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{{sub-stub}}'''HOT-B''' (ホット・ビィ)
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{{sub-stub}}'''HOT-B''' (ホット・ビィ) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher known for their frequent uncredited contract development work.
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==History==
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Fellow Japanese game developer [[Genki]] found early success performing subcontracted programming work for HOT-B.
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They went bankrupt in 1993 and were later bought out by [[Starfish-SD]], a company formed by former HOT-B employees; the HOT-B name was kept as the name of the company's American division for a little over the next decade. The 2005 [[PlayStation 2]] game ''Graffiti Kingdom'' appears to have been their most recently-published title.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
===[[Sega Mega Drive|Mega Drive]]===
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*''[[Insector-X]]'' (1990)
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*''[[Crack Down]]'' (1991)
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==External links==
*''[[Ka-Ge-Ki]]'' (1991)
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/19980208061026/http://www.hotb.com/ Official website (1998)] (Wayback Machine)
*''[[Blue Almanac]]'' (1991)
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*''[[The Steel Empire]]'' (1992)
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==References==
*''[[Devilish: The Next Possession]]'' (1992)
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*''[[King Salmon]]'' (1992)
 
  
[[Category:Third-Party Development Companies]]
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Latest revision as of 06:27, 21 December 2021

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HOT-B
Founded: 1983
Defunct: 1993
T-series code: T-28
Merged into: Starfish-SD (1993)
Headquarters:
Japan

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HOT-B (ホット・ビィ) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher known for their frequent uncredited contract development work.

History

Fellow Japanese game developer Genki found early success performing subcontracted programming work for HOT-B.

They went bankrupt in 1993 and were later bought out by Starfish-SD, a company formed by former HOT-B employees; the HOT-B name was kept as the name of the company's American division for a little over the next decade. The 2005 PlayStation 2 game Graffiti Kingdom appears to have been their most recently-published title.

Softography

Master System

  • (1989)

Mega Drive

  • (1990)
  • (1990)
  • (1991)
  • (1991)
  • (1992)
  • (1992)
  • (1992)
  • (2011)
  • (unreleased)

Game Gear

  • (1991)

Mega-CD

  • (1992)

External links

References


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