was a Japanese video game developer founded in 1985. They were best known for their PlayStation-era snowboarding games, though they also released titles for PlayStation 2,

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History

UEP Systems' most critically acclaimed title is 1997's ''

Cool Boarders 2 ''Cool Boarders 2'' is a snowboarding video game developed by UEP Systems for the PlayStation. The game builds upon its predecessor's features with the addition of trick competitions, computer-controlled competitors, and support for the PlayStat ...

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" video game genre. The studio's biggest creative release was the quirky 3D action/adventure title '' Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman'', the studio's only non-sports game, which received sub-par reviews but gained a small amount of cult appeal among gamers at the time. Despite the success of their early snowboarding titles, UEP struggled financially in the years that followed with a series of commercially unsuccessful games. After the release of '' Cool Boarders: Code Alien'' - another poor seller - for the PlayStation 2 in 2000, the studio disbanded in 2001.

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