Difference between revisions of "Milestone"

From Sega Retro

m (Text replacement - "| mergedwith= | mergedinto= " to "")
 
(20 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Company
+
{{CompanyBob
 
| logo=Milestone logo.png
 
| logo=Milestone logo.png
| founded=22 April 2003
+
| founded=2003-04-22
| defunct=March 2013
+
| defunct=2013
 
| tseries=T-478
 
| tseries=T-478
| headquarters=Suginami, Tokyo
+
| headquarters=Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan
 
}}
 
}}
'''Milestone Inc.''' (株式会社マイルストーン) is a developer of shoot-'em-ups founded by [[Compile]] employees shortly after the company's downfall, headed by Hiroshi Kimura. A majority of Milestone's games were made for [[Sega]]'s [[NAOMI]] platform and later ported to platforms such as the [[Sega Dreamcast]], Nintendo GameCube, and Nintendo Wii. In fact, they would live up to their name — releasing the last officially licensed Dreamcast game, a port of ''[[Karous]]''.
 
  
In early 2013, Kimura [http://mainichi.jp/area/yamaguchi/news/20130306ddlk35040394000c.html was arrested for illegal activities involving securities] after using Milestone to fund a bioenergy firm, MS Bio Energy, and [http://www.siliconera.com/2013/03/21/chaos-field-developer-milestone-has-closed-company-president-arrested/ Mielstone subsequently shut down].
+
'''Milestone Inc.''' (株式会社マイルストーン) was a developer of shoot-'em-ups founded by [[Compile]] employees shortly after the company's downfall, headed by Hiroshi Kimura. A majority of Milestone's games were made for [[Sega]]'s [[NAOMI]] platform and later ported to platforms such as the [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[Nintendo GameCube]], and [[Nintendo Wii]]. In fact, they would live up to their name — releasing the last officially licensed Dreamcast game, a port of ''[[Karous]]''.
 +
 
 +
In early 2013, Kimura was arrested for illegal activities involving securities{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20130322174905/http://mainichi.jp/area/yamaguchi/news/20130306ddlk35040394000c.html}} after using Milestone to fund a bioenergy firm, MS Bio Energy, and Milestone subsequently shut down{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20200806140633/https://www.siliconera.com/chaos-field-developer-milestone-has-closed-company-president-arrested/}}. Their intellectual property (or at least just ''Radirgy'' and ''Karous'') seems to have been purchased by another Japanese developer named Klon, later by [https://rs34.co.jp/ RS38] after Klon shut down.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
===[[NAOMI GD-ROM]]===
+
{{CompanyHistoryAll|Milestone}}
*''[[Chaos Field]]'' (2004)
 
*''[[Radirgy]]'' (2005)
 
*''[[Karous]]'' (2006)
 
 
 
===[[NAOMI]]===
 
*''[[Illmatic Envelope]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Radirgy Noa]]'' (2009)
 
 
 
===[[Dreamcast]]===
 
*''[[Chaos Field]]'' (2004)
 
*''[[Radirgy]]'' (2006)
 
*''[[Karous]]'' (2007)
 
 
 
===[[Nintendo DS]]===
 
*''[[Puyo Puyo Fever]]'' (2004)
 
  
==External Links==
+
==External links==
*Official website: [http://mile-stone.co.jp/ Japanese]
+
*Official website: [http://web.archive.org/web/20121120210625/http://mile-stone.co.jp/ Japanese]
 
*[http://dream-storming.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-avec-hiroshi-kimura-directeur.html Interview with Hiroshi Kimura (French)]
 
*[http://dream-storming.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-avec-hiroshi-kimura-directeur.html Interview with Hiroshi Kimura (French)]
  
[[Category:Companies]]
+
==References==
 +
<references />

Latest revision as of 14:02, 27 February 2023

https://segaretro.org/images/9/98/Milestone_logo.png

Milestone logo.png
Milestone
Founded: 2003-04-22
Defunct: 2013
T-series code: T-478
Headquarters:
Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Milestone Inc. (株式会社マイルストーン) was a developer of shoot-'em-ups founded by Compile employees shortly after the company's downfall, headed by Hiroshi Kimura. A majority of Milestone's games were made for Sega's NAOMI platform and later ported to platforms such as the Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, and Nintendo Wii. In fact, they would live up to their name — releasing the last officially licensed Dreamcast game, a port of Karous.

In early 2013, Kimura was arrested for illegal activities involving securities[1] after using Milestone to fund a bioenergy firm, MS Bio Energy, and Milestone subsequently shut down[2]. Their intellectual property (or at least just Radirgy and Karous) seems to have been purchased by another Japanese developer named Klon, later by RS38 after Klon shut down.

Softography

External links

References