Company: Konami
Quest 64
Suikoden
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Binary Land
Blades of Steel
Air Zonk
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Grooves
DanceDanceRevolution
Double Dribble
Castlevania: Resurrection
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Rakugakids
Dance Dance Revolution Konamix
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Keyboardmania 3rdMix
Sexy Parodius
Skullgirls
Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Rumble Roses
Dance Dance Revolution A3
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Contra: Hard Corps
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection
Metal Gear
Suikoden II
Tiny Toon Adventures
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Dance Dance Revolution A20
Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 1: Nijiiro no Seishun
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Beatmania IIDX 4th style
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Crash Nitro Kart
Dance Dance Revolution ExtraMix
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix
Dance Dance Revolution X2
Castlevania Legends
No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise
Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
Vulcan Venture
Dance Dance Revolution X
Silent Hill
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
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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.
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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 "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 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.
subdirectory_arrow_right The Simpsons Arcade Game (Game), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Game), Mystic Warriors: Wrath of the Ninjas (Game), Asterix (Arcade) (Game), Sunset Riders (Game), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Game), Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (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.
subdirectory_arrow_right Batman (Franchise)
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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.