Hacker International



Hacker International was a Japanese video game company that developed and published games from 1990 to 1994 for the Nintendo Famicom (including Famicom Disk System) and NEC PC Engine (including PC Engine CD) consoles. The company was known for its play-for-porn approach to gaming, with such games as AV Pachi-Slot (Hot Slots) and Soap Panic (Bubble Bath Babes) featuring female nudity as a reward for skilful playing. These games were usually distributed through mail-order and sold approximately 30,000 to 50,000 copies each. Many of their games were developed by Taiwanese companies and were released in non-pornographic form elsewhere in the world; however three of were released in the USA for the Nintendo Entertainment System with pornography intact (albeit sometimes modified to "Westernise" the girls' features) by another Taiwanese company, Panesian.

In addition to its pornographic games, the company was also known for the Disk Hacker software which allowed users to copy Famicom Disk System disks using only an ordinary Disk System (as opposed to the official method of using Nintendo's authorised Disk Writer units, which were placed only in game stores and charged 500yen to copy a selected game to a customer's disk). Several versions were released to combat successive anti-piracy measures introduced by Nintendo.

None of Hacker's games were licensed by the respective console manufacturers; Hiroshi Yamauchi personally opposed pornographic content in Famicom games, believing they would tarnish Nintendo's reputation. When Tokuma Shoten's Family Computer magazine published advertisements for Hacker's games, it felt its relationship with Nintendo—which it relied on for preview materials—was so threatened that five of Tokuma's top executives travelled to Nintendo to apologise Yamauchi in person.

Hacker's relationship to other Japanese adult console game producers of the era, such as Super Pig, MIMI Pro and Games Express, is debated. For example, in the case of Super Pig, some claim this is merely a pseudonym under which Hacker published Disk System games while others maintain it is an entirely separate company that only occasionally worked with Hacker.

Famicom Disk System

 * Bodyconquest I (Credited on-screen to Indies Soft)
 * Bishoujo SF Alien Battle

Super Pig games

 * Sexy Invaders
 * Bishoujo Sexy Derby
 * Bishoujo Sexy Slot
 * Moero Yakyuuken
 * Gal's Dungeon: Yakyuuken Part II

PC-Engine HuCard
All games credited to Games Express.
 * 1992 - Lady Sword
 * 1993 - Strip Fighter II
 * 1993 - Bodyconquest II

PC-Engine CD
All games credited to Games Express, require Games Express System Card.
 * 1994 - Hi-Leg Fantasy