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-themed,

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s for a variety of systems. The games were developed by Hudson Soft. The company was absorbed by

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in 2012, and as a result Konami owns the rights to the series. Games in the series include: * ''Nectaris'' / ''

Military Madness ''Military Madness'' is a 1989 turn-based strategy video game originally developed and published by Hudson Soft in Japan and NEC in North America for the TurboGrafx-16. It is the first entry in the '' Nectaris'' series. Set in the year 2089, pl ...

'' ( PC-Engine / TurboGrafx-16, 1989) * ''Nectaris'' (PC 9800 &

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, 1992) * ''Neo Nectaris'' / ''Military Madness 2'' (PC-Engine CD, 1994) * ''Nectaris'' (PC DOS, 1995) * ''Nectaris'' (

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, 1997) * ''Nectaris GB'' (

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,February 1998) * ''Nectaris'' ( PlayStation, 1998), ( PlayStation Network, 2008) * ''Nectaris Cellular'' (i-mode, 2003) * ''Military Madness'' (US cellphone (

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) v1.1) * '' Military Madness: Nectaris'' (

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, PlayStation Network, 2009) * ''Military Madness: Neo Nectaris'' ( iPhone, 2010)

References

External links

Base Nectaris, a fan site (Military Madness FAQ)

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