KID
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| Company type | Defunct |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consumer Game Computer Game |
| Founded | May 12, 1988 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Hisaaki Ichikawa, President |
| Revenue | ¥92.9m (March 2006)[citation needed] |
Number of 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.
Works
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-
Memories Off Series
- Memories Off
- Memories Off 2nd
- You That Become A Memory ~Memories Off~
- Memories Off ~And Then~
- Memories Off ~And Then Again~
- Memories Off #5 The Unfinished Film
- Memories Off #5 encore
- Your Memories Off: Girl's Style
Other
- Sumo Fighter: Tōkaidō Basho
- Pepsiman
- Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi: Crazy Land Daisakusen (Famicom)
- Ai Yori Aoshi (PS2 and PC adaption)
- 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
References
- ^ Chris Winkler (2006-12-01). "Kid Files for Bankruptcy". RPGFan. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
External links
- KID Official site
- Bankruptcy info and notes in English via insert credit
- KID at The Visual Novel Database
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