NAPS team is an Italian independent video game studio based in
Messina,
Sicily
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. They work mostly in the
home computer and
console
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Computing and video games
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market.
History
The company was established as a game developing house in 1993 by Fabio Capone and Domenico Barba.
Like many software houses established in the 1990s, their first market was on the
16-bit
16-bit microcomputers are microcomputers that use 16-bit microprocessors.
A 16-bit register can store 216 different values. The range of integer values that can be stored in 16 bits depends on the integer representation used. With the two mo ...
Amiga.
In 2016, the company started work on the game ''Iron Wings''. The company used Kickstarter to raise funds. Completed in 2017, it features
aerial warfare and is set in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
.
In 2018, ''Gekido: Kintaro's Revenge'' was re-released for the
Nintendo Switch,
PlayStation 4 and
Xbox One
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.
Reception
In 1996, ''Shadow Fighter'' was ranked the 20th best game of all time by ''
Amiga Power''.
[Amiga Power magazine issue 64, Future Publishing, August 1996]
Video games
Games developed by NAPS team:
*''
Shadow Fighter'' (Amiga, 1994, published by
Gremlin Interactive
Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
)
*''
Gekido: Urban Fighters'' (PlayStation, 2000, Gremlin Interactive)
*''
Gekido Advance: Kintaro's Revenge'' (Game Boy Advance, 2002)
* ''Rageball'' (2002)
*''Shoot'' (2002)
*''
Football Madness'' (2003)
*''Silent Iron'' (2003)
* ''Omega Assault'' (2003)
* ''Flynig Squadron'' (2003)
* ''Hot Shot'' (2003)
* ''Wanted'' (2004)
* ''Jet Ace'' (2004)
* ''Shoot'' (2005)
*''Racing Fever'' (2005)
*''SWAT Siege'' (2006)
*''WWI: Aces of the Sky'' (2006)
*''WWII: Battle Over The Pacific'' (2008)
*''Sniper Assault'' (2006)
* ''Dead Eye Jim'' (2007)
* ''They Came From the Skies'' (2007)
* ''Apache Longbow Assault'' (2007)
* ''Operation Air Assault 2'' (2007)
*''Twin Strike: Operation Thunder'' (2008)
*''Bootcamp Academy'' (2010)
*''Legendary Knight'' (2015)
*''Iron Wings'' (Xbox One, 2017)
*''Maria the Witch'' (PC, 2016, Xbox One, 2017, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, 2018)
*''The Knight and the Dragon'' (Nintendo Switch, 2019)
*''
Baldo'' (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, 2021)
See also
*
Gremlin Interactive
Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
: company founded by Ian Stewart that published Shadow Fighter
References
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Video game companies established in 1993
Italian companies established in 1993
Video game companies of Italy
Video game publishers
Video game development companies
Messina
Companies based in Sicily
Privately held companies of Italy