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4 unusual facts about Konami


Hellboy: The Crooked Man and Others

They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships, story by Mignola and Josh Dysart, art by Jason Shawn Alexander, was published by Dark Horse in 2007 for limited free distribution to promote Konami's Hellboy: The Science of Evil video game.

Johnny Rep

Rep is included in the 'Classic Netherlands' team in Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6 under the name of 'Rak'.

KNM

Konami (NYSE: KNM), a Japanese developer and publisher of games

Two Months Off

A cover of the song Two Months Off by Techno Masters was featured in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2, a music video game produced by Konami.


Aki Shimizu

She contributed the art for Blood Sucker: Legend of Zipangu (2000), Graduale der Wolken (2001), and adapted a manga version of Suikoden III (2002) based on Konami's video game.

Alfa Records

Several albums were released including music from Sega, Konami, Hudson, Capcom, and Tecmo games.

Bells and whistles

Detana!! TwinBee, a 1991 coin-operated video game produced by Konami (released outside Japan as Bells & Whistles)

City Bomber

The game's Soundtrack was produced by Konami Kukeiha Club and published by King Records on July 21, 1989 as part of "Konami Game Music Collection Vol.0" along additional soundtracks from Flak Attack (MX 5000), The Main Event, The Final Round, Gang Busters, and Devastators.

Coded Arms: Assault

Coded Arms: Assault was a first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3 which was being developed by Konami.

Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars

In 2012, KONAMI announced their third installment of DDR in iOS system under the name "Dance Dance Revolution GREE", hinting the ability to use GREE in this installment.

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Limited Edition Music Sampler

To date Konami has released 13 V-RARE discs in the US to promote various Dance Dance Revolution game releases and has released them through various video game and non-video game vendors such as GameStop, EB Games, Toys "R" Us, and Burger King.

Dancing Stage Universe

The soundtrack for this release features licensed music by The Prodigy, All Saints & Supergrass, including new and classic tracks from Konami.

Dancing Stage Unleashed

Unleashed has a unique soundtrack and features music from Big Brovaz, Blondie and The Wonder Stuff as well as original tracks from Konami's in-house artists.

Gary Penn

Penn's first job in the games industry was as a freelance producer for Konami where he worked on a Batman licensed game and David Braben's Frontier.

Glamorous Sky

The song is featured as a cover by a jrock band, Girugamesh, in the Konami music games, BEMANI for Drummania V3 and Guitarfreaks V3, as well as the iNiS rhythm game Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2.

Gradius Arcade Soundtrack

The Gradius Arcade Soundtrack is a 2-disc compilation of BGM and arrangements from Konami's Gradius video game series, primarily composed by Konami Kukeiha Club with arrangements by prominent video game composers such as Sōta Fujimori and Miki Higashino.

Gradius III

Konami also released a soundtrack album containing music from Gradius III as well as other Gradius games, entitled Gradius Arcade Soundtrack on April 24, 2002.

International Superstar Soccer 2

International Superstar Soccer 2 (abbreviated as ISS2) is a football video game in the International Superstar Soccer series by Konami.

International Superstar Soccer 3

International Superstar Soccer 3 (officially abbreviated as ISS3) is a football video game in the International Superstar Soccer series developed by the KCEO division of Konami.

ISS Pro Evolution 2

ISS Pro Evolution 2 (known as World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 2000: U-23 Medal Heno Chousen in Japan) is the fourth video game in the ISS Pro series and the second installment of the ISS Pro Evolution series, developed exclusively for the PlayStation by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, a division of Konami.

Konami Krazy Racers

Konami Krazy Racers makes use of a variety of characters and concepts from several of Konami's franchises, including Castlevania, Metal Gear, and Gradius.

