Company:Blue Planet Software

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Blue Planet Software Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FateAcquired by The Tetris Company
PredecessorBullet-Proof Software Inc.
Founded1995; 31 years ago (1995)
FounderHenk Rogers
DefunctOctober 2020; 6 years ago (2020-10)
Headquarters
Honolulu, Hawaii
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Henk Rogers
  • Maya Rogers
ProductsVideo games

Blue Planet Software Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher founded by Henk Rogers in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1995.[1]: 25 [2] The company was founded as the successor to Bullet-Proof Software Inc. (BPS), founded in 1983 by Rogers in Japan, which closed on 22 February 2001.[3][4]

History

Bullet-Proof Software

Bullet-Proof Software Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FateClosed
SuccessorBlue Planet Software Inc.
FoundedAugust 10, 1983; 43 years ago (1983-08-10)
FounderHenk Rogers
DefunctFebruary 22, 2001; 25 years ago (2001-02-22)
Headquarters
Kōhoku-ku, Kanagawa
,
Japan
ProductsVideo games
Footnotes / references
[5][3]

The original Bullet-Proof Software started operation in 1983 in Japan by Henk Rogers,[6] with The Black Onyx as its first title, and go on to become the number one title of 1984, and the number two video game of 1985, and had an ability to import Western games to Japan, most notably the hit game Tetris, which became an instant blockbuster success.[7][8]

The company name is taken from the term, "Bullet-Proof", which means "bulletproof," it also means "perfect," and the name was chosen to signify perfect software.[8]

The original BPS (Bullet-Proof Software) had an American operation from October 1989 to late 1993, based in Redmond, Washington.[7] Among games from the US operation was a technological first-person shooter based on MIDI Maze, Faceball 2000 for the Game Boy and the SNES.[9][10]

The American operation of BPS was sold to Spectrum HoloByte in 1993,[11][12] and its development team moved to a startup led by Scott Tsumura, who was president and CEO of the US BPS, in Redmond after selling the BPS subsidiary, called Big Bang Software, which was later merged into Nintendo Software Technology.[13][14]

Blue Planet Software

Rogers went on to form a new company with the same abbreviation, Blue Planet Software in 1995, and the first game was The Next Tetris, which was published by Hasbro Interactive,[15] and The New Tetris, published by Nintendo,[16] and the company, along with affiliate The Tetris Company, licensed Tetris rights to THQ in 2000.[17]

Rogers' daughter, Maya Rogers, became CEO in 2014.[18] In October 2020, Blue Planet Software Inc. was rolled into The Tetris Company.[19]

List of games

Game Released Platform
Bakuto Dochers 1994[20] Super Famicom
Black Onyx Plus 1984 PC-8801, MSX, FM-7, SG-1000, Family Computer, Game Boy Color
Bombliss Cup '95 (ボンブリス・カップ９５) 1995 Super Famicom (via Satellaview)
Dekitate High School 1995 Super Famicom
Faceball 2000 1992[21] Game Boy, Super NES, Virtual Boy (Canceled)
Hatris 1990 Game Boy
Igo: Kyū Roban Taikyoku 1987 Family Computer, Famicom Disk System
Japanese Touring Car Championship[22] 1996[23] PlayStation (Cancelled)
Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge 1994 Super NES
The New Tetris 1999 Nintendo 64
The Next Tetris: On-line Edition 2000 Dreamcast
Obitus 1991 Super NES
Pipe Mania 1990 Game Boy
Seijyuu Maden: Beast & Blade 1995 Super Famicom
Super Tetris 2 1992 Super Famicom
Super Tetris 3 1994[24] Super Famicom
Tetris[25] 1988 FM-7, MSX2, PC-8800, PC-9800, X1, X68000
Tetris[26] 1988 Family Computer
Tetris Battle Gaiden 1993 Super Famicom
Tetris Party 2008 Wii
Tetris Plus 1990 Arcade
Tetris S 1996 Sega Saturn
Tetris Stars 2011 Facebook
Tetris Zone 2007 Macintosh, Windows
Tōge Densetsu: Saisoku Battle 1996 Super Famicom
Software:True Golf Classics: Wicked 18 1993 Super NES, 3DO
The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang 1994 Super NES
Welltris 1989 Various
WildSnake 1994 Game Boy, Super NES
Wordtris 1991 Game Boy, Super NES
V-Tetris 1995 Virtual Boy
Yoshi's Cookie 1993 Super NES
L42[27] Cancelled Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube

