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Daou Infosys (다우정보통신) was a Korean game developer and publisher. Until 1993 all its games were developed in-house, and after 1993 they were developed by Open Corp.. They also licensed games by Color Dreams and Tengen for Supercom.

Games

In-house

Name	Console	Released	Description	Cartridge No.
Agi Gongnyong Dooly	MSX Master System	1991	Sidescrolling shooter. Both MSX and Sega Master System versions are different games.	N/A
Dooly Bravo Land	Famicom	1992	Third and last Dooly game from Daou. A platformer with poor programming.	DIF-001
Janggun-ui Adeul (The General's Son)	Famicom Master System	1992	Fighting game based off the Korean movie of the same name.	DIF-002

Developed by Open

Name	Console	Released	Description	Cartridge No.
Toto World 3	Master System	Mid 1993	Platformer that was released simultaneously with Koko Adventure.^[1]	DIS-G301
Koko Adventure	Famicom	Mid 1993	The spiritual successor of Magic Kid Googoo according to one of the developer. Highly inspired by Super Mario World.	DIS-F301
Metal Force	Famicom	April-May 1994	A game inspired by the Mega Man series with seven levels.	DIS-F401
Family Noraebang	Famicom	December 1993 or 1994	A special karaoke cartridge with FM synthesis. Developed by Open, manufactured by Daou and published by Daewoo.	HEA-02 (Standalone set) HEA-03 (Console bundle)
Suho Cheonsa	Master System	1994	A breakout clone. It is notable for being Daou's last release and the last console game by Open that was released.	DIS-G402^[1]

Developed by Unlicensed American Companies

These games were made by developers located in the United States then later licensed by Daou Infosys for a Famicom release in collaboration with Haitai Electronics.

Name	Original name	Developer	Released	Description
Black Dragon (블랙 드래곤)	Challenge of the Dragon	Color Dreams	Mid 1991^[2]	A kind of an action & beat'em up game. The title screen was updated.
Crystal Commando (크리스탈 특공대)	Crystal Mines	Color Dreams	First half of 1991	Updated splash & title screen
Flying Superboy (날아라 슈퍼보이)	Menace Beach	Color Dreams	May 1991?^[3]	Updated title screen.
Hee-dong Ei's Adventures ^[4] (희동이의 모험)	Baby Boomer	Color Dreams	Early 1991 ?	Light-gun game, copyright updated with Licensed to Daou Infosys. An alternate cover calls it Baby Boomber.
Klax (크락스)	Klax	Tengen	Early 1991^[5]	Puzzle game similar to Tetris. Identical to the US release.
Octagon (옥타곤)	Shockwave	AGCI	Early 1991 ?^[6]	Puzzle game, identical to the US release.
One-eyed Jack (애꾸눈 짹)	Skull & Crossbones	Tengen	Mid 1991^[7]	The splash screen reading Tengen was replaced with Haitai Electronics. An alternate cover reads Captain Hook.
Road Runner X (로드러너 X)	Road Runner	Tengen	Early 1991^[8]	Based on the Road Runner cartoon. Identical to the US release. An alternate cover calls it Road Bunny.
Tube Exploration (튜브탐험)	Toobin´	Tengen	Mid 1991^[9]	Obstacle race, the title sceen was updated. An alternate cover reads Tube.

Developed by Konami

Sagak-ui Bimil (Quarth) [MSX2]

Developed by Sachen

Super Pang

Unreleased

Funfunclublogomedium — "Fun Fun Club", the brand name Daou used for its titles.

Kaby Koby (깨비꼬비 - 1994) - Developed by Open Corp, shown in magazines in late 1993 and early 1994.

Accessories

While Daou stopped making new console-games in 1994, they kept manufacturing hardware and accessories for them. This list is likely incomplete.

Family Noraebang extension cartridges. These offered new songs, up to 40, to sing on with the Family Noraebang cartridge for the Famicom. Five versions were released.
SFX Converter (199?, A Super Nintendo adapter to play NTSC games in a PAL console, DIS-SFC02)
Fantastick (also known as Stealth, an arcade-like controller for the SNES and Mega Drive)
Powerstick II (A classic arcade stick with Turbo functions for the SNES and Mega Drive).

