Company:Climax Entertainment

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Climax Entertainment
Native name
株式会社クライマックス
Kabushiki Gaisha Kuraimakkusu
TypeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryVideo games
FoundedApril 1990[1]
Defunct2014-2015[1]
HeadquartersShinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Kan Naito
ProductsLandstalker series

Climax Entertainment[2] was a Japanese video game development company. It was a small company, with just 20 staff in 1996.[3] Climax got its start during the 16-bit era, primarily developing games for the Sega Genesis console. During the 32-bit era, some members of the team left to create Matrix Software.[4] Following the development of Dark Savior (1996), a group of staff members from the company's CGI division formed an independent company Climax Graphics, initially described as a "brother company".[5][6]

By 2014 to 2015, without any official announcement, Climax was closed due to financial issues.[7] Neratte! Tobashite! Rilakkuma GuraGura Sweets Tower on the Nintendo 3DS was the last game to be developed by Climax.

Games

  • Shining in the Darkness (Sega Genesis)
  • Shining Force (with Sonic! Software Planning) (Sega Genesis)
  • Landstalker (Sega Genesis)
  • Lady Stalker (Super Famicom)
  • Dark Savior (Sega Saturn)
  • Felony 11-79 (PlayStation)
  • Time Stalkers (Dreamcast)
  • Runabout 2 (PlayStation)
  • Virtua Athlete 2K (Dreamcast)
  • Super Runabout (Dreamcast)
  • Runabout 3: Neo-Age (PlayStation 2)
  • Kingdom of Paradise (PlayStation Portable)
  • Tenchi no Mon 2: Busouden (PlayStation Portable)
  • Ore no Dungeon (PlayStation Portable)
  • Miburi & Teburi (Wii)
  • Steal Princess (Nintendo DS)
  • Dinosaur King (Nintendo DS)
  • Hottarake no Shima: Kanata to Nijiiro no Kagami (Nintendo DS)
  • Element Hunters (Nintendo DS)
  • SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors: Shin Mirisha Taisen (Nintendo DS)
  • Crash City Mayhem (Nintendo 3DS)
  • LBX (Nintendo 3DS)
  • Neratte! Tobashite! Rilakkuma GuraGura Sweets Tower (Nintendo 3DS)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "株式会社クライマックス:会社概要" (in ja). http://www.climax.co.jp/flash/companyinfo.html. 
  2. Japanese: 株式会社クライマックス Hepburn: Kabushiki Gaisha Kuraimakkusu
  3. "NG Alphas: Dark Savior". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (23): 121. November 1996. 
  4. GameSpy: Matrix Software (Japan) Company Profile
  5. "An Audience with Shinya Nishigaki". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (54): 24-27. June 1999. 
  6. "Blue Stinger – 1998 Developer Interview". https://shmuplations.com/bluestinger/. 
  7. "クライマックスの評判/社風/社員のクチコミ(全9件)【転職会議】" (in ja). https://jobtalk.jp/company/27962/reputations. 

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