Sunsoft  , stylized as SUNSOFT, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Sunsoft in itself is not a company, but instead the brand name of Japanese electronic manufacturer Sun Corporation for its video games operations. Its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sun Corporation of America, though, as in Japan, games published there showed a logo that read only Sunsoft. In April 1971, Sun Electronics Corporation (alternatively called Sun Denshi) was founded in Kōnan, Aichi as a manufacturer and vendor of electronics equipment. Sun Corporation's history in video games began in October 1978 in arcades with two titles: "Block Challenger" and "Block Perfect". Sun Corporation had several arcade hits in the early 1980s such as "Arabian", "Ikki" and "Kangaroo". At the time, its arcade video games were released under its own corporate name of Sun Electronics Corporation. The brand Sunsoft first appeared in the latter of the 1980s when Sun Corporation began developing original games and technology for the home video game console market, with emphasis mostly on the Famicom. Sunsoft had gone international at that time, and it had the publishing might to secure major licenses of the day (such as Batman and The Addams Family). In the 1990s, Sun Corporation of America joined forces with Acclaim Entertainment to handle ad sales rights to Sunsoft's video games for game consoles. Additionally, a number of Sega games, including "Fantasy Zone", "Fantasy Zone II" and "After Burner", were ported for Nintendo consoles by Sunsoft. Finally, in 1995, Sun Corporation of America heavily restructured in the face of bankruptcy, and all the company's pending projects were either sold to other companies or cancelled. Former Sunsoft producer René Boutin spoke on Sunsoft's problems before he left the company. Boutin explained in an interview that   Sun Corporation of America eventually resurfaced with a scant number of video games for the PlayStation and the Game Boy Color, such as "Monster Seed". From 1994 to 1998, Sunsoft attempted the fighting game craze by releasing four fighting games: "Sugoi Hebereke" for the Super Famicom (1994), "" for the Neo Geo (1995), "Waku Waku 7" for the Neo Geo (1996), and "Astra Superstars" for Sega ST-V-based arcades (1998). Prior to its re-emergence in the USA, the last games released and published by Sunsoft stateside were "Eternal Eyes", "", "", and "Power Quest".