Gallery

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://www.smspower.org/Games/4PakAllAction-SMS
↑ 9119 date on DIS-CDDRAGON PRG Mask ROM
↑ 9116 on the PRG Mask ROM
↑ 희동이 (Hee-dong Ei) is the baby's name in the Dooly cartoon.
↑ 9051 date on DIS-TGKXPRG Mask ROM
↑ Uses the same mask ROM as the US release.
↑ 9126 date on DIS-TGSKLPRG Mask ROM
↑ 9051 date on DIS-TGRRPRG Mask ROM
↑ 9126 date on DIS-TGTBNPRG Mask ROM

Companies

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[SMSPower-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://www.smspower.org/Games/4PakAllAction-SMS

[2] 9119 date on DIS-CDDRAGON PRG Mask ROM

[3] 9116 on the PRG Mask ROM

[4] 희동이 (Hee-dong Ei) is the baby's name in the Dooly cartoon.

[5] 9051 date on DIS-TGKXPRG Mask ROM

[6] Uses the same mask ROM as the US release.

[7] 9126 date on DIS-TGSKLPRG Mask ROM

[8] 9051 date on DIS-TGRRPRG Mask ROM

[9] 9126 date on DIS-TGTBNPRG Mask ROM

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 {{Infobox company
-| name          = Daou Infosys
+|name       = Daou Infosys<br/>다우정보통신
-| image         = File:DaouInfosys.jpg
+|image      = File:Daou logo.png
-| imagewidth    = 250px
+|imagewidth = 250px
-| caption       = Daou Infosys's logo
+|caption    = Logo.
+|location   = South Korea
-| name          = Daou Infosys<br/>다우정보통신
-| location      = South Korea
+|years      = 1990-1998
+|aliases    = Fun Fun Club (잼잼크럽)
-| years         = 1990-1998
+|published  = In-house, [[Color Dreams]], [[Open Corp.]], [[Tengen]]
-| aliases       = Fun Fun Club (Jaem Jaem Club)
-| published     = In-house, [[Open Corp.]], [[Color Dreams]]
 }}
-'''Daou Infosys''' (다우정보통신) was a Korean game developer and publisher. Until 1993 all its games were developed in-house, and after 1993 they were developed by [[Open Corp.]]<ref>http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/part1/company-daou.htm</ref> They also released games by [[Color Dreams]].
+'''Daou Infosys''' (다우정보통신) was a Korean game developer and publisher. Until 1993 all its games were developed in-house, and after 1993 they were developed by [[Open Corp.]]. They also licensed games by [[Color Dreams]] and [[Tengen]] for [[Haitai Electronics|Supercom]].
 == Games ==
 === In-house ===
-{|class="wikitable sortable"
+{|class="wikitable"
 !width=150|Name
-!width=100|Console
+!width=140|Console
-!width=150|Released
+!width=90|Released
-!width=200|Description
+!width=220|Description
 !width=100|Cartridge No.
 |-
@@ Line 24: / Line 23: @@
 |
 *MSX
-*Sega Master System
+*Master System
-|align="center"|
+|align="center"|1991
-|Both MSX and Sega Master System versions are different games; An English version known as ''The Dinosaur Dooley'' was planned to be published by [[Innovation Technology]].
+|Sidescrolling shooter. Both MSX and Sega Master System versions are different games.
-|align="center"|
+|align="center"|''N/A''
 |-
 |align="center"|[[Dooly Bravo Land]]
 |align="center"|Famicom
 |align="center"|1992
+|Third and last Dooly game from Daou. A platformer with poor programming.
-|
 |align="center"|DIF-001
 |-
-|align="center"|[[Janggun-ui Adeul|''Janggun-ui Adeul'']] ''(The General's Son)''
+|align="center"|[[Janggun-ui Adeul|''Janggun-ui Adeul'']]<br>(''The General's Son'')
 |
 *Famicom
-*Sega Master System
+*Master System
 |align="center"|1992
+|Fighting game based off the Korean movie of the same name.
-|Based off the Korean film of the same name, both the Sega Master System and NES versions are completely different games. English versions of both games were planned to be released by Innovation Technology as ''Street Hero'' and ''Street Battle''.
 |align="center"|DIF-002
 |}
 === Developed by Open ===
