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1988 TAD/Taito
The start of all 'Cabal-type' games, although not the first, the first would be Sigma's Wanted in 1984 & then followed by Data East's Shoot Out in 1985 (staffs of TAD originated from).
TAD's first game. About TAD, TAD ⁅株式会社ティエィディ⁆ was formed by Tadashi 'TAD' Yokoyama in 1987, Yokoyama was former of Data East USA, TAD started as an exporter of boards for other companies [Game Machine May 1, 1987]. TAD had a mild level of success around the World +Japan (especially with Cabal & Toki/Juju Densetsu), Williams Electronics (WMS Industries) even offered to buy TAD in 1989 [OLD!Gamer 11]. TAD went bankrupt on Dec 1992 & shut down on Feb 5, 1993.
TAD's gameography can be viewed here; https://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/TAD
World/Japan(?) set, Korean set; https://youtu.be/t9bWnAIGgdk
