Difference between revisions of "HOT-B"

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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

Cloud Master (1989)

Mega Drive

Thunder Force III (1990)
Insector X (1990)
Crack Down (1990)
Ka-Ge-Ki (1991)
Blue Almanac (1991)
The Steel Empire (1992)
Devilish: The Next Possession (1992)
King Salmon (1992)
Star Odyssey (2011)
Super Black Bass (unreleased)

Game Gear

Devilish (1991)

Mega-CD

Detonator Orgun (1992)

External links

Official website (1998) (Wayback Machine)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to HOT-B

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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.
-{{sub-stub}}'''HOT-B''' (ホット・ビィ) was a Japanese developer and publisher who served as publisher, contract developer, and subcontractor ([[Genki]] got their start doing programming work for HOT-B).
+==History==
+Fellow Japanese game developer [[Genki]] found early success performing subcontracted programming work for HOT-B.
-They went bankrupt in 1993 and were bought out by [[Starfish-SD]], who were formed from former employees; the HOT-B name was kept as the name of the company's American division for about a decade after that (a [http://www.hotb.com/ website] lists the 2005 PS2 game ''Graffiti Kingdom'' as the most recent title).
+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]]===
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|HOT-B}}
-*''[[Cloud Master]]'' (1989)
-===[[Sega Mega Drive|Mega Drive]]===
+==External links==
-*''[[Insector X]]'' (1990)
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/19980208061026/http://www.hotb.com/ Official website (1998)] (Wayback Machine)
-*''[[Crack Down]]'' (1991)
-*''[[Ka-Ge-Ki]]'' (1991)
-*''[[Blue Almanac]]'' (1991)
-*''[[The Steel Empire]]'' (1992)
-*''[[Devilish: The Next Possession]]'' (1992)
-*''[[King Salmon]]'' (1992)
-*''[[Swap]]'' (unreleased; listed on [[Hitoshi Sakimoto]]'s works list)
-HOT-B's American division (who published on Nintendo platforms) also distributed ''[[Thunder Force III]]'' in North America for [[Tecnosoft]]; this is the only Genesis game distributed in that region with their name on it (the others, except ''The Steel Empire'', were published as [[Sage's Creation]]; whether or not they were the same company is unknown).
-===[[Mega CD]]===
-*''[[Detonator Orgun]]'' (1992)
-===[[Game Gear]]===
-*''[[Devilish]]'' (1991)
 ==References==
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+<references/>
-[[Category:Companies]]
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