Konami
Konami Holdings Corporation, better known simply as Konami, is a Japanese entertainment company which produces video games, trading cards, anime, movies, gambling machines, and, oddly, fitness clubs. Konami was founded in 1969 as an arcade video game developer and publisher, but slowly expanded into various other products lines. They have corporate branches across the world.
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Personal
The first Konami game I remember playing was Frogger around 1986, but I didn't become familiar with the company until the late 1980s through their NES games, particularly Contra and Life Force. I certainly bought and played a lot of Konami (and Ultra) games, and while they created a lot of great games, they always fell short of the games put out by Nintendo and Capcom.
Games
These are the games Konami worked on that are important to me. For all Konami games, see the categories for games developed or published.
Arcade
Game Boy
Game Boy Advance
PlayStation
Nintendo DS
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Staff
These are people who worked at Konami whose work I appreciate.
- Hidenori Maezawa - Composer.
- Michiru Yamane - Composer.
- Miki Higashino - Composer.
- Naoki Maeda - Composer.
- Setsu Muraki - Artist.