Konami Games on the 2600...

[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

 

I'm trying to compile a list of Konami games which are available for the VCS.

 

So far I can think of these:

 

Amidar

Frogger

Gyruss

Marine Wars

Pooyan

Roc 'N Rope

Strategy X

Super Cobra

Time Pilot

Track & Field

Tutankham

 

Greetings,

Manuel

[crunchysuperman]

Frogger was from Sega

Time Pilot was from Centuri (Time Pilot '84 was Konami)

[+FujiSkunk]

Frogger was from Sega

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Frogger was indeed by Konami. Sega distributed it in the States. Yes, a Japanese company got into the American distribution game.

[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

 

Frogger was from Sega

Time Pilot was from Centuri (Time Pilot '84 was Konami)

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Greetings,

Manuel

[crunchysuperman]

My mistake - didn't know that!

[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

 

Frogger 2 seems to be strange though. I think that Sega as U.S. distributor just gave Parker the license to produce a Frogger sequel and that Frogger 2 in fact is a unique creation from Parker and no Konami game.

 

Greetings,

Manuel

[+FujiSkunk]

Frogger 2 seems to be strange though. I think that Sega as U.S. distributor just gave Parker the license to produce a Frogger sequel and that Frogger 2 in fact is a unique creation from Parker and no Konami game.

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Yes, Frogger 2 is a non-arcade sequel created by Parker Bros. Similarly, the 1997 3D remake of Frogger is a Hasbro creation.

Edited November 14, 2005 by skunkworx

[SteveW]

Frogger was indeed by Konami.  Sega distributed it in the States.  Yes, a Japanese company got into the American distribution game.

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I thought that Sega was a US company at that time? Weren't they owned by Paramount or something? Wasn't it after the crash that it was bought by the Japanese? I could swear I remember reading that somewhere.

[shadow460]

The back of my daddy's Frogger cab said Sega/Gremlin.

Who actually developed the game, I can't say. It probably was Konami.

[Vic George 2K3]

I thought that Sega was a US company at that time? Weren't they owned by Paramount or something? Wasn't it after the crash that it was bought by the Japanese? I could swear I remember reading that somewhere.

 

From what I heard, Sega was owned by Gulf & Western, the same company that owned Paramount back in those times.

[+FujiSkunk]

I thought that Sega was a US company at that time? Weren't they owned by Paramount or something? Wasn't it after the crash that it was bought by the Japanese? I could swear I remember reading that somewhere.

 

From what I heard, Sega was owned by Gulf & Western, the same company that owned Paramount back in those times.

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I suppose it depends on how you want to look at it. Sega was formed in Japan, before it was sold to Gulf and Western. Even under G&W ownership, most of Sega's video game hits were created and/or popularized in Japan. After the crash, G&W sold the American assets to Bally, but Sega's original founder teamed up with Japanese investors to give the company a rebirth in Japan.

 

I still say Sega was a Japanese company, even then. They just happened to have more of an American presense than Namco or Konami did at the time.

[SpiffWilkie]

The back of my daddy's Frogger cab said Sega/Gremlin.

Who actually developed the game, I can't say.  It probably was Konami.

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Yup, probably. It uses the konami pinout