Konami
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| Konami |
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| Founded: 1969-03-21 |
| T-series code: T-95 |
| Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Konami (コナミ) was founded in 1969 in Osaka, Japan by Kagemasa Kozuki, who currently serves as Chief Executive Officer. Originally named Konami Industry Co. Ltd., the company began manufacturing amusement machines in 1973. They began to achieve success with hit arcade games such as 1981's Frogger, Scramble, and Super Cobra, many of which were licensed to other companies for stateside release, including Stern Electronics and Gremlin Industries. With its work with both in arcades and home video games for the SG-1000, the company was one of the first third-party developers affiliated with Sega. However, it later became a third-party developer for Nintendo, becoming their largest third-party publisher by 1993.[1]
The company assumed its current name in 1991. Since then, the company has grown into a large international company focused on a wide variety of entertainment and lifestyle technologies and products, from video games to fitness clubs, from toys to gaming machines.
By 2002, Konami was generating over $1.7 billion in revenues, making it one of the largest and fastest-growing companies in the industry. Publicly traded since 1988 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange, and listed on the NYSE in 2002, Konami now has over 2000 employees, with offices in North and South America, Europe and Asia, and several studios in Japan. The worldwide headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan. The main U.S. offices are located in Redwood City, California.
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Development studios
Konami has maintained several development studios spread across Japan during its lifespan:
- Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (コナミコンピュータエンタテインメントジャパン; KCE Japan, KCEJ)
- Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya (コナミコンピュータエンタテインメント名古屋; KCE Nagoya, KCEN))
- Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka (コナミコンピュータエンタテインメント大阪; KCE Osaka, KCEO)
- Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo (コナミコンピュータエンタテインメント札幌; KCE Sapporo)
- Konami Computer Entertainment Studios (コナミコンピュータエンタテインメントスタジオ; KCE Studios)
- Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (コナミコンピュータエンタテインメント東京; KCE Toyko, KCET)
- Konami Computer Entertainment Yokohama (コナミコンピュータエンタテインメント横浜; KCE Yokohama, KCEY)
Softography
Arcade
- Frogger (1981)
- Super Cobra (1981)
- Tactician (1981)
- Video Hustler (1981)
- Turpin (1981)
- Guttang Gottong (1982)
SG-1000
- Hyper Sports (1985)
- Shinnyuushain Tooru-Kun (1985)
Mega Drive
- Junction (1990)
- Sunset Riders (1992)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (1992)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (1993)
- Rocket Knight Adventures (1993)
- Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing (1993)
- Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (1993)
- Lethal Enforcers (1993)
- Mega Turrican (1994)
- Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition (1994)
- Castlevania: Bloodlines (1994)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars (1994)
- Contra: Hard Corps (1994)
- Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (1994)
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994)
- Animaniacs (1994)
- International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (1996)
- Biker Mice from Mars (unreleased)
Game Gear
- Junction (1991)
Mega-CD
- Lethal Enforcers (1993)
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994)
- Snatcher (1994)
32X
- Castlevania: The Bloodletting (unreleased)
Saturn
- Parodius (1995)
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '95 Kaimaku-ban (1995)
- Detana Twinbee Yahoo! Deluxe Pack (1995)
- Eisei Meijin (1995)
- Chibi Maruko-Chan no Taisen Pazuru Dama (1995)
- Gradius Deluxe Pack (1996)
- Snatcher (1996)
- Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You (1996)
- Policenauts (1996)
- Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Pazurudama (1996)
- Bottom of the 9th (1996)
- Sexy Parodius (1996)
- Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius: Forever With Me (1996)
- Eisei Meijin II (1996)
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 1: Nijiiro no Seishun Private Album Taikenban (1997)
- Crypt Killer (1997)
- Tokimeki Memorial Selection Fujisaki Shiori (1997)
- Contra: Legacy of War (1997)
- Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus (1997)
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 1: Nijiiro no Seishun (1997)
- Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Tokkaedama (1997)
- Whizz (1997)
- Vandal Hearts: Ushinawareta Kodai Bunmei (1997)
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu S (1997)
- J.League Jikkyou Honoo no Striker (1998)
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 2: Irodori no Lovesong (1998)
- Yoshimura Shougi (1998)
- Akumajo Dracula X: Gekka no Yasokyoku (1998)
- Konami Antiques MSX Collection Ultra Pack (1998)
- Gensou Suikoden (1998)
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 3: Tabidachi no Uta (1999)
- NFL Full Contact (unreleased)
- Project Overkill (unreleased)
- NBA in the Zone (unreleased)
- Kumite (unreleased)
- Broken Helix (unreleased)
- Lethal Enforcers I & II (unreleased)
- Pinky and the Brain (unreleased)
- Castlevania: The Bloodletting (unreleased)
- Goal Storm (unreleased)
Dreamcast
- Airforce Delta Demo Disc (1999)
- Pop'n Music (1999)
- Eisei Meijin III: Game Creator Yoshimura Nobuhiro no Zunou (1999)
- Airforce Delta (1999)
- Dancing Blade: Katte ni Momotenshi! Kanzenban (1999)
- Pop'n Music 2 (1999)
- Dancing Blade Katte ni Momotenshi II: Tears of Eden Kanzenban (1999)
- Pop'n Music 3 Append Disc (2000)
- Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix Dreamcast Edition (2000)
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Dreamcast Edition (2000)
- Dance Dance Revolution Club Version Dreamcast Edition (2000)
- Nightmare Creatures II (2000)
- ESPN International Track & Field (2000)
- Pop'n Music 4 Append Disc (2000)
- Silent Scope (2000)
- Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (2000)
- ESPN NBA 2Night (2000)
- F1 World Grand Prix II (2000)
- The Grinch (2000)
- DreamParaPara (xxxx)
- Silent Scope Tentouyou Taikenban (xxxx)
- Ephemeral Fantasia (unreleased)
- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator (unreleased)
- Castlevania Resurrection (unreleased)
- ESPN Baseball Tonight (unreleased)
- The Mummy (unreleased)
- ESPN Links Golf (unreleased)
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (unreleased)
- Woody Woodpecker Racing (unreleased)
Softography (KCE Japan)
Softography (KCE Nagoya)
Softography (KCE Osaka)
Softography (KCE Sapporo)
Saturn
- Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Tokkaedama (1997)
- J.League Jikkyou Honoo no Striker (1998)
- Gensou Suikoden (1998)
Softography (KCE Studios)
Softography (KCE Tokyo)
Saturn
- Snatcher (1996)
- Sexy Parodius (1996)
- Eisei Meijin II (1996)
- Crypt Killer (1997)
- Tokimeki Memorial Selection Fujisaki Shiori (1997)
- Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus (1997)
- Yoshimura Shougi (1998)
Dreamcast
- Eisei Meijin III: Game Creator Yoshimura Nobuhiro no Zunou (1999)
- Dancing Blade: Katte ni Momotenshi! Kanzenban (1999)
- Dancing Blade Katte ni Momotenshi II: Tears of Eden Kanzenban (1999)
- Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix Dreamcast Edition (2000)
- Dance Dance Revolution Club Version Dreamcast Edition (2000)
Softography (KCE Yokohama)
Softography (Konami of America)
Saturn
- Contra: Legacy of War (1997)
- Project Overkill (unreleased)
- Broken Helix (unreleased)
- Lethal Enforcers I & II (unreleased)
Dreamcast
- Castlevania Resurrection (unreleased)
Gallery
1981(?) logo
1986 logo (horizontal)
1986 logo (box)
1986 logo (text)
1998 logo (box)
1998 logo (text)
References
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