Mad City

The Adventures of Bayou Billy, a video game produced by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System, released in Japan as Mad City

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake Original Soundtrack

The Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to Konami's stealth game Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Although The Twin Snakes was largely developed at Silicon Knights (mostly programming), its cut scenes and models were developed in-house at Konami and directed by Japanese film director Ryuhei Kitamura, reflecting his dynamic signature style, utilizing bullet-time photography and choreographed gunplay extensively.

Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak

In Japan, these companies manufactured the game cartridges for the Famicom: Nintendo, Konami, Capcom, Namco, Bandai, Taito, Irem, Jaleco, Sunsoft and Hudson Soft.

Norihiko Hibino

After working with Konami, Hibino started his own company, GEM Impact, which is a studio consisting of composers Takahiro Izutani, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Takahide Ayuzawa, and Norihiko Hibino himself.

Old Snake

Solid Snake, the main protagonist of Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Para Para Paradise

Konami would later release Dance Evolution for the XBOX 360, game that shares many similarities with "Para Para Paradise".

Pay Money to My Pain

Another of their songs, "The Answer is Not in the TV", was featured in the Konami video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2010.

Power Pro Kun Pocket series

The series was greatly influenced by Tokimeki Memorial series, which was the original success mode in power pro series intends to, even Konami itself admit the series becomes "a Gal-game with baseball contents", making them changed its genre to "Baseball Variety".

Pro Evolution Soccer 2014

Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, officially abbreviated to PES 2014, also known in Japan and South Korea as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2014 is an association football video game and the latest game in Pro Evolution Soccer series, developed and published by Konami.

Pro Evolution Soccer Management

However, it has become apparent that some fans of Pro Evolution Soccer and Konami consider Let's Make a Soccer Team! as a sub-sequel, due to its similarities and familiar style and feel.

Revengeance

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, a video game spinoff of the Metal Gear Solid series by Konami, formerly known as Metal Gear Solid: Rising

Roc'n Rope

is a 1983 arcade game developed and published by Konami (published by Kosuka/Interlogic in some markets).

Sarina Paris

A remix of "Look at Us" (called "Look at Us (Daddy DJ Mix)") appears on the Konami dance simulation video game DDRMAX2.

Silent Hill: Origins

This speculation was fueled by an interview with the film's director, Christophe Gans, and a leaked list of Konami release dates which included a Silent Hill: Original Sin for the PSP.

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Revelation 3D stars Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Deborah Kara Unger, Martin Donovan, Malcolm McDowell, Carrie-Anne Moss and Erin Pitt, with Sean Bean and Radha Mitchell returning from the previous film, and is based on the survival horror video game Silent Hill 3 by Konami.

Steve Lavigne

The team of Lavigne Brown produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles art for Burger King, Pez, Konami, New Line Cinema, Colorforms, and Playmates Toys among many others.

Suikoden II

In the winter of 1993/1994, Konami newcomers Yoshitaka Murayama (writer) and Junko Kawano (designer) were tasked with creating an RPG for an internally developed video games console.

Te no Hira no Yūki

# "Te no Hira no Yūki" was used as an opening theme song in the Konami game Tokimeki Memorial 4 for the PlayStation Portable.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan in Europe, and simply Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Japan, is a 1990 Game Boy game by Konami.

The Final Round

The game's Soundtrack was produced by Konami Kukeiha Club and published by King Records on July 21, 1989 as part of "Konami Game Music Collection Vol.0" along additional soundtracks from Flak Attack (MX 5000), The Main Event, Gang Busters, City Bomber, and Devastators.

The Simpsons Arcade Game

The Simpsons Arcade Game is an arcade beat 'em up developed by Konami released in 1991, and the first video game based on The Simpsons franchise.

Tsuchinoko

The Tsuchinoko features in the 2005 Konami video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Yamaha YM2151

It was also used in arcade games, starting with Atari's Marble Madness, and later being licensed for use by many other companies including Sega, Konami, Capcom, Data East Pinball and Namco, with its heaviest use in the late 1980s, as well as in the Sharp X1 and Sharp X68000 home computers.


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