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− | '''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. | + | '''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. However, it later became a third-party developer for [[Nintendo]], becoming their largest third-party publisher by 1993.{{magref|cvg|141|19}} |
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+ | 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. | 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. | ||
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==Softography== | ==Softography== | ||
:''Games marked with a $ are pirates of Konami games.'' | :''Games marked with a $ are pirates of Konami games.'' | ||
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===Arcade=== | ===Arcade=== | ||
* ''[[Frogger]]'' (1981) | * ''[[Frogger]]'' (1981) | ||
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===[[Mega Drive]]=== | ===[[Mega Drive]]=== | ||
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* ''[[Junction]]'' (1990) | * ''[[Junction]]'' (1990) | ||
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist]]'' (1992) | * ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist]]'' (1992) | ||
* ''[[Sunset Riders]]'' (1992) | * ''[[Sunset Riders]]'' (1992) | ||
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure]]'' (1993) | * ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure]]'' (1993) | ||
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* ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]'' (1993) | * ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]'' (1993) | ||
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters]]'' (1993) | * ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters]]'' (1993) | ||
− | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Lethal Enforcers]]'' (1993) |
* ''[[Zombies Ate My Neighbors]]'' (1993) | * ''[[Zombies Ate My Neighbors]]'' (1993) | ||
* ''[[Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition]]'' (1994) | * ''[[Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition]]'' (1994) | ||
* ''[[Castlevania Bloodlines]]'' (1994) | * ''[[Castlevania Bloodlines]]'' (1994) | ||
+ | * ''[[Contra: Hard Corps]]'' (1994) | ||
* ''[[Sparkster|Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2]]'' (1994) | * ''[[Sparkster|Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2]]'' (1994) | ||
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* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars]]'' (1994) | * ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars]]'' (1994) | ||
+ | * ''[[Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters]]'' (1994) | ||
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' (1994) | * ''[[Animaniacs]]'' (1994) | ||
− | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing]]'' (1994) (European version) |
* ''[[International Superstar Soccer Deluxe]]'' (1996) | * ''[[International Superstar Soccer Deluxe]]'' (1996) | ||
+ | * ''[[Biker Mice from Mars]]'' (unreleased) | ||
+ | }} | ||
===[[Game Gear]]=== | ===[[Game Gear]]=== | ||
* ''[[Junction]]'' (1991) | * ''[[Junction]]'' (1991) | ||
− | ===[[Mega CD]]=== | + | ===[[Mega-CD]]=== |
* ''[[Lethal Enforcers]]'' (1993) | * ''[[Lethal Enforcers]]'' (1993) | ||
* ''[[Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters]]'' (1994) | * ''[[Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters]]'' (1994) | ||
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===[[Sega Saturn]]=== | ===[[Sega Saturn]]=== | ||
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* ''[[Gokujyou Parodius: Deluxe Pack]]'' (1995) | * ''[[Gokujyou Parodius: Deluxe Pack]]'' (1995) | ||
* ''[[Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '95 Kaimaku-ban]]'' (1995) | * ''[[Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '95 Kaimaku-ban]]'' (1995) | ||
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* ''[[Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 1: Nijiiro no Seishun]]'' (1997) | * ''[[Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 1: Nijiiro no Seishun]]'' (1997) | ||
* ''[[Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Tokkaedama]]'' (1997) | * ''[[Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Tokkaedama]]'' (1997) | ||
− | * ''[[Whizz]]'' (1997) | + | * ''[[Whizz]]'' (1997) (European version) |
* ''[[Vandal Hearts]]'' (1997) | * ''[[Vandal Hearts]]'' (1997) | ||
* ''[[Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu S]]'' (1997) | * ''[[Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu S]]'' (1997) | ||
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* ''[[Gensou Suikoden]]'' (1998) | * ''[[Gensou Suikoden]]'' (1998) | ||
* ''[[Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 3: Tabidachi no Uta]]'' (1999) | * ''[[Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 3: Tabidachi no Uta]]'' (1999) | ||
+ | }} | ||
===[[Dreamcast]]=== | ===[[Dreamcast]]=== | ||
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* ''[[Pop'n Music]]'' (1999) | * ''[[Pop'n Music]]'' (1999) | ||
* ''[[Airforce Delta]]'' (1999) | * ''[[Airforce Delta]]'' (1999) | ||
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* ''[[Pop'n Music 4: Append Disc]]'' (2000) | * ''[[Pop'n Music 4: Append Disc]]'' (2000) | ||
* ''[[Silent Scope]]'' (2000) | * ''[[Silent Scope]]'' (2000) | ||
+ | * ''[[Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge]]'' (2000) | ||
* ''[[ESPN NBA 2 Night]]'' (2000) | * ''[[ESPN NBA 2 Night]]'' (2000) | ||
* ''[[The Grinch]]'' (2000) | * ''[[The Grinch]]'' (2000) | ||
− | * ''[[Hamunaptra: The Lost City]]'' (unreleased) | + | * ''[[Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings]]'' (unreleased) |
+ | * ''[[Castlevania Resurrection]]'' (unreleased) | ||
+ | * ''[[Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator]]'' (unreleased) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Mummy]]''/''[[Hamunaptra: The Lost City]]'' (unreleased) | ||
+ | * ''[[Woody Woodpecker Racing]]'' (unreleased) | ||
}} | }} | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
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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. However, it later became a third-party developer for Nintendo, becoming their largest third-party publisher by 1993.[1]
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)
- Cabbage Patch Kids (year unknown) $
- Circus Charlie (year unknown) $
- Hyper Sports 2 (year unknown) $
- Magical Tree (year unknown) $
- Ping-Pong (year unknown) $
- Yie Ar Kung-Fu (year unknown) $
Master System
- Block Hole (1990) $
- Comic Bakery (year unknown) $
- F-1 Spirit: The Way to Formula-1 (1987) $
- Knightmare II: The Maze of Galious (year unknown) $
- Magical Tree (year unknown) $
- Penguin Adventure (year unknown) $
- Pooyan (year unknown) $
- The Goonies (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)
- Rocket Knight Adventures (1993)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (1993)
- Lethal Enforcers (1993)
- Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993)
- Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition (1994)
- Castlevania Bloodlines (1994)
- Contra: Hard Corps (1994)
- Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (1994)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars (1994)
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994)
- Animaniacs (1994)
- Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing (1994) (European version)
- International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (1996)
- Biker Mice from Mars (unreleased)
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 Pazurudama (1995)
- Gradius Deluxe Pack (1996)
- Snatcher (1996)
- Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You (1996)
- Policenauts (1996)
- Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Pazurudama (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 Tokkaedama (1997)
- Whizz (1997) (European version)
- Vandal Hearts (1997)
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu S (1997)
- J-League Jikkyou Honoo no Striker (1998)
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 2: Irodori no Lovesong (1998)
- Yoshimura Shougi (1998)
- Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (1998)
- Konami Antiques MSX Collection: Ultra Pack (1998)
- Gensou 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 Momotenshi! Kanzenban (1999)
- Pop'n Music 2 (1999)
- Dancing Blade Katte ni Momotenshi II: Tears of Eden Kanzenban (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)
- Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (2000)
- ESPN NBA 2 Night (2000)
- The Grinch (2000)
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (unreleased)
- Castlevania Resurrection (unreleased)
- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator (unreleased)
- The Mummy/Hamunaptra: The Lost City (unreleased)
- Woody Woodpecker Racing (unreleased)
References
NEC Retro has more information related to Konami
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