Piko Interactive LLC is an American

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based in

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. Founded in early 2013 by Eli Galindo, the company focuses on physical re-releases of games from older

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s and digitally released

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to newer systems.

History

On March 7, 2013, Piko Interactive launched their first crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to fund a physical release of ''Super 4 in 1 Multicart'' for the SNES, with a funding goal of $10,500. The cartridge consists of 4 different games from 3 different developers; each with their own style and taste. This campaign was successfully funded with $15,050 on 184 backers. In July 16, 2016 Piko Interactive and

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launched a

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campaign on

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to fund "Wisdom Tree Return with Arkade Plug and Play", with a funding goal of $16,500. It was successfully funded with $25,965 on 341 backers. On August 4, 2017, Piko Interactive and Wisdom Tree launched another crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to fund a physical release of 3 different games (''

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'' for NES, '' Mega 3D Noah's Ark'' for Genesis, and ''Wisdom Tree Collection'' for GBA), with a funding goal of $15,000. It was successfully funded with $17,196 on 200 backers. On January 2, 2018, Piko announced via their website that they had closed a catalog acquisition of 60 titles, now owning over 100 IPs. The acquisition considered of mostly original IPs from Atari SA. On February 12, 2018, Piko launched a crowdfunding campaign on

to fund a physical release of the canceled

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port of '' 40 Winks'', with a funding goal of $20,000. The game is the first for the system by Piko, and the first new title for the Nintendo 64 since its discontinuation. It was successfully funded with $131,252 on 1,709 backers. On May 28, 2019, Piko launched another crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, this time to fund the production of an action figure line based on the game ''

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'', with a funding goal of $8,500. As part of the Kickstarter, they will launch a new brand called "Toyetico", which will focus on making toy lines for their products. This campaign was successfully funded with $9,525 on 170 backers. On August 9, 2019, 20 of their games were announced to be released on the

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console. On January 15, 2020, Piko Interactive launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to fund a physical release of Jim Power for a NES, SNES, Genesis,

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and

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, with a funding goal of $50,000. This campaign was successfully funded with $63,805 on 678 backers. On January 4, 2021, Piko announced that they had acquired the

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brand name, with plans to start a

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-focused online storefront titled Bleem Powered. On March 02, 2021, Piko Interactive co-launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter with Comix.tv to fund a physical release of Stone Protectors, a Sega Genesis unreleased game and special edition animated series box set with 5 unreleased episodes. This campaign was successfully funded with $33,557 pledged of its $30,000 goal, on 371 backers. On October 03, 2022, Piko Interactive co-launched another crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter with Comix.tv to fund

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special DVD box set and special edition comic to celebrate the series’ 25th anniversary in 2022. This campaign was successfully funded with $24,284 pledged of its $15,000 goal, on 426 backers.

Games published

Physical releases

Digital releases

Games released under a new label called "Classics Digital", which concentrates on publishing the games that they acquired in popular digital distribution channels like Steam Greenlight and

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Games acquired

* ''

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'' (Amiga, Genesis) * ''

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'' (Amiga, Atari ST, PC, Mega Drive) * '' Sword of Sodan'' (Amiga, Genesis) * ''

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'' (Amiga, Atari ST, Atari Lynx, PC, Amstrad CPC, Game Gear, PC Engine) * ''Shui Hu Zhuan'' (Genesis) * ''Tun Shi Dian Ti III'' (Genesis) * ''Ya Se Chuan Shuo'' (Genesis) * ''Fireteam Rogue'' (Super NES, Genesis) * '' Mysterious Song'' (Super NES) * '' Dragon Sword'' (N64) * '' Glover'' (N64) * ''

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'' (Arcade, Neo Geo AES)

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.pikointeractive.com/
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