Genki

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Genki
legal form Kabushiki kaisha
founding October 1990
Seat Nakano , Tokyo
management Hiroshi Hamagaki
Branch Software development
Website www.genki.co.jp

Genki ( 元 気 ) is a Japanese company that develops games. In October 1990, Genki was founded by Hiroshi Hamagaki and Tomo Kimura, who had left Sega . They became famous primarily for their racing game titles. They achieved their greatest success with Jade Cocoon: The Tamamayu Legend , whose successor, however, flopped in stores.

history

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In the early years, Genki looked for a niche in various genres. One of their first releases was Devilish , an Arkanoid- like puzzle game that was released in 1991 for Sega's Game Gear and Mega Drive system. One of their unsuccessful games is Kileak: The DNA Imperative , which was released in 1995. It is a first-person mecha shooter. It was received negatively by critics and consumers alike.

At that time they didn't know, but in 1994 Genki found the long sought niche, which was occupied by Shutokou Battle '94 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom) - the first long-term series of racing games. Shutokou Battle 2 followed a year later, in 1995, and was also for the SFC.

In the same year, Genki entered the 3D game industry. They continued the Shutokou battle series with Wangan Dead Heat (known in the western market as "Highway 2000") on the Sega Saturn . Genki developed other titles for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in the following two years, which included another Shutokou battle game for the PlayStation (known in the western market as "Tokyo Highway Battle") and Multi-Racing Championship for the N64.

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