+{|class="wikitable"
-*''Toto World 3'' (1993) [Sega Master System] (An English version named Cave Dude was found on the 4 PAK All Action released by HES in Australia. It was also planned to be published by Innovation Technology under the same name.)<ref name="SMSPower">http://www.smspower.org/Games/4PakAllAction-SMS</ref>
+!width=150|Name
-[[File:Funfunclublogomedium.png|thumb|right|"Fun Fun Club", the name Daou used for its titles.]]
+!width=140|Console
-*''[[Koko Adventure]] ''(1993, Famicom) (An English version named ''Buzz & Waldog'' was planned to be published by Innovation Technology.)
+!width=90|Released
-*[[Metal Force|''Metal Force'']] (1994, Famicom)
+!width=220|Description
-*''Family Noraebang'' (1994, Famicom) (Several volumes of software for a Famicom & karaoke system combo manufactured by Daou and published by Daewoo.)
+!width=100|Cartridge No.
-*''Suho Cheonsa'' (1994, Sega Master System) (English version is named ''Power Block'', found on the 4 PAK All Action released by HES in Australia.)<ref name="SMSPower"/>
+|-
+|align="center"|''Toto World 3''
+|align="center"|Master System
+|align="center"|Mid 1993
+|Platformer that was released simultaneously with Koko Adventure.<ref name="SMSPower">http://www.smspower.org/Games/4PakAllAction-SMS</ref>
+|align="center"|DIS-G301
+|-
+|align="center"|''Koko Adventure''
+|align="center"|Famicom
+|align="center"|Mid 1993
+|The spiritual successor of [[Magic Kid Googoo]] according to one of the developer. Highly inspired by Super Mario World.
+|align="center"|DIS-F301
+|-
+|align="center"|''Metal Force''
+|align="center"|Famicom
+|align="center"|April-May 1994
+|A game inspired by the Mega Man series with seven levels.
+|align="center"|DIS-F401
+|-
+|align="center"|''Family Noraebang''
+|align="center"|Famicom
+|align="center"|December 1993 or 1994
+|A special karaoke cartridge with FM synthesis. Developed by Open, manufactured by Daou and published by Daewoo.
+|align="center"|HEA-02<br /><small>(Standalone set)</small><br />HEA-03<br /><small>(Console bundle)</small>
+|-
+|align="center"|''Suho Cheonsa''
+| align="center" |Master System
+|align="center"|1994
+|A breakout clone. It is notable for being Daou's last release and the last console game by Open that was released.
+|align="center"|DIS-G402<ref name="SMSPower"/>
+|}
-=== Developed by Color Dreams ===
+=== Developed by Unlicensed American Companies ===
+These games were made by developers located in the United States then later licensed by Daou Infosys for a Famicom release in collaboration with Haitai Electronics.
-*''Baby Boomer''
-*''Crystal Mines''
+{|class="wikitable"
-*[[Menace Beach|''Menace Beach'']]
+!width=180|Name
+!width=140|Original name
+!width=130|Developer
+!width=90|Released
+!width=220|Description
+|-
+|align="center"|''Black Dragon''<br />({{Mousetext|블랙 드래곤|beullaeg deulaegon}})
+|align="center"|''Challenge of the Dragon''
+|align="center"|[[Color Dreams]]
+|align="center"|Mid 1991<ref>9119 date on DIS-CDDRAGON PRG Mask ROM</ref>
+|A kind of an action & beat'em up game. The title screen was updated.
+|-
+|align="center"|''Crystal Commando''<br />({{Mousetext|크리스탈 특공대|keuliseutal teuggongdae}})
+|align="center"|''Crystal Mines''
+|align="center"|[[Color Dreams]]
+|align="center"|First half of 1991
+|Updated splash & title screen
+|-
+|align="center"|''Flying Superboy''<br />({{Mousetext|날아라 슈퍼보이|nal-ala syupeoboi}})
+|align="center"|''[[Menace Beach]]''
+|align="center"|[[Color Dreams]]
+|align="center"|May 1991?<ref>9116 on the PRG Mask ROM</ref>
+|Updated title screen.
+|-
+|align="center"|''Hee-dong Ei's Adventures''
+<ref>희동이 (Hee-dong Ei) is the baby's name in the ''Dooly'' cartoon.</ref><br />({{Mousetext|희동이의 모험|huidong-iui moheom}})
