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Kemco Games
This is a list of Kemco games. Of note, the video games in North America prior to 1992 were not published by Kemco themselves, but instead by their distributor Seika Corporation of Torrance, California, who used the label Kemco * Seika to market Kemco's titles in the region. Console-based games Original games Ports, localizations, and licensed games Digital games 2007 *''Alphadia'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) 2008 *''Alphadia II'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) *''Orleans no Otome: Jeanne D'Arc no Monogatari'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) *''Sorcery Blade'' (WiiWare) 2009 *''Alphadia III'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) *''Ayakashigatari'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) *''Symphony of Eternity'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) 2010 *''Alphadia IV'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) *''Dark Gate'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) *''Eve of the Genesis'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) *''Fantasy Chronicle'' (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone) *''Symphony of Eternity'' (iOS & Android) 2011 *''Aeon Avenger'' (iOS & Android) *''Alphad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemco
Kemco (abbreviated from Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher established in 1984. It is headquartered in Kure, Hiroshima. One of its best known franchises is the Top Gear (video game series), ''Top Gear'' series, developed by Sheffield-based English developers Gremlin Interactive, Gremlin Graphics. History 1980s Kemco was founded in 1984 as Kotobuki System Co., Ltd. to be the video game subsidiary of the multifaceted corporation Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (itself established in 1979). The Kemco name represents the initial letters of Kotobuki Engineering Manufacturing Co. Kemco started by developing video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Although technically called Kotobuki System until 2004, the company was already using the brand Kemco on its first game ''Dough Boy (video game), Dough Boy'' in 1985. In the late 1980s until the early 1990s, Kemco's video games wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2001, and in mainland China as iQue Game Boy Advance on June 8, 2004. The GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles. The original model does not have an illuminated screen; Nintendo addressed that with the release of a redesigned model with a frontlight, frontlit screen, the Game Boy Advance SP, in 2003. Game Boy Advance SP#Backlit model (AGS-101), A newer revision of the redesign was released in 2005, with a backlight, backlit screen. Around the same time, the final redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in September 2005. As of June 2010, 81.51 million units of the Game Boy Advance series have been sold worldwide. Its successor, the Nintendo DS, was released in November 2004 and is backward compatible with Game B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tantalus Media
Tantalus Media (formerly Tantalus Entertainment and Tantalus Interactive) is an Australian video game developer based in Melbourne. It was founded in 1994 by programmers Andrew Bailey and Trevor Nuridin. Since its inception, Tantalus has developed almost 100 games and has won multiple game awards. In March 2021, Keywords Studios acquired 85% of Tantalus Media for . History Initially, Tantalus was porting games from the PlayStation and arcade to the Sega Saturn. Its first original title was ''South Park Rally'', completed for all four platforms of the time in eighteen months. The fast pipeline was largely attributed to the existing in-house title - 7th Gear. The development team at Tantalus worked on their first handheld game ''ATV Quad Power Racing'' for the Game Boy Advance while another title Woody Woodpecker: Crazy Castle 5 was also developed concurrently. Kemco delayed its release to July 2002 (interestingly this title saw the return of director Trevor Nuridin to coding t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy Color
The (commonly abbreviated as GBC) is a handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on October 21, 1998 and to international markets that November. It is the successor to the Game Boy and is part of the Game Boy product line. The GBC features a color screen rather than monochrome, but it is not backlit. It is slightly thicker and taller and features a slightly smaller screen than the Game Boy Pocket, its immediate predecessor in the Game Boy line. As with the original Game Boy, it has a custom 8-bit processor made by Sharp that is considered a hybrid between the Intel 8080 and the Zilog Z80. The American English spelling of the system's name, ''Game Boy Color'', remains consistent throughout the world. The Game Boy Color is part of the fifth generation of video game consoles. The GBC's primary competitors in Japan were the grayscale 16-bit handhelds, SNK's Neo Geo Pocket and Bandai's WonderSwan, though the Game Boy Color outsold them by a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boss Game Studios
Boss Game Studios was an American video game developer based in Redmond, Washington. The company was founded in 1994 and closed in 2002. It specialized in Nintendo 64 racing games with releases such as ''Top Gear Rally'' and '' World Driver Championship''. History Boss Game Studios was formed in Redmond, Washington as an independent offshoot of Boss Film Studios, a company that created special effects for feature films. Some members of its creative and development team had contributed to games such as ''The Lion King'' and ''Dune II''. Barry Leitch was the company's music director. Following the release of their first game in 1997, '' Spider: The Video Game'', the company specialized in Nintendo 64 racing games with releases such as ''Top Gear Rally'' and '' World Driver Championship''. In 2000, the company was approached by Microsoft, who offered them an opportunity to develop games for their Xbox console. Boss Game Studios started work on an Xbox racing game, but were unable to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Gear Rally
''Top Gear Rally'' is a 1997 racing video game developed by Boss Game Studios and released for the Nintendo 64. A follow-up to Kemcos original ''Top Gear'' game, it features a championship mode where a single player must complete six seasons of two to four races, as well as a multiplayer mode where two players may compete against each other via a split-screen display. The game's tracks combine both road and off-road surfaces and can be played in different weather conditions, including night, fog, rain, and snow. Players may customize their car with different tire grips and adjust its suspension stiffness and steering sensitivity. An option that allows players to custom paint their cars is also included. ''Top Gear Rally'' was conceived after Boss created a non-interactive demonstration running on Silicon Graphics workstations that featured two- and four-wheel drive vehicles racing through different driving conditions. The game features a physics engine with a functioning sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Realtime Associates
