Zoom (video game company): History and Key Facts

ZOOM Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ズーム, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Zūmu) is a Japanese video game company based in Sapporo. The company was started by Akira Sato and initially produced a few titles for the X68000 system including Lagoon and Phalanx.

In April 1993, Zoom established a joint venture with Imagineer before it was disbanded in January 1995; together they had released a Super Famicom baseball game, Dolucky no Kusayakiu, which was slated for an American release as Zoo Ball but was cancelled. They developed a fighting game as a PlayStation launch title, Zero Divide, as well as an adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Gekitōhen, and later developed Mister Mosquito on PlayStation 2.

The company's mascot is a cat named NECO, whose first appearance was on the Genocide game intro and manual. In the Dolucky video game series, the mascot appears as the main character. It also appears in the Zero Divide titles as a playable fighter.

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