Company: Konami
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix
Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction
Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Silent Hill: Downpour
Metal Gear
GetsuFumaDen
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels
Disney Sports Basketball
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
The Simpsons Arcade Game
Silent Hill 2
Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Grooves
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Skullgirls
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Asterix (Arcade)
Castlevania Judgment
Silent Hill: Origins
Blades of Steel
Elebits
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection
Silent Hill
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Scribblenauts
FlatOut 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ougon Kiseru
Tornado Outbreak
Castlevania
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Tiny Toon Adventures
Biker Mice From Mars
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix
Silent Hill: The Arcade
Suikoden Tierkreis
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights
Contra
Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
Snatcher
Crash Nitro Kart
Silent Hill HD Collection
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
subdirectory_arrow_right Asterix (Arcade) (Game), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Game), Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (Game), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Game), Mystic Warriors: Wrath of the Ninjas (Game), Sunset Riders (Game), The Simpsons Arcade Game (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.
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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.