Kemco
Logo used from 1999 | |
Subsidiary of Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd | |
Industry | Video games |
Predecessor | Kotobuki System Co., Ltd. |
Founded | 1984 |
Headquarters | Seika, Kyoto, Japan |
Website | www.kemco.jp |
Kemco Corporation (株式会社ケムコ Kabushikigaisha Kemuko) (abbreviated from original title Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd., located in Seika, Kyoto, Japan.
Kemco was one of the original Nintendo licensees and began to manufacture games for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. In 2001 Kemco U.S.A, Inc. was founded as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kemco of Japan, especially targeting the North American and PAL Region markets.
One of their best known franchises is the Top Gear series by Gremlin Graphics. They are also known for their ports of the MacVenture adventure games to Nintendo consoles. In the 2010s, they are primarily known for their RPGs for the Android and iOS operating systems.
List of Kemco games
1980s
1985
- Dough Boy (Famicom)
1986
- Spy vs. Spy (NES/Famicom)
- Space Hunter (Famicom)
- Toki no Tabibito -Time Stranger- (Famicom)
- Electrician (Famicom)
1987
- Nankoku Shirei!! Spy vs. Spy (Famicom)
- Indora no Hikari (Famicom)
- Superman (NES/Famicom)
1988
- Sanada Juu Yuushi (Famicom)
- Déjà Vu (NES/Famicom)
- Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu (Famicom)
1989
- Desert Commander (NES/Famicom)
- Shadowgate (NES/Famicom)
- The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle/Roger Rabbit (NES/Famicom, Game Boy)
- Ghost Lion (NES/Famicom)
- Uninvited (NES/Famicom)
- Rescue: The Embassy Mission (NES)
- Sword of Hope (Game Boy)
1990s
1990
- Rocket Ranger (NES)
- The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (NES/Famicom)
- Lagoon (Sharp X68000)
- Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular/Donald Duck (NES/Famicom)
- Snoopy's Magic Show (Game Boy)
- North & South (NES)
- Ka-blooey (Super NES)
- Nekojara Monogatari (Game Boy)
1991
- The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2/Mickey Mouse 2/Hugo (Game Boy)
- Drakkhen (Super NES)
- Dragon Wars (NES/Famicom)
- Lagoon (Super NES/Super Famicom)
1992
- Garfield Labyrinth (Game Boy)
- Track & Field (also known as Track & Field in Barcelona) (NES)
- Top Gear (Super NES/Super Famicom)
- Spy vs. Spy (Game Boy)
- Phalanx (Sharp X68000, Super NES/Super Famicom)
- Sword of Hope II (Game Boy)
- Kid Klown in Night Mayor World/Mickey Mouse III (NES/Famicom)
- Dr. Franken (Game Boy, Super NES)
- Thunder Spirits (US Release as Seika - Developed by Technosoft) (Super NES/Super Famicom)
- Mickey's Chase (Game Boy)
- The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Game Boy)
1993
- The Real Ghostbusters (Game Boy)
- The Blues Brothers (NES, Super NES)
- Mickey Mouse IV (Game Boy)
- First Samurai (Super NES/Super Famicom)
- X-Zone (Super NES/Super Famicom)
- Top Gear 2 (Super NES/Super Famicom)
1994
- Super Troll Islands (Super NES/Super Famicom)
- Genocide 2 (Super Famicom)
- Dragon View (Super NES/Super Famicom)
- Kid Klown in Crazy Chase (Super NES/Super Famicom)
- Stone Protectors (Super NES)
- Brutal (Super NES/Super Famicom)
1995
- Top Gear 3000 (Super NES/Super Famicom)
- Prehistorik Man (Super NES)
- Virtual League Baseball (Virtual Boy)
- Prehistorik Man (Game Boy)
1996
- Kid Klown in Crazy Chase 2: Love Love Hani Soudatsusen (PlayStation)
- Snoopy no Hajimete no Otsukai (Game Boy)
1997
- The Bombing Islands (PlayStation, Nintendo 64)
- Soreike!! Kid (Game Boy)
- Top Gear Rally (Nintendo 64)
- Bugs Bunny Collection (Game Boy)
1998
- Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! (Game Boy)
- Knife Edge: Nose Gunner (Nintendo 64)
- Top Gear Overdrive (Nintendo 64)
1999
- Deja Vu I and II (Game Boy, Game Boy Color)
- Top Gear Pocket (Nintendo 64)
- Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3 (Game Boy Color)
- Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding (Nintendo 64)
- Shadowgate Classic (Game Boy Color)
- Charlie Blast's Territory (Nintendo 64)
- Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers (Nintendo 64)
- Spy vs. Spy (Game Boy Color)
- Catwoman (Game Boy Color)
- Top Gear Pocket 2 (Game Boy Color)
2000s
2000
- Bugs Bunny In Crazy Castle 4 (Game Boy Color)
- Top Gear Rally 2 (Nintendo 64)
