Jyancer		October 1981	Unreleased
Demoneye-X	M-27	October 1981	October 1981	Irem
Oli-Boo-Chu Punching Kid^JP	M-27	January 1982	August 1982	Thomas Automatics
Moon Patrol	M-52	June 1982	August 1982	Williams
MotoRace USA Zippy Race^JP Traverse USA^EU	M-52	June 1983	August 1983	Williams
Tropical Angel	M-57	September 1983	Unreleased
10-Yard Fight	M-58	December 1983	March 1984	Taito
VS 10-Yard Fight	VS	March 1984	Unreleased
Atomic Boy Wily Tower^JP	M-63	April 1984	July 1985	Memetron
Lode Runner	M-62	July 1984	November 1984	Digital Control
The Battle Road	M-62	October 1984	October 1984	Irem
Kung-Fu Master Spartan X^JP	M-62	December 1984	March 1985	Data East
Lode Runner II: The Bungeling Strikes Back	M-62	January 1985	Unreleased
Lot Lot	M-62	September 1985	Unreleased
Lode Runner III: The Golden Labyrinth Lode Runner III: Majin no Fukkatsu^JP	M-62	November 1985	Unreleased
Spelunker	M-62	January 1986	Unreleased
Battle Bird		January 1986	Unreleased
Yōjūden	M-62	June 1986	Unreleased
Spelunker II: 23 no Kagi	M-62	September 1986	Unreleased
Lode Runner IV: Teikoku kara no Dasshutsu	M-62	October 1986	Unreleased
Kid Niki: Radical Ninja Kaiketsu Yanchamaru^JP	M-62	December 1986	March 1987	Data East
R Type	M-72	March 1987	October 1987	Nintendo
Battle Chopper Mr. Heli no Daibōken^JP	M-72	December 1987	December 1987	Irem
Vigilante	M-75	March 1988	February 1988	Data East
Kickle Cubicle Meikyūjima^JP	M-77	June 1988	Unreleased
Ninja Spirit Saigo no Shinobidō^JP	M-72	August 1988	October 1988	Irem
Image Fight	M-72	October 1988	November 1988	Irem
Match It Shisenshō^JP	M-80	February 1989	Unreleased
Legend of Hero Tonma Tonma^JP	M-72	April 1989	March 1990	Irem
Dragon Breed	M-72^JP/EU M-81^{EU alt}	July 1989	September 1989	Irem
X-Multiply	M-72^JP M-81^EU	September 1989	March 1990	Irem
R-Type II	M-84	November 1989	April 1990	Irem
Major Title	M-82	March 1990	Unreleased
Air Duel	M-72^JP/EU M-82^{EU alt/US}	June 1990	June 1990	Irem
Hammerin' Harry Daiku no Gen-san^JP	M-72^JP M-81^EU M-82^{JP alt} M-84^{JP alt/US}	July 1990	June 1990	Irem
Pound for Pound	M-85	December 1990	December 1990	Irem
Ken-Go Lightning Swords	M-84	February 1991	Unreleased	Irem
Hasamu	M-90	March 1991	Unreleased	Irem
GunForce	M-92	June 1990	September 1991	Irem
Blade Master Cross Blades^JP	M-92	July 1991	September 1991	Irem
Bomberman Atomic Punk^NA Dynablaster^EU	M-90	September 1991	September 1991	Irem
Cosmic Cop Gallup - Armored Police Unit^JP	M-72^JP M-84^{JP alt/EU}	October 1991	November 1991	Irem
Lethal Thunder Thunder Blaster^JP	M-92	December 1991	December 1991	Irem
Mystic Riders Mahō Keibitai Gun Hōki^JP	M-92	May 1992	May 1992	Irem
Bomberman World New Atomic Punk: Global Quest^NA New Dynablaster: Global Quest^EU	M-97^JP/US/EU M-99^{JP alt}	June 1992	September 1992	Irem
Undercover Cops	M-92	July 1992	March 1992	Irem
Major Title 2: Tournament Leader The Irem Skins Game^WW	M-92	October 1992	October 1992	Irem
R-Type Leo	M-92	November 1992	Unreleased
Angel Whisper		December 1992	Unreleased
Quiz F1 One-Two Finish	M-97	December 1992	Unreleased
Hill Climber		1993	1993
Hook	M-92	February 1993	December 1992	Irem
In the Hunt Kaitei Daisensō^JP	M-92	April 1993	April 1993	Irem
Shisenshō II Match It II^WW	M-97	June 1993	Unreleased
Gussun Oyoyo Risky Challenge^WW	M-97	September 1993	September 1993	Irem
Ninja Baseball Bat Man Yakyū Kakutō League Man^JP	M-92	October 1993	October 1993	Irem
Superior Soldiers Perfect Soldiers^JP	M-92	December 1993	February 1994	Irem
Fire Barrel Air Assault^WW	M-107	February 1994	1994	Irem
GunForce II Geo Storm^JP	M-92	July 1994	September 1994	Irem
Dream Soccer '94	M-92^JP M-107^WW	September 1994	1994	Data East
World PK Soccer	M-107	September 1994	Unreleased