References

  1. ↑ Crookes, David (September 2018). "The History of Tetris". Retro Gamer (183): 20–29. 
  2. ↑ "Corporate Bios". Tetris Holding LLC. https://tetris.com/corporate-bios. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ビーピーエスが日本法人閉鎖を正式に発表……". SoftBank Games. 2001-02-22. https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/gsnews/0102/22/news12.html. 
  4. ↑ "SBG:ビーピーエスが日本法人閉鎖を正式に発表……". http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/games/gsnews/0102/22/news12.html. 
  5. ↑ "Profiles". Bullet-Proof Software. http://www.bps.co.jp/03_profiles/index.html. 
  6. ↑ "Henk Rogers: From Tetris to clean energy | Malamalama, The Magazine of the University of Hawai'i System". http://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2010/10/henk-rogers/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Bullet-Proof Software: Company Backgrounder". Bullet-Proof Software: pp. 8–10. January 6, 1990. https://archive.org/details/bullet-proof-software-1990-winter-ces-press-kit/page/n7/mode/2up. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Henk Rogers Shares His Incredible Journey In New Book: The Perfect Game - Tetris: From Russia With Love" (in en). https://tetris.com/news/henk-rogers-new-book-the-perfect-game. 
  9. ↑ jeremy1456 (2026-05-09). "Faceball 2000 Review (Game Boy, 1991)" (in en-US). https://infinityretro.com/faceball-2000-gb-review/. 
  10. ↑ jeremy1456 (2026-03-09). "Faceball 2000 Review (Super Nintendo, 1992)" (in en-US). https://infinityretro.com/faceball-2000-snes-review/. 
  11. ↑ "Industry News". Game Players PC Entertainment: pp. 8. July–August 1993. https://archive.org/details/game-players-pc-entertainment-vol.-6-no.-4-july-august-1993/page/n7/mode/2up. 
  12. ↑ "Spectrum HoloByte Buys Bullet-Proof". VideoGames & Computer Entertainment: pp. 26, 28. July 1993. https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-july-1993/page/n27/mode/2up. 
  13. ↑ "History of Nintendo Software Technology - Feature". http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/34236/history-of-nintendo-software-technology. 
  14. ↑ "Tozai Games - About". https://global.tozaigames.com/about. 
  15. ↑ "Hasbro Goes Tetris" (in en). 1999-02-25. https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/02/25/hasbro-goes-tetris. 
  16. ↑ "Tetris 64 Unveiled" (in en). 1999-01-26. https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/26/tetris-64-unveiled. 
  17. ↑ "THQ Gets Tetris" (in en). 2000-10-14. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/14/thq-gets-tetris. 
  18. ↑ "New CEO for BPS--Henk Rogers Becomes Chairman". February 21, 2014. http://harddrop.com/article/article_531. 
  19. ↑ "Call Us Tetris". The Tetris Company. 2020-10-21. https://tetris.com/article/241/call-us-tetris-blue-planet-software-the-sole-agent-for-the-tetris-brand-gets-new-name. 
  20. ↑ "Bakuto Dochers". GameSpot. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/571157-bakutou-dodgers/data. 
  21. ↑ "Faceball 2000 (Game)". Giant Bomb. http://www.giantbomb.com/faceball-2000/3030-10852/. 
  22. ↑ "Tweet from Sizlla Okamura". https://x.com/sizokmr/status/328903747218575361. 
  23. ↑ "Video from YouTube". https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YEJmgQoEbzc. 
  24. ↑ "Release Information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/581086-super-tetris-3. 
  25. ↑ "Products: Personal Computers". Bullet-Proof Software. http://www.bps.co.jp/04_products/index71.html. 
  26. ↑ "Products: Family Computer". Bullet-Proof Software. http://www.bps.co.jp/04_products/index31.html. 
  27. ↑ "Blue Planet Software - Games". http://www.blueplanetsoftware.com/games.htm. 



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