Company: Konami
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 1: Nijiiro no Seishun
Contra: Hard Corps
Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2
Contra
Frogger: Ancient Shadow
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Bomberman: Act Zero
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Contra
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Silent Hill: The Short Message
Castlevania: Dracula X
Dance Dance Revolution
Hudson's Adventure Island
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator World Championship Tournament 2009
Elebits
Super Scribblenauts
Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix
Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction
Dance Dance Revolution X2
Tiny Toon Adventures
Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Back to the Future Part III
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Pop'n Music 11
Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Bonk's Revenge
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories
Dance Dance Revolution A20
Air Zonk
Silent Hill 3
Frogger Beyond
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Capsule: Breed & Battle
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Bomberman Hero
Beatmania IIDX 3rd style
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom
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Konami wanted to license out Tim Burton's film adaptation of Batman for an arcade game, but were not able to as Atari Games claimed the license first.
subdirectory_arrow_right Mystic Warriors: Wrath of the Ninjas (Game), The Simpsons Arcade Game (Game), Asterix (Arcade) (Game), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Game), Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (Game), Sunset Riders (Game), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Game)
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Several of Konami's arcade beat-em-ups had a recurring feature common among other arcade games where if you wait too long to proceed to the next screen, the game will punish you for idling. In most games, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Sunset Riders, Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, and Mystic Warriors: Wrath of the Ninjas to name a few, the game will take away a life in one way or another for waiting too long. However, in some other games like The Simpsons Arcade Game and Asterix, the player will only take a select amount of damage for idling, and may not necessarily be enough to lose a life.
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Konami Man, one of Konami's early mascots, makes cameo appearances in several Konami games. He would later have his own game titled Konami Wai Wai World, which released in 1988, making it his first video game debut as a protagonist.
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The "Moai Statues" of real-life Easter Island show up in a number of Konami-made games, the most notable examples being across the Gradius series, as well as in the Metal Gear series.
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Konami formed Ultra Games in the US and and Palcom in Europe as a way of circumventing a Nintendo licensing policy which stipulated that each third-party could only release 5 titles per year for the NES. With an extra publishing arm, Konami was able to publish 10 titles per year.
Their hold on a trademark for "Ultra Games" would later prevent Nintendo from using the name "Ultra 64" for one of their consoles.
Their hold on a trademark for "Ultra Games" would later prevent Nintendo from using the name "Ultra 64" for one of their consoles.
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The Konami Code was created by Konami programmer Kazuhisa Hashimoto after failing to beat Gradius on the NES. He programmed a simple code into the game that gave him a full set of power-ups, which allowed him to play test the game to the end.