- Top Gear Hyper-Bike (Nintendo 64)
- Daikatana (Nintendo 64)
- Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (Game Boy Color)
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color)
2001
- Top Gear: Dare Devil (PlayStation 2)
- Top Gear GT Championship (Game Boy Advance)
- Tweety & The Magic Gems (Game Boy Advance)
- Phalanx (Game Boy Advance)
- Mech Platoon (Game Boy Advance)
2002
- Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (Gamecube)
- Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (Gamecube, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance)
- Crazy Chase (Game Boy Advance)
- Boulder Dash EX (Game Boy Advance)
- Woody Woodpecker Crazy Castle 5 (Game Boy Advance)
2003
- Batman: Dark Tomorrow (Xbox, Gamecube)
- Get: Boku no Mushitsu Kamaete (Game Boy Advance)
- Top Gear Rally (Game Boy Advance)
2004
2005
- Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics (Xbox)
- Top Gear RPM Tuning (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Chicago Enforcer (Xbox)
2007
- Alphadia (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
2008
- Alphadia II (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
- Orleans no Otome ~Jeanne D'Arc no Monogatari~ (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
- Sorcery Blade (WiiWare)
- Selection
2009
- Alphadia III (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
- Ayakashigatari (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
- Symphony of Eternity (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
2010s
2010
- Alphadia IV (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
- Dark Gate (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
- Eve of the Genesis (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
- Fantasy Chronicle (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
- Symphony of Eternity (iOS & Android)
2011
- Aeon Avenger (iOS & Android)
- Alphadia (iOS & Android)
- Alphadia V (NTT DoCoMo Mobile Phone)
- CODE: Cerberus (Android) (not released in English)
- Fantasy Chronicle (iOS & Android)
- Grinsia (iOS & Android)
- Machine Knight (iOS & Android)
2012
- Bond of the Skies (iOS & Android)
- Covenant of Solitude (iOS & Android)
- End of Aspiration (iOS & Android)
- Knight of the Earthends (iOS & Android)
- Mystic Chronicles (PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita)
- Silver Nornir (iOS & Android)
- Symphony of the Origin (iOS & Android)
2013
- Ancient Phantasma (Android) (not released in English)
- Band of Monsters (iOS & Android)
- Chronus Arc (iOS & Android)
- Chrome Wolf (iOS & Android)
- CRYSTAREINO: Mezameshi Yuusha to Suishou no Oukoku (iOS & Android)
- Destiny Fantasia (iOS & Android)
- D.M.L.C.: Death Match Love Comedy (Android) (not released in English)
- Fanatic Earth (iOS & Android)
- Infinite Dunamis (iOS & Android)
- Izumo Rei no Chousahoukokucho ~Tozasareta Negai~ (Android)
- Justice Chronicles (Android)
- Legend of Ixtona (iOS & Android)
- Legacy Code -Mahou Sekai no Tankyuusha (Android) (not released in English)
- Link of Hearts (iOS & Android)
- Rusted Emeth (iOS & Android)
- Seinaru Kishi no Monogatari (Android) (not released in English)
- Seven Sacred Beasts (Android)
- Soul of Deva -The Saiyuki Fantasy- (iOS & Android)
- Soul Historica (iOS & Android)
- Togabito no Senritsu (Wii U)
2014
- Alphadia Genesis (iOS, Android, and Wii U)
- Asdivine Hearts (iOS & Android)
- Dead Dragons (Android)
- Fortuna Magus (iOS & Android)
- Journey to Kreisia (iOS & Android)
- Lefalsia no Genei (Android) (not released in English)
- Shining Mars (Android) (not released in English)
- Shelterra The Sky World (iOS & Android)
- Tears Revolude (Android)
- Revenant Saga (iOS & Android)
- Valkyria Soul (Android)
2015
- Kamen Rider Drive (Android)
- Alphadia Genesis (PC/Steam)
- Tears Revolude (iOS & Android)
- Asdivine Dios (iOS & Android)
2016
- Asdivine Hearts (PC/Wii U)
- Asdivine Cross (Android/iOS)
- Antiquia Lost (Android/iOS)
Canceled games
- The Arashi no Drift Rally - Ijoukishou o Tsuppashire
- Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
- Daikatana (Game Boy Color)
- Taitou
- Lobo
- Untitled Disney Channel (Xbox 360's Kinect)
External links
- Official website
- Kemco at MobyGames
- Kemco/Seika at MobyGames
- KEMCO U.S.A., INC. at MobyGames
- Kemco America, Inc. at MobyGames