+|align="center"|''Baby Boomer''
+|align="center"|[[Color Dreams]]
+|align="center"|Early 1991 ?
+|Light-gun game, copyright updated with ''Licensed to Daou Infosys''. An alternate cover calls it ''Baby Boomber''.
+|-
+|align="center"|''Klax''<br />({{Mousetext|크락스|keulagseu}})
+|align="center"|''Klax''
+|align="center"|[[Tengen]]
+|align="center"|Early 1991<ref>9051 date on DIS-TGKXPRG Mask ROM</ref>
+|Puzzle game similar to Tetris. Identical to the US release.
+|-
+|align="center"|''Octagon''<br />({{Mousetext|옥타곤|ogtagon}})
+|align="center"|''Shockwave''
+|align="center"|AGCI
+|align="center"|Early 1991 ?<ref>Uses the same mask ROM as the US release.</ref>
+|Puzzle game, identical to the US release.
+|-
+|align="center"|''One-eyed Jack''<br />({{Mousetext|애꾸눈 짹|aekkunun jjaeg}})
+|align="center"|''Skull & Crossbones''
+|align="center"|[[Tengen]]
+|align="center"|Mid 1991<ref>9126 date on DIS-TGSKLPRG Mask ROM</ref>
+|The splash screen reading ''Tengen'' was replaced with ''Haitai Electronics''. An alternate cover reads ''Captain Hook''.
+|-
+|align="center"|''Road Runner X''<br />({{Mousetext|로드러너 X|lodeuleoneo X}})
+|align="center"|''Road Runner''
+|align="center"|[[Tengen]]
+|align="center"|Early 1991<ref>9051 date on DIS-TGRRPRG Mask ROM</ref>
+|Based on the Road Runner cartoon. Identical to the US release. An alternate cover calls it ''Road Bunny''.
+|-
+|align="center"|''Tube Exploration''<br />({{Mousetext|튜브탐험|tyubeutamheom}})
+|align="center"|''Toobin´''
+|align="center"|[[Tengen]]
+|align="center"|Mid 1991<ref>9126 date on DIS-TGTBNPRG Mask ROM</ref>
+|Obstacle race, the title sceen was updated. An alternate cover reads ''Tube''.
+|}
 === Developed by Konami ===
 *''Sagak-ui Bimil'' (''Quarth'') [MSX2]
+=== Developed by Sachen ===
+*''Super Pang''
+=== Unreleased ===
+[[File:Funfunclublogomedium.png|right|thumb|"Fun Fun Club", the brand name Daou used for its titles.]]
+*Kaby Koby (깨비꼬비 - 1994) - Developed by Open Corp, shown in magazines in late 1993 and early 1994.
+{{Br}}
 == Accessories ==
-While Daou stopped making new console-games in 1994, they kept manufacturing hardware and accessories for them. This list is very likely incomplete.
+While Daou stopped making new console-games in 1994, they kept manufacturing hardware and accessories for them. This list is likely incomplete.
+*''Family Noraebang'' extension cartridges. These offered new songs, up to 40, to sing on with the ''Family Noraebang'' cartridge for the Famicom. Five versions were released.
-* ''SFX Converter'' (199?, A Super Nintendo adapter to play NTSC games in a PAL console, DIS-SFC02)
+*''SFX Converter'' (199?, A Super Nintendo adapter to play NTSC games in a PAL console, DIS-SFC02)
-* ''Fantastick'' (also known as ''Stealth, an arcade-like controller for the SNES and Megadrive'')
+*''Fantastick'' (also known as ''Stealth'', an arcade-like controller for the SNES and Mega Drive)
+*''Powerstick II'' (A classic arcade stick with Turbo functions for the SNES and Mega Drive).
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+gameworld_1992-7_doolypangad.jpg|Super Pang and Dooly Bravo Land commercial, Game World july 1992 issue. Photo courtesy of laptick.
+daou-ad-2.jpg|Ad by ''Sam Sin Jun Ja'' for a Famiclone and the Daou Famicom catalog. Seen in January 1993 issue of ''Game Champ''.
+daou-ad-3.jpg|A Daou ad found in the January 1993 issue of ''Game Champ''. Photo courtesy of Tarzan.
+</gallery>
 == References ==
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 {{Companies}}
+[[Category:1990s companies]]
 [[Category:Companies from South Korea]]
 [[Category:Publishers]]
+[[Category:Developers]]
+[[Category:Open Corp.]]
+[[Category:Tengen]]