{{short description|Japanese video game developer (1987–1998)}} {{multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=October 2019}} {{Lead too short|date=February 2026}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Fill-in-Cafe | logo = FillinCafe logo.png | logo_caption = The second and last logo | type = | genre = | fate = Defunct | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 1987 (as ''Team Cross Wonder'') | founder = | defunct = 1998 | location = Japan | area_served = Japan | key_people = Masatoshi Imaizumi <br> Kanta Watanabe <br> Masaki Ukyo <br> Keishi Yonao | industry = Video games | products = ''Asuka 120%''<br>''Mad Stalker: Full Metal Forth'' | services = }}
{{nihongo|'''Fill-in-Cafe'''|フィルインカフェ}} was a video game developer that was founded in Japan in 1987. They are best known for creating the ''Asuka 120%'' series.
==History== In 1987, ''Fill-in-Cafe'' was founded as '''''Team Cross Wonder''''', and later renamed itself as "Fill-in-Cafe" in 1989 and incorporated in 1991. They first developed ''Metal Sight'' for the X68000 under the Team Cross Wonder label, followed by developing ''Neural Gear'' under the Fill-in-Cafe label.<ref name="RG129">{{cite magazine|last=Milne|first=Rory|title=Minority Report Special: Sharp X68000 - Metal Sight|magazine=Retro Gamer|issue=126|publisher=Imagine Publishing|date=March 2014|page=52}}</ref><ref name="TUHoJGDVol2">{{cite book|last=Szczepaniak|first=John|title=Toshinobu KONDO - All about Fill-in-Café and the creation of Umihara Kawase|work=The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 2|publisher=S.M.G. Szczepaniak|date=4 November 2015|pages=352–357|isbn=978-1518818745}}</ref> Later, they hired several more companies like Intec and Family Soft to publish their products. In 1994, they became successful with the release of the ''Asuka 120% BURNING Fest.'' franchise, as well as with ''Mad Stalker: Full Metal Forth'' and its multiple versions.
In 1998, Fill-in-Cafe filed for bankruptcy. Some planned titles were canceled, such as a sequel to ''Panzer Bandit'' and an untitled, enhanced arcade port of the ''Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. Limited'' with Kaneko being the arcade publisher. Shortly afterward, Success Corporation took charge of developing ''Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. Final'' and ''Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. Return'' after their relationship with ''Fill-in-Cafe'' and Datam Polystar in developing and publishing titles together, such as ''Makeruna! Makendō 2: Kimero Youkai Souri'' for instance.
After bankruptcy, Family Soft bought the rights to most of its developed library, including their only three self-released titles: ''Community POM'', ''Wakusei Koukitai Little Cats'' and ''Rose Crusaders'' (the latter was the first game of Noise Factory, a subsidiary company of Atlus and SNK).
==Developed games== ===3DO=== * ''Sotsugyou II: Neo Generation Special'' (Shar Rock) * ''Tanjou: Debut Pure'' (Shar Rock)
===Arcade=== * ''Jan Jan Paradise'' (Electro Design) * ''Taisen Idol Mahjong Final Romance 2'' (Video System)
===X68000=== * ''Mission: Metal Sight'' (System Sacom) * ''Neural Gear'' (Crossmedia Soft) * ''Pitapat'' (Crossmedia Soft) * ''Mad Stalker: Full Metal Forth'' (Family Soft) * ''Asuka 120% BURNING Fest'' (Family Soft)
===FM Towns=== * ''Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force'' (Family Soft) * ''Asuka 120% Excellent BURNING Fest'' (Family Soft)
===PlayStation=== * ''Asuka 120% Excellent BURNING Fest'' (Family Soft) * ''Asuka 120% Special BURNING Fest Special'' (Family Soft) * ''Community POM'' (Fill in Cafe) * ''Elfin Paradise'' (ASK Kodansha) * ''Hatsukoi Valentine'' (Family Soft) * ''Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force'' (Family Soft) * ''Makeruna! Makendō 2: Kimero Youkai Souri'' (Datam Polystar) * ''Metamor Panic: Doki Doki Youma Busters'' (Family Soft) * ''Night Striker'' (Ving) * ''PAL: Shinken Densetsu'' (Tohoku Shinsha) * ''Panzer Bandit'' (Banpresto) * ''Photo Genic'' (Sunsoft) * ''Voice Paradise Excella'' (ASK Kodansha)
===PC Engine CD-ROM²=== * ''Asuka 120% Maxima: BURNING Fest'' (Family Soft) * ''Championship Rally'' (Intec) * ''Gain Ground SX'' (graphics cooperation) (NEC Avenue) * ''Galaxy Deka Gayvan'' (Intec) * ''Kakutou Haou Densetsu Algunos'' (Intec) * ''Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force'' (co-developed by Kogado Studio) (NEC Home Electronics) * ''Ruin: Kami no Isan'' (Victor)
===PC-98=== * ''Crasher Joe: Kanraku Wakusei no Inbou'' (Family Soft) * ''Kidou Senshi Gundam MS Field 2 '92'' (Family Soft) * ''Kidou Senshi Gundam MS Field 2 '93'' (Family Soft) * ''Photo Genic'' (Sunsoft) * ''Yamashina Keisuke no Sengoku'' (Takeru)
===PC-FX=== * ''Makeruna! Makendou Z'' (NEC Home Electronics) * ''Ojousama Sousamou'' (NEC Home Electronics) * ''Voice Paradise'' (NEC Home Electronics)
===Saturn=== * ''Asuka 120% Limited BURNING Fest'' (ASK Kodansha) * ''Night Striker S'' (Ving) * ''Asuka 120% LimitOver BURNING Fest'' (Unofficial)
===Super NES=== * ''Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Chōjikū Sugoroku'' (Video System)
===Windows=== * ''Metamor Panic: Doki Doki Youma Busters'' (Family Soft)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/19980114025246/http://www.fillincafe.co.jp/ Official website] (archived) * [http://www.mobygames.com/company/fill-in-caf-co-ltd Fill-in-Cafe] at MobyGames
Category:Fill-in-Cafe games Category:Video game publishers Category:Video game companies established in 1987 Category:Video game companies disestablished in 1998 Category:Defunct video game companies of Japan Category:Video game development companies Category:1987 establishments in Japan Category:1998 disestablishments in Japan