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Thinking Rabbit
was a software house based in Takarazuka, Japan, best known for being the original publishers of ''Sokoban''. Falcon, a company which former president Hiroyuki Imabayashi is currently involved in, owns the trademark and copyright to Thinking Rabbit's work. Games *''Sokoban'' (NEC PC-8801, 1982) *''T.N.T. Bomb Bomb'' (Fujitsu FM-7, 1984) *'' Sokoban 2'' (NEC PC-8801, Fujitsu FM-7 and Fujitsu FM-8, 1984) *''Keyhole Murder'' (NEC PC-8801 and Fujitsu FM-7, 1985) *''Jikai Shounen Met Mag'' (Famicom Disk System, 1987) *''The Man I Love'' (NEC PC-8801, MSX2 and Sharp X68000, 1988) *''Casablanca: Ni Ai Wo Satsujinsha Ha Jikuu Wo Koete'' (MSX2 and Sharp X68000, 1988) *'' 8 Eyes'' (Nintendo Entertainment System, 1988) *'' Hydlide 3 Special Version'' (Sharp X68000, 1990) *''Mega Man II is an action-platform video game by Capcom for the Game Boy. It is the second game in the handheld version of the ''Mega Man'' series after '' Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge''. It is noteworthy for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange ( listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not ( unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states, and therefore have associations and formal designations which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation (though a corporation need not be a public company), in the United Kingdom it is usually a public limited company (plc), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Imabayashi
is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Hiroki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: extensive, good fortune, spacious. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . It is written in hiragana as and in katakana as . People with the name Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese writer *, Japanese sport shooter *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese politician *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese video game designer *Hiroyuki Hamada (martial artist) (1925–2003), Japanese karateka *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese musician *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese dancer and record producer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese animator and anime director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This feedback mostly commonly is shown on a video display device, such as a TV set, computer monitor, monitor, touchscreen, or virtual reality headset. Some computer games do not always depend on a graphics display, for example List of text-based computer games, text adventure games and computer chess can be played through teletype printers. Video games are often augmented with audio feedback delivered through loudspeaker, speakers or headphones, and sometimes with other types of feedback, including haptic technology. Video games are defined based on their computing platform, platform, which include arcade video games, console games, and PC game, personal computer (PC) games. More recently, the industry has expanded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūgen Gaisha
A , abbreviated in English as "Y.K." or "Co., Ltd.", is a form of business organization in Japan. are based on the German and were implemented in Japan in the Limited Company Act (') of 1940. The Companies Act of Japan, implemented on May 1, 2006, replaced the with a new form of company called , based upon the American limited liability company. Following the implementation, no new YKs were allowed in Japan, but pre-existing YKs were allowed to continue their operations as ''kabushiki gaisha'' under special rules. Whether the term is pronounced as ' or ''yūgen kaisha'' is up to the local dialect or the company's preference when it is part of the company's name. While it is pronounced ' in standard Japanese, the alphabetic abbreviation is always Y.K. by standard. Structure As of 2005, a Y.K. can have up to 50 investors, called . The members were required to provide at least ¥3 million in capital contributions, with each valued at no less than ¥50,000. The minimum capital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokoban
is a puzzle video game in which the player pushes boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations. The game was designed in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, and first published in December 1982. Gameplay The game is played on a board of squares, where each square is a floor or a wall. Some floor squares contain boxes, and some floor squares are marked as storage locations. The player is confined to the board and may move horizontally or vertically onto empty squares (never through walls or boxes). The player can move a box by walking up to it and push it to the square beyond. Boxes cannot be pulled, and they cannot be pushed to squares with walls or other boxes. The number of boxes equals the number of storage locations. The puzzle is solved when all boxes are placed at storage locations. Selected official releases Development ''Sokoban'' was created in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi. The first commercial game was published in December 1982 by Thinking Rabbit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8 Eyes
is a 2D action platform game developed by Thinking Rabbit for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. The game features eight levels, and can be played by one or two players. It also features a large, diverse soundtrack, composed by Kenzou Kumei, often quoting from the operatic repertoire, consisting of three pieces for each of the eight levels, each set in a different part of the world. Piko Interactive acquired the right of this game and released it for the Microsoft Windows via Steam in August 14, 2019. This game also included in Evercade ''Piko Interactive Collection 1'' that was released in June 18, 2020. Story English version ''8 Eyes'' is set in a post-apocalyptic future. Mankind is recovering from hundreds of years of chaos and nuclear war, and civilization is being rebuilt by the Great King, who harnesses the power of eight jewels. The jewels, known as the 8 Eyes, were formed at the centers of eight nuclear explosions that came close to destroying the Earth. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Hydlide
''Super Hydlide'' is an action role-playing game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It was originally released in 1987 in Japan only under the title for the MSX, MSX2, and PC-8801mkII SR. It's the third game in the '' Hydlide'' series. Ports were also released for the X1, Famicom, X68000, and Microsoft Windows. The game was developed by ''Hydlide'' series veterans T&E Soft and released worldwide on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive on October 6, 1989, in Japan, early 1990 in the United States, and 1991 in Europe. This remake evidences substantial graphical upgrades to the original ''Hydlide 3'', though the gameplay remains largely identical. Before its release, it was called ''Hollo Fighter'' in some Sega advertising material and was one of the first third party published titles to be released in the U.S, the other being '' Air Diver''. Story Many years after the events of ''Hydlide II'', an explosion of flames appeared near The City of the Woods. After that, monsters spread t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Man II (Game Boy)
is an action-platform video game by Capcom for the Game Boy. It is the second game in the handheld version of the ''Mega Man'' series after '' Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge''. It is noteworthy for having been developed by a different company than the rest of the ''Mega Man'' titles on the Game Boy. The game follows Mega Man as he pursues his arch-enemy Dr. Wily, whose most recent ploy for world domination involves the theft of an experimental time machine. Mega Man confronts both Wily and a number of enemies from his past, including a new and mysterious robot named Quint. Just like other Game Boy games in the series, ''Mega Man II'' marries the features of two consecutive Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) titles, in this case, ''Mega Man 2'' and ''Mega Man 3''. In 2013, ''Mega Man II'' was made available on the Virtual Console of Japan's Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS. It was later released in the North American and PAL region eShops the following year. Plot The storyli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UWC (video Game)
''UWC'' is an unreleased wrestling video game developed by Thinking Rabbit in 1988 or 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The game was set to be published by SETA but was never officially announced or released. In June 2019, the game's ROM was made available to download for free. History Existence of the game became known in March 2019 when YouTuber Stephan Reese, known online as Archon 1981, got his hands on the game after a former Nintendo employee gave it to him. Reese uploaded footage of him playing ''UWC'' on YouTube after the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) digitized the game. The game was first beaten by the VGHF and footage of the play through was also uploaded to YouTube. Release Another video game collector offered $10,000 to purchase the game and for Reese not to release it, but Reese declined, stating he was planning on releasing the game online "soon". On June 9, Reese posted a video to his YouTube channel in which he announced that the ROM had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
