Genki (company)

Genki (元 気) is a Japanese game developers. In October 1990, Genki by Hiroshi Hamagaki and Tomo Kimura, which Sega had left, was founded. Above all, through their racing game titles they were famous. They made the most success with Jade Cocoon: The Tamamayu legend, his successor, however, flopped in the shops.

History

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

At that time, they knew not yet, but 1994 was held Genki 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 responsible for the SFC.

In the same year Genki went into the 3D game industry. They put the Shutokou Battle series Wangan Dead Heat ( on the western market as "Highway 2000 " known) on the Sega Saturn continues. Genki developed another title for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in the next two years, which included another Shutokou Battle game for the PlayStation ( in the western market as " Tokyo Highway Battle" known ) and Multi- Racing Championship for N64.