How did Konami do this?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:17 pm
In 1991 alone, Konami released these games, according to wikipedia:
Amstrad CPC:
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin Op
Arcade:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
The Simpsons
Sunset Riders
Roller Games
Golfing Greats
Thunder Cross II
Vendetta
Detana!! Twinbee (Japan only)
Escape Kids
Xexex
Mario Roulette
Slime Kun
Tsurikko Penta
C64:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game/Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin Op
The Simpsons: Arcade Game
Amiga:
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
Predator 2
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin Op
Famicom/NES:
Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Jō
Yume Penguin Monogatari
Ski or Die
Laser Invasion
Lagrange Point
Base Wars
Crisis Force
The Lone Ranger
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Pirates!
Rampart
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Tiny Toon Adventures
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
PC:
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
Killing Cloud
Mission: Impossible
Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years From Earth
The Simpsons: Arcade Game
The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game/Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Missions
Top Gun: Danger Zone
SNES:
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Super Castlevania IV
x68000:
Parodius Da!
Detana!! TwinBee
ZX Spectrum:
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin Op
PC Engine:
Gradius
Salamander
Gameboy:
Operation C
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
Double Dribble
Cave Noire
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
Blades of Steel
Nemesis II (called Gradius: The Interstellar Assault in North America.)
Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!
Handheld games:
Bucky O'Hare
Garfield
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 Shredder's Last Stand
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Basketball
(no games by Konami for the Mega Drive prior to 1992, surprisingly)
I mean, wow, that's 61 games in a year... One game every 5 days. And they are mostly great or good games, well programmed, good music and graphics. What was going on exactly?
Amstrad CPC:
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin Op
Arcade:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
The Simpsons
Sunset Riders
Roller Games
Golfing Greats
Thunder Cross II
Vendetta
Detana!! Twinbee (Japan only)
Escape Kids
Xexex
Mario Roulette
Slime Kun
Tsurikko Penta
C64:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game/Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin Op
The Simpsons: Arcade Game
Amiga:
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
Predator 2
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin Op
Famicom/NES:
Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Jō
Yume Penguin Monogatari
Ski or Die
Laser Invasion
Lagrange Point
Base Wars
Crisis Force
The Lone Ranger
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Pirates!
Rampart
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Tiny Toon Adventures
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
PC:
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
Killing Cloud
Mission: Impossible
Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years From Earth
The Simpsons: Arcade Game
The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game/Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Missions
Top Gun: Danger Zone
SNES:
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Super Castlevania IV
x68000:
Parodius Da!
Detana!! TwinBee
ZX Spectrum:
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin Op
PC Engine:
Gradius
Salamander
Gameboy:
Operation C
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
Double Dribble
Cave Noire
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
Blades of Steel
Nemesis II (called Gradius: The Interstellar Assault in North America.)
Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!
Handheld games:
Bucky O'Hare
Garfield
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 Shredder's Last Stand
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Basketball
(no games by Konami for the Mega Drive prior to 1992, surprisingly)
I mean, wow, that's 61 games in a year... One game every 5 days. And they are mostly great or good games, well programmed, good music and graphics. What was going on exactly?