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Magical Company
, also known as Mahō, is a Japanese entertainment company. History Established in Kobe in 1983 to design and develop video games, the company was incorporated on May 29, 1985 as Home Data. During the 80s they developed and published various mahjong games for the Arcades. They developed ''Last Apostle Puppet Show'' (known in Japan as ''Reikai Dōshi: Chinