Difference between revisions of "Konami"
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* ''[[Hyper Sports]]'' (1985) | * ''[[Hyper Sports]]'' (1985) | ||
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* ''[[Crypt Killer]]'' (1997) | * ''[[Crypt Killer]]'' (1997) | ||
* ''[[Suikoden]]'' (1998) | * ''[[Suikoden]]'' (1998) | ||
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* ''[[Konami Antiques MSX Collection Ultra Pack]]'' (1998) | * ''[[Konami Antiques MSX Collection Ultra Pack]]'' (1998) | ||
Revision as of 05:15, 1 July 2011
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. 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.
Contents
Softography
- Games marked with a $ are pirates of Konami games.
Arcade
- Frogger (1988)
SG-1000
- Hyper Sports (1985)
- Shinnyuushain Tooru-Kun (1985)
- Yie Ar Kung-Fu (year unknown) $
Master System
- F-1 Spirit - The Way to Formula-1 (1987) $
- Penguin Adventure (year unknown) $
Mega Drive
- Junction (1990)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (1992)
- Lethal Enforcers (1993)
- Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing (1993)
- Rocket Knight Adventures (1993)
- Sunset Riders (1993)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (1993)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (1993)
- Animaniacs (1994)
- Castlevania Bloodlines (1994)
- Contra: Hard Corps (1994)
- Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition (1994)
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994)
- Sparkster (1994)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars (1994)
Mega CD
- Lethal Enforcers (1993)
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994)
- Snatcher (1994)
Game Gear
- Junction (1991)
Saturn
- Gokujyou Parodius: Deluxe Pack (1995)
- Detana!! Twinbee Yahoo! Deluxe Pack (1995)
- Snatcher (1996)
- Gradius Deluxe Pack (1996)
- Policenauts (1996)
- Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You (1996)
- Sexy Parodius (1996)
- Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius (1996)
- Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus (1997)
- Vandal Hearts (1997)
- Crypt Killer (1997)
- Suikoden (1998)
- Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (1998)
- Konami Antiques MSX Collection Ultra Pack (1998)