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* ''[[Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu S]]'' (1997) | * ''[[Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu S]]'' (1997) | ||
Revision as of 00:32, 10 September 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 (1981)
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)
- Sunset Riders (1992)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (1993)
- Lethal Enforcers (1993)
- Rocket Knight Adventures (1993)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (1993)
- Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing (1993)
- Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993)
- Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition (1994)
- Castlevania Bloodlines (1994)
- Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (1994)
- Contra: Hard Corps (1994)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars (1994)
- Animaniacs (1994)
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994)
- International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (1996)
Game Gear
- Junction (1991)
Mega CD
- Lethal Enforcers (1993)
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994)
- Snatcher (1994)
Sega Saturn
- Gokujyou Parodius: Deluxe Pack (1995)
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '95: Kaimaku-ban (1995)
- Detana!! Twinbee Yahoo! Deluxe Pack (1995)
- Eisei Meijin (1995)
- Chibi Maruko-Chan: No Taisen Puzzle Dama (1995)
- Gradius Deluxe Pack (1996)
- Snatcher (1996)
- Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You (1996)
- Policenauts (1996)
- Tokimeki Memorial Taisen: Puzzle Dama (1996)
- Bottom of the 9th (1996)
- Sexy Parodius (1996)
- Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius (1996)
- Eisei Meijin II (1996)
- 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: Tokkae Dama (1997)
- Whizz (1997)
- Vandal Hearts (1997)
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu S (1997)
- J-League Jikkyou Honoo no Striker (1998)
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 2: Irodori no Love Song (1998)
- Yoshimura Shougi (1998)
- Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (1998)
- Konami Antiques MSX Collection: Ultra Pack (1998)
- Suikoden (1998)
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 3: Tabidachi no Uta (1999)
Dreamcast
- Pop'n Music (1999)
- Airforce Delta (1999)
- Eisei Meijin III: Game Creator Yoshimura Nobuhiro no Zunou (1999)
- Dancing Blade: Katte ni Momo Tenshi (1999)
- Pop'n Music 2 (1999)
- Dancing Blade: Katte ni Momo Tenshi II (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)
- ESPN NBA 2 Night (2000)
- The Grinch (2000)