KID
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| Type | Defunct |
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| Industry | Consumer Game Computer Game |
| Founded | May 12, 1988 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Hisaaki Ichikawa, President |
| Revenue | ¥92.9m (March 2006)[citation needed] |
| Employees | 41[citation needed] |
| Website | http://www.kid-game.jp |
KID, whose name is an acronym of Kindle Imagine Develop, was a Japan-based company specializing in porting and developing bishōjo games.
KID was founded in 1988, with capital of 160 million yen.[citation needed] In the early 1990s, it served primarily as a contract developer. Notable titles from this era include Burai Fighter, Low G Man, G.I. Joe, Isolated Warrior and Recca. In 1997, it began porting PC games to games consoles. In 1999, it released an original title called Memories Off on PlayStation, which later became its first well-known series. In 2000, it released another original title called Infinity which became the second well-known series. This game was later renamed Never7 ~the end of infinity~ and Infinity became the series name. It also created the popular underground PlayStation game Board Game Top Shop.
In 2005, KID became a sponsor of the Japanese drama series Densha Otoko.
The company declared bankruptcy in 2006.[1] However in February 2007 it was announced that KID's intellectual properties had been acquired by the Cyber Front corporation, who would continue all unfinished projects.
[edit] Works
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Infinity Series
- Infinity Cure
- Never 7: The End of Infinity
- Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
- Remember 11: The Age of Infinity
- 12Riven -the Ψcliminal of integral-
- Code_18
Memories Off Series
- Memories Off
- Memories Off 2nd
- You that became a Memory ~Memories Off~
- Memories Off ~And then~
- Memories Off ~And Then Again~
- Memories Off 5: Togireta Film
- Memories Off #5 encore
- Your Memories Off: Girl's Style
Other
- Blocken (Arcade)
- Armored Police Metal Jack (Game Boy)
- Kingyo Chūihō! 2 Gyopichan o Sagase! (Game Boy)
- Battle Grand Prix (SNES)
- Jumpin' Derby (Super Famicom)
- Super Bowling (SNES)
- Super Jinsei Game (series) (2 & 3) (Super Famicom)
- Chibi Maruko-chan: Okozukai Daisakusen (Game Boy, 1990)
- Chibi Maruko-Chan 2: Deluxe Maruko World (Game Boy, 1991)
- Chibi Maruko-chan 3: Mezase! Game Taishou no Maki (Game Boy, 1992)
- Chibi Maruko-chan 4: Korega Nihon Dayo Ouji Sama (Game Boy, 1992)
- Chibi Maruko-Chan: Maruko Deluxe Gekijou (Game Boy, 1995)
- Mendel Palace (co-developed with Game Freak)
- Low G Man: The Low Gravity Man
- Kick Master
- G.I. Joe (NES)
- Sumo Fighter: Tōkaidō Basho
- UFO Kamen Yakisoban
- Sutobasu Yarō Show: 3 on 3 Basketball
- Pepsiman
- Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi: Crazy Land Daisakusen (Famicom)
- Ai Yori Aoshi (PS2 and PC adaptation)
- Ryu-Koku (final game released before the bankruptcy)
- Separate Hearts
- Ski Air Mix
- Recca (Famicom Shooter created for the "Summer Carnival '92" gaming tournament)
- We Are*
- Close to: Inori no Oka
- Yume no Tsubasa
- Max Warrior: Wakusei Kaigenrei
- Kaitou Apricot (PlayStation)
- Kiss yori...
- 6 Inch my Darling
- Dokomademo Aoku...
[edit] References
- ^ Chris Winkler (2006-12-01). "Kid Files for Bankruptcy". RPGFan. http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2006/1578.html. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
[edit] External links
- KID Official site
- Bankruptcy info and notes in English via insert credit
- KID at the Visual Novel Database
- List of KID games at GameFAQs
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