Treasure

Treasure Co. Ltd. (株式会社トレジャー Kabushiki-Gaisha Torejā) is a Japanese video game developer, founded by former employees of Konami on 19 June 1992. Treasure is best known for classic-style action games that employ innovative gameplay systems.

Treasure's greatest commercial successes have been games such as Wario World and Mischief Makers, but they are better known for their critical successes, which include many games release on Sega platforms, including Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy, Alien Soldier, Guardian Heroes, Radiant Silvergun, Bangai-O, and Ikaruga. They debuted on the Sega Mega Drive with the classic Gunstar Heroes (although McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure, also for that console, was developed first).

Treasure is a small, privately held company, headed by CEO Masato Maegawa and consisting of about 30-40 members, though this number is somewhat misleading because they also employ independent contractors to assist development, and sometimes partner with other companies such as Sega, Nintendo and G.rev. Because of their small size and independence, they generally depend on outside partnerships to finance development. As a result, they have worked on many titles based on licenses, and partnered with companies like Sega, Enix and Nintendo to produce original properties. They have produced a handful of games completely or nearly independently, most notably the arcade shooters Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga.

Games released for Sega systems

Wikipedia offers a platform-agnostic list of games developed by Treasure.

Sega Master System

Dynamite Headdy (1994, Japan only)

Sega Game Gear

Dynamite Headdy (1994)
Gunstar Heroes (with M2, 1995)

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Gunstar Heroes (1993, emulated on Wii Virtual Console in 2006)
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure (1993)
Dynamite Headdy (1994)
YuYu Hakusho Makyoutoissen (幽☆遊☆白書魔強統一戦) (1994, Japan only)
Alien Soldier (1995, emulated on Virtual Console in 2007)
Light Crusader (1995, emulated on Virtual console in 2007)

Sega Saturn

Guardian Heroes (1996)
Silhouette Mirage (1997, Japan only)
Radiant Silvergun (1998, Japan only, originally on Sega Titan Video arcade platform)

Sega Dreamcast

Bangai-O / Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh (爆裂無敵バンガイオー) (2001)
Ikaruga (2002, Japan only, originally on Sega NAOMI arcade platform, later released in NA/EU on the Nintendo GameCube)

Arcade boards

Radiant Silvergun (1998, Sega Titan Video)
Ikaruga (2001, Sega NAOMI)

External links

Treasure homepage (Japanese)