Prototypes

Super Kung-Fu Master/Beyond Kung-Fu (1985) (M-62)
Kozoutai Gatcyo (1987)
Huddle Up (1988)

MSX / MSX2

1982
- Moon Patrol (1982/1984) (Produced by Dempa) DP-3912011 (GenMSX entry)
1985
- Kung-Fu Acho (聖拳アチョー) also known as Seiken Acho, produced by Irem and ASCII. (GenMSX entry)
1986
- Spelunker (licensed from Brøderbund) IM-01 (GenMSX entry)
- 10-Yard Fight IM-02 (GenMSX entry)
- Panther (GenMSX entry)
1987
- Super Lode Runner (licensed from Brøderbund) IM-03 (MSX & MSX2) (GenMSX entry)
- R-Type (1987,1988) IM-04 (MSX & MSX2) (GenMSX entry)

Sharp X68000

1989
- R-Type
1990
- Image Fight

Famicom / NES

1985
- Kung Fu (licensed to Nintendo) (Spartan X in Japan)
- Zippy Race
- 10-Yard Fight
- Spelunker
- Lot Lot
1986
- Sqoon
- Deadly Towers
1987
- Spelunker II: Yūja e no Chōsen
- Kid Niki: Radical Ninja / Kaiketsu Yanchamaru
1988
- The Guardian Legend
- Napoleon Senki
- Hototogisu
1989
- Nishimura Kyoutarou Mystery: Blue Train Satsujin Jiken
- Holy Diver
- Major League
- Gekitotsu Yonku Battle
- Shinsenden
1990
- Image Fight
- Nishimura Kyoutarou Mystery: Super Express Satsujin Jiken
- Kickle Cubicle
- Paaman: Enban wo Torikaese!!
1991
- Metal Storm
- Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2: Karakuri Land
- Spartan X 2 (the American localization, known as Kung Fu II, was cancelled)
- Hammerin' Harry / Daiku No Gen-San
- Paaman Part 2
1992
- Taiyou no Yuusha Firebird
1993
- Ai Sensei no Oshiete: Watashi no Hoshi
- Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3: Taiketsu! Zouringen
- Daiku no Gen-san 2: Akage no Dan no Gyakushuu

Famicom Disk System

1986
- Kineko
1987
- Kineko II
- Super Lode Runner
- Mahjong Kazoku
- Super Lode Runner II
- Yōkai Yashiki

Game Boy

1990
- Shisenshō: Match-Mania
1991
- Racing Damashii
- Ganso!! Yancha Maru
- Kung Fu Master
- R-Type
- Taiyou no Yuusha Firebird
1992
- Hammerin' Harry: Ghost Building Company / Daiku no Gen-san: Ghost Building Company
- Kizuchida Quiz Da Gen-San Da!
- Noobow
- R-Type II
1993
- Saigo no Nindou: Ninja Spirit
- Undercover Cops
1994
- Daiku No Gen-San: Robot Teikoku No Yabou (1994)

Game Boy Color

2000
- Daiku no Gensan - Kachikachi no Tonkachi ga Kachi

Super Famicom / Super NES

1991
- Super R-Type
1992
- The Irem Skins Game (known as Major Title in Japan and Europe)
- DinoCity
- GunForce
1993
- R-Type III: The Third Lightning (Super NES version published by Jaleco in 1994.)
- Street Combat (it is NCS' first Super Famicom Ranma 1/2 fighting game, with the license removed)
- Rocky Rodent (Nitro Punks Mightheads in Japan)
- Ganbare! Daiku no Gen-san
- Undercover Cops (Super NES version unreleased. Super Famicom version published by Varie in 1995.)

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

1988
- R-Type
1989
- Vigilante
- Mr. Heli no Daibōken
1990
- Image Fight
- Ninja Spirit
1992
- Legend of Hero Tonma
- Racing Damashi
1993
- Gekisha Boy

PC Engine CD ROM / TurboGrafx-16 CD ROM

1991
- R-Type Complete CD
1992
- Image Fight II
1993
- Eiyū Sangokushi
1994
- Sol Moonarge

PlayStation and Sega Saturn

1995
- In the Hunt
1996
- Irem Arcade Classics
- Zoku Gussun Oyoyo
- Yoyo's Puzzle Park
1998
- R-Types (PlayStation only)
1999
- R-Type Delta (PlayStation only)
2000
- Katon-Kun

PlayStation 2

2001
- Gekibo 2 / (the European localization, known as Polaroid Pete, was cancelled)
2002
- Sub Rebellion
- Disaster Report
2003
- R-Type Final
2004
- Sakurasaka Shouboutai
2005
- Steambot Chronicles
- Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship/Blokus Club with Bumpy Trot
2006
- Raw Danger!

