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List of Taito games

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ920186 ↗
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This is a list of games developed or published by Taito, a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It also includes games released exclusively by its international subsidiaries, such as Taito America and Taito of Brazil.

Electro-mechanical games

The following were arcade electro-mechanical games (EM games) manufactured by Taito.

Video games

Licensed games

This section lists games which were developed and primarily published by other companies, but licensed to Taito for publication in specific regions (or occasionally specific formats, e.g. cocktail tables).

Taito of Brazil

Taito of Brazil published several clones of existing games on Moon Cresta's hardware. Original games are listed in parentheses.

Sandwich/X-salada (BurgerTime)

Zig Zag (Dig Dug)

Kong (adapted from Crazy Kong, another Donkey Kong clone)

Big Flyer (Fly Boy)

Jump (Frogger)

Fantastic (Galaga)

Batalha Galactica (Galaxian)

Super Fantastic (Gaplus)

Star Crest (Moon Cresta)

Stock Car (New Rally-X)

Condor (Phoenix)

Piranha (Phunky Fish)

Polaris II (Polaris)

Commander (Scramble)

Fighting (Super Cobra)

Time Fighter (Time Pilot)

Olympics (Track & Field)

Caçapa (Video Hustler)

Columbia (Xevious)

Motion simulators

Non-interactive arcade attractions that simulate amusement park rides.

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