Romstar

Romstar Inc. was a video game distribution company based in Torrance, CA that started operations in 1984. They originally started as the first American distribution arm for SNK (before SNK of America was founded in 1987). They were known for licensing arcade games from major makers for distribution. Among Romstar s clients include Taito Corporation, Capcom, SNK, Toaplan, and Seta (company). They also made games for Nintendo s systems. The company closed its doors in 1992.

Currently, the key personnel of Romstar, Takahito Yasuki, Ron Czerny, and Darryl Williams, later founded [http://www.atrativagames.com/ Atrativa] and [http://www.playphone.com/ PlayPhone], both celluar phone entertainment companies.

= List of Games distributed by Romstar =

== Licensed from Taito ==

Tiger Heli (developed by Toaplan)

Arkanoid

Bubble Bobble

Arkanoid 2: Revenge of DOH

Twin Cobra (developed by Toaplan)

Sky Shark (developed by Toaplan)

Final Blow

Top Speed

Kageki (delevoped by Kaneko

Tokio

Rambo III

Aqua Jack

China Gate (developed by Technos)

Thundercade (developed by Seta)

Battle Lane Vol. 5 (developed by Technos)

==Licensed from Capcom==

1942 (video game) (also distributed by Williams (gaming company))

Ghosts n Goblins (also distributed by Taito)

Trojan (video game)

Black Tiger

Tiger Road

F-1 Dream

Gun.Smoke

The King of Dragons

Varth: Operation Thunderstorm

== Licensed from SNK ==

Time Soldiers (developed by Alpha Denshi)

Sky Soldiers (developed by Alpha Denshi)

Gold Medalist (developed by Alpha Denshi)

Neo Geo (some versions)

== Licensed from Seta ==

Castle of Dragon

DownTown

Caliber .50

Arbalester

Thunder & Lightning (developed by Visco Games)

Meta Fox

== Licensed from Toaplan ==

Out Zone

Snow Bros

Fire Shark

Vimana

==Others==

(developed by Technos)

Bloody Wolf (developed by Data East)