PlayStation 3

2009
- Minna de Spelunker; downloadable from the PSN Store.
- Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4: Summer Memories; Scheduled to be released Spring 2011, the fourth game in the survival horror Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series was cancelled as a result of the Tōhoku earthquake. Development was later resumed by the newly formed developer Granzella after they had acquired the intellectual property from Irem. The game would eventually be released on the PlayStation 4 under the title Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4 Plus: Summer Memories, though Irem would not assist in the development or release of this final product.

PlayStation Portable

2007
- R-Type Tactics
2008
- Hammerin' Hero
- Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament
2009
- Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: Kowareyuku Machi to Kanojo no Uta
- Mawaskes
- R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate
- Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogisu Ran
2010
- Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogisu Tairan
- Narisokonai Eiyuutan: Taiyou to Tsuki no Monogatari
2011
- Doki Doki Suikoden

Xbox 360

2008
- R-Type Dimensions

Other compilations

Irem Arcade Hits (2010, Win/Mac)
Irem Arcade 1 (2022, Evercade)
Irem Collection (2023, PS4/PS5/NS/XB/XSX)

Notes

1 2 A clone of Breakout
1 2 A clone of Circus
↑ A clone of Space Invaders
↑ Originally released by Taito
↑ Originally released by Sega
↑ Originally released by Universal
↑ Originally by Namco
↑ Originally released by Data East
1 2 3 4 5 6 Licensed from Broderbund
1 2 3 Developed by Tamtex
1 2 Created under license from Hudson Soft
↑ A fortune telling machine.
↑ A redemption game. Licensed by Leprechaun.
↑ Irem published the M-92 version. Data East published the M-107 version.
↑ A strength tester machine. Published by Jaleco.

References

↑ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 13. ISBN 978-4990251215.
1 2 Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 120. ISBN 978-4990251215.
↑ "人気マシン・ベスト3" [Popular Machines: Best 3] (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 113. Amusement Press, Inc. February 1979. p. 2.
↑ "Hill Climber". Museum of the Game. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
↑ "8 NES Games That Were Never Officially Released". Retrieved 2020-04-24.
↑ Jian, Honda; Pinnu, Mizu; Watanabe, Miki; Yoshida, Ranbu (May 3, 1996). "New Game Cross Review Part 2". Weekly Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 385. ASCII Corporation. p. 35.
↑ "IREM Arcade Hits". GamesIndustry.biz. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
↑ Dotemu (30 August 2011). "IREM ARCADE HITS now available on the Mac App Store!". Facebook. Meta Platforms. Retrieved 11 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Evercade Announces IREM Arcade Collection and Evercade EXP Handheld". Co-Optimus. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
↑ "irem Collection Volume 1 launches November 21". Gematsu. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[breakout-3] 1 2 A clone of Breakout

[circus-4] 1 2 A clone of Circus

[6] A clone of Space Invaders

[7] Originally released by Taito

[8] Originally released by Sega

[9] Originally released by Universal

[namco-10] Originally by Namco

[11] Originally released by Data East

[broderbund-12] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Licensed from Broderbund

[tamtex-13] 1 2 3 Developed by Tamtex

[hudson-14] 1 2 Created under license from Hudson Soft

[15] A fortune telling machine.

[16] A redemption game. Licensed by Leprechaun.

[18] Irem published the M-92 version. Data East published the M-107 version.

[19] A strength tester machine. Published by Jaleco.

[Akagi-1] Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 13. ISBN 978-4990251215.

[AkagiNA-2] 1 2 Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 120. ISBN 978-4990251215.

[5] "人気マシン・ベスト3" [Popular Machines: Best 3] (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 113. Amusement Press, Inc. February 1979. p. 2.

[17] "Hill Climber". Museum of the Game. Retrieved August 9, 2026.

[20] "8 NES Games That Were Never Officially Released". Retrieved 2020-04-24.

[fam-ps1-21] Jian, Honda; Pinnu, Mizu; Watanabe, Miki; Yoshida, Ranbu (May 3, 1996). "New Game Cross Review Part 2". Weekly Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 385. ASCII Corporation. p. 35.

[22] "IREM Arcade Hits". GamesIndustry.biz. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[IremArcadeHits-Mac-23] Dotemu (30 August 2011). "IREM ARCADE HITS now available on the Mac App Store!". Facebook. Meta Platforms. Retrieved 11 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[24] "Evercade Announces IREM Arcade Collection and Evercade EXP Handheld". Co-Optimus. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2025.

[25] "irem Collection Volume 1 launches November 21". Gematsu. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

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