R.A.S.H

Rising After Sunset Hardware Technologies, often abriviated to R.A.S.H, is a Japanese video game company founded in Gunma, Japan.

History
R.A.S.H is formed in 1959, with founders Ryou Kawasaki and Daichi Watanabe.

The company is a competitor of ACS, in this friendly rivalry, R.A.S.H is basically Namco while ACS is Konami (especially the fact that R.A.S.H. was established earlier*)

* =in real life, ACS was made first, page being made first.

Original Hardware

 * R.A.S.H Test
 * R.A.S.H Awakener (1980-1987)
 * R.A.S.H Puffy (1986-1994)
 * R.A.S.H Skewer (1993-1998)
 * R.A.S.H VAPORWAVE (1996-2000)

ProtoGame Podium-Based Hardware (1995-2001)

 * R.A.S.H Destroyer (1995-1999)
 * R.A.S.H Zoom (1998-2001)

ProtoGame BIGShot-Based Hardware (2001-2011)

 * R.A.S.H Apocalypse (2001-2009)
 * R.A.S.H Nether (2003-2011)

PC-Based Hardware (2005-Present)

 * R.A.S.H Xplosion (2005-2011) - First to support Widescreen.
 * R.A.S.H Xplosion+ (2007-2012)
 * R.A.S.H Warrior (2010-2015)
 * R.A.S.H Warrior II (2013-2018)
 * R.A.S.H Warrior III (2016-2023)
 * R.A.S.H Gamebender (2022-present)

Specific Franchises

 * Breaking Point - Light-Gun/Rail Shooter
 * Breaking Point (1998: Arcade (R.A.S.H Destroyer) ,ProtoGame Podium, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64)
 * Breaking Point II (1999: ProtoGame Podium, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64)
 * Breaking Point III (2001: ProtoGame BIGShot, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Sega Dreamcast)
 * Breaking Point: 4th Impact (2003: ProtoGame BIGShot, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube)
 * Breaking Point: 5th Assult (2006: ProtoGame BIGShot, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii)
 * Remasters/Post-Release Ports
 * Breaking Point: Double Break - released in late 2000, rerelease of the first two games on the Sega Dreamcast and later ProtoGame BIGShot in 2001.
 * Breaking Point: 5th Strike - port of the fifth game for the Nintendo Wii and ProtoGame QUIRK, released early 2008, also has unlockable version of 4th Impact as a bonus (in the Wii version, it's just 4th Impact because of technical limitations, while the ProtoGame QUIRK version has both Breaking Point III and Breaking Point: 4th Impact into it).