{{Short description|Japanese media company}} {{Third-party|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Datam Polystar Co., Ltd. | native_name = 株式会社 データム・ポリスター | native_name_lang = ja | romanized_name = Kabushiki-gaisha Dātamu Porisutā | type = Subsidiary | logo = File:DatamPolystarlogo.PNG | foundation = {{start date and age|1990|05|30}} | defunct = {{end date|2019|02|07}} | location = Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | key_people = Yukio Kakehi, Hisahiro Ando | products = Video games created by Datam Polystar | homepage = [http://www.datam.co.jp www.datam.co.jp] | industry = Video game industry | parent = ASCII MediaWorks }} {{nihongo|'''Datam Polystar Co, Ltd.'''|株式会社 データム・ポリスター|''Kabushiki-gaisha Dātamu Porisutā''}} was a Japanese media company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.<ref>"[http://www.datam.co.jp/aboutus/index.html About Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220195714/http://www.datam.co.jp/aboutus/index.html |date=2008-12-20 }}." ''Datam Polystar''. Retrieved on December 28, 2008.</ref>
The company was founded in May 1990 when the game music division of the record company Polystar spun off and became an independent company. Upon becoming independent, it entered the video game market and in the late 1990s, gained fame with the "Roommate" series. The company also released a number of video game soundtracks for companies like Sega and Sony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=株式会社データム・ポリスター |url=http://www.datam.co.jp/aboutus/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408045040/http://www.datam.co.jp/aboutus/index.html |archive-date=2007-04-08 |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=www.datam.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref> After the release of the album ''Takemoto Izumi Uta Kore'' in 2009, it became dormant until it was fully dissolved and liquidated on February 7, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=（法人名）の情報｜国税庁法人番号公表サイト |url=https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=7011101060974 |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp}}</ref>
Yukio Kakehi was the company's president for the entirety of its existence.
==Video games created by Datam Polystar==
===Super Famicom=== * ''Cacoma Knight'' (English version was published by SETA Corporation) * ''Makeruna Makendou'' (English version was published by SETA Corporation) * ''Makeruna! Makendō 2: Kimero Youkai Souri'' * ''Musya'' (English version was published by SETA Corporation) * ''Youchiensenki Madara'' (also titled Madara Saga)
===Sega Saturn=== * ''Dragon Master Silk'' * ''Sugoventure! Dragon Master Silk Gaiden''
===PlayStation=== * ''Makeruna! Makendō 2'' * ''Pocke-Kano: Aida Yumi'' * ''Pocke-Kano: Houjouin Shizuka'' * ''Pocke-Kano: Ueno Fumio''
===Dreamcast=== * ''{{va|Inoue Ryouko: Last Scene}}'' * ''Pocke-Kano: Yumi - Shizuka - Fumio'' * ''{{va|Roommate Novel: Sato Yuka}}''
===PlayStation 2=== *''Trizeal'' (Japanese PlayStation 2 version) *''Pure Pure Mimi to Shippo no Monogatari'' *''Roommate Asami: Okusama wa Joshikousei''
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070323174554/http://www.datam.co.jp/ Datam Polystar] {{Authority control}}
Category:Datam Polystar Category:Video game companies of Japan Category:Mass media companies of Japan Category:Publishing companies of Japan Category:Video game companies established in 1990 Category:Japanese companies established in 1990 Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2019 Category:Japanese companies disestablished in 2019
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