![]() Rocket Knight (Xbox 360 (XBLA), PlayStation 3 (PSN), Windows (Steam)).Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (Genesis).Operator's Side (developed by Sony Computer Entertainment).Mitsumete Knight (made in cooperation with RED Company, the creators of Sakura Taisen).Lost in Blue (known as Survival Kids in Japan).Kinniku Banzuke: Kongou-Kun no Daibouken!.Hell Night (Published by Atlus in Japan/Developer).Otomedius, a combination of Gradius plot elements and Parodius sense of humor.Parodius which is the same series, but parodied as a Cute 'em Up.Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights.Call of Duty 2 ( Xbox 360 version originally developed by Infinity Ward).Busou Shinki and the Battle Rondo online tie-in game.Bombergirl (a spin-off of the Bomberman series).Konami is responsible for the following video game franchises: In no way related to the Konata/Kagami pairing of Lucky Star, or to any character with the name, or to any kind of "economy". Since then, Konami has been running and expanding their e-sports services there as well as releasing some of their recent games on PCs both in Japan and overseas. In spite of their claimed mobile gaming market focus, Konami entered the PC gaming and e-sports market with their own brand Arespear (similar to Dell's Alienware and HP's Omen) in 2020, after seeing the resurgence of PC as a gaming platform in Japan after decades. There were reports that the rumors of departing from console gaming were false and Konami was hiring for a "new Metal Gear" project - but this turned out to be the critically and commercially panned spin-off Metal Gear Survive as well as yet another pachinslot machine. While Konami still produces arcade games, most notably the BEMANI franchise, many Westerners find no relevance in such games due to a combination of No Export for You and an overall decline in arcade games in the West. Following that, Konami announced their departure from console gaming to focus on mobile gaming and a larger focus on its non-video gaming domestic efforts, namely pachinko and slot machines - a move that has left a sour taste in many fans' mouths, especially Western fans. Konami came under fire in 2015 when, for a number of reasons, they canned Silent Hills and Hideo Kojima, along with quite a few of his long time collaborators, left Konami due to intolerable working conditions, which shone a spotlight on the terrible morale at the company. Due to the game's popularity, the Konami Code now enjoys a pop-culture status on par with the famous 'XYZZY' keyword from Colossal Cave Adventure - mention the 'Konami Code', and it's a sure bet than any console gamer worth his eyeteeth will know exactly which code you mean. ![]() First appearing to US players in the 1986 NES port of Gradius and made popular in the 1988 NES port of Contra, it provided the players of the notoriously-diffiicult game with 30 lives, rather than the original 3. In the mid-80s, Konami became famous by one of their Classic Cheat Codes, dubbed the " Konami Code". Konami also owned a majority stake in Hudson Soft until making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Some of the other Konami staff left that same year to create Treasure Co. (They made a similar move in Europe with Palcom Software Ltd.) After Nintendo relaxed its standards, Konami closed Ultra in 1992 and absorbed its remaining employees into its American branch. ![]() Konami found a way around this by creating a quasi-independent subsidiary known as "Ultra Games", which published the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, Skate or Die, Metal Gear, and an expanded version of Gyruss, among others. It is currently the fourth-largest game company in Japan, behind Nintendo, Sega Sammy and Bandai Namco Entertainment.ĭue to Nintendo's restrictions on third-party licensing during that era, Konami could release only five games per year for the NES. It became one of the leading third-party developers during the NES era, thanks to best-selling ports of many of its arcade hits, as well as console-exclusive titles such as Castlevania, and Metal Gear. Konami transitioned to arcade development in the '70s, and was responsible for arcade hits throughout the '80s such as Frogger, Gradius, Contra, and Track & Field. Konami Group Corporation is a popular Tokyo-based maker of video games, toys, slot machines and trading cards, founded by Kagemasa Kozuki on Maas a jukebox rental and repair business in Osaka, Japan. The Konami Code – specifically, the code as used to start a 2-player game of Contra where both players start with 30 lives
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