Realtime Associates is an American video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1986 by David Warhol and a group of ex-Mattel Electronics employees originally to create games for the Intellivision system. Since then, the company has developed and published over 90 games for systems including the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Saturn, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Super NES, Genesis, Pico, Nintendo Entertainment System, TurboGrafx-16, Game Boy, Game Gear, Game Boy Color, IBM PC compatibles, and Macintosh. In addition to its entertainment software portfolio, the company creates serious games and Games for Health, including HopeLab's Re-Mission. Games GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox * ''Intellivision Lives!'' LeapPad * '' LeapTrack Series 1'' * '' LeapTrack Series 2'' Game Boy Color * '' All Star Baseball 2000'' * '' Barbie: Ocean Discovery'' * '' Caterpillar Construction Zone'' Nintendo 64 * ''Charlie Blast's Territory'' * '' Elmo's Letter Adventure'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo 64
The (N64) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo. The successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was released on June 23, 1996, in Japan, on September 29, 1996, in North America, and on March 1, 1997, in Europe and Australia. It was the last major home console to use cartridges as its primary storage format until the Nintendo Switch in 2017. It competed primarily with the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Saturn. Development began in 1993 in partnership with Silicon Graphics, using the codename Project Reality, then a test model and arcade platform called Ultra 64. The final design was named after its 64-bit CPU, which aided in the console's 3D capabilities. Its design was mostly complete by mid-1995 and launch was delayed until 1996 for the completion of the launch games '' Super Mario 64'', ''Pilotwings 64'', and '' Saikyō Habu Shōgi'' (exclusive to Japan). The charcoal-gray console was followed by a series of color variants. Some games require th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bombing Islands
''The Bombing Islands'' ( in Japan) is a puzzle video game developed and published by Kemco for the PlayStation. It was later re-released for Nintendo 64 as ''Charlie Blast's Territory'' (whose working title was ''Charlie Blast's Challenge'') in North America on April 2, 1999, and in Europe on June 18, 1999. A cell phone game named "The Bombing Island" was also released in 2003 by Kemco, but with graphics from the game Bombuzal with the main character changed to Kid Clown. Gameplay The player controls the game's main protagonist and is tasked to demolish a series of bombs located on 60 islands, taking place across six different environments. He must use these bombs and other things located on each island to help him clear the bombs so he can proceed to the next island. An island has a single red detonator bomb, which must be grouped alongside other bombs in the level by pushing the bombs (excluding ones planted in the ground) before lighting the detonator bomb, which allows for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation (console)
The (abbreviated as PS, commonly known as the PS1/PS one or its codename PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in Japan on 3 December 1994, in North America on 9 September 1995, in Europe on 29 September 1995, and in Australia on 15 November 1995. As a fifth-generation console, the PlayStation primarily competed with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn. Sony began developing the PlayStation after a failed venture with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM peripheral for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in the early 1990s. The console was primarily designed by Ken Kutaragi and Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan, while additional development was outsourced in the United Kingdom. An emphasis on 3D polygon graphics was placed at the forefront of the console's design. PlayStation game production was designed to be streamlined and inclusive, enticing the support of many third-party developers. The console proved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtual Boy
The Virtual Boy is a 32-bit tabletop portable video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. Released in 1995, it was marketed as the first console capable of displaying stereoscopic "3D" graphics. The player uses the console like a head-mounted display, placing the head against the eyepiece to see a red monochrome display. The games use a parallax effect to create the illusion of depth. Sales failed to meet targets, and Nintendo ceased distribution and game development in 1996, having released only 22 games for the system. Development of the Virtual Boy lasted four years and began under the project name VR32. Nintendo entered a licensing agreement to use a stereoscopic LED eyepiece technology which had been developed since the 1980s by US company Reflection Technology. It also built a factory in China to be used only for Virtual Boy manufacturing. Over the course of development, the console technology was downscaled due to high costs and potential health concerns, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtual League Baseball
''Virtual League Baseball'' is a 1995 baseball video game developed and published by Kemco for the Virtual Boy. A sequel, ''Virtual League Baseball 2'', was planned, but later canceled due to the Virtual Boy console's poor sales. Gameplay There are three modes of play in ''Virtual League Baseball'': Player 1 vs. computer, all-star game, and pennant race. In player 1 vs. computer, one single match is played between the player and the computer. In the all-star game, the player plays against the computer using a team of all-stars from America, Asia, or Europe. In the pennant race, the player plays a series of games against the computer, using passwords to resume play after turning off the console, instead of saving. It is a single-player game. Players can receive and enter passwords to skip levels of the game. The game's teams are international. Development ''Virtual League Baseball'' was developed by Kemco and released in October 1995 for the Virtual Boy. A playable version of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
