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Zero4 Champ
is a series of racing games created by Yutaka Kaminaga at Media Rings, which started in 1991 with the PC Engine title ''Zero4 Champ''. The series would transfer to the Kaminaga-founded WorkJam with the PlayStation 2 title ''Zero4 Champ Series: Drift Champ'', codeveloped by Tamsoft and published by Hudson Soft, along with the mobile phone ''Go! Zero4 Champ'' developed by Profire, both of which were released in late 2002. Conception In Japan, street racing sometimes occurs on long straights in industrial areas, which are used for drag racing, drag races. These races are known as or "04", short for "0-400 meters", ヨン being Japanese for the number four. Japanese drag racing is noted for its flair, featuring various sport-grade Japanese cars such as the Toyota MR2-GT (SW20), Mazda RX-7 Type RS (FD3S), Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI (CP9A), Subaru Impreza WRX STi (GDB), the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BNR34), and Honda NSX Type-S Zero (NA2), all import scene cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Rings
was a Japanese music, video game, and software publishing company located in Akasaka, Tokyo. Founded in October 1989 as a music and video packaging firm, it since became a distributor and producer of electronic entertainment. The company has been involved with several video game developers on a number of systems beginning with the TurboGrafx-16, PC Engine in 1990, and was primarily known for their ''Zero4 Champ series, Zero4 Champ'' racing game series, as well as the Game Boy Advance title ''Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete#Lunar Legend, Lunar Legend''. The company's name is sometimes incorrectly translated as "Magic Rings" by English websites. It has been officially dissolved as of April 2007. Video games Published TurboGrafx-16, PC Engine * ''Spin Pair'' (1990) * ''Spiral Wave'' (1991) * ''Zero4 Champ'' (1991) * ''Toilet Kids'' (1992) TurboGrafx-CD, PC Engine CD * ''Tecmo World Cup Super Soccer'' (1992) * ''Zero4 Champ II'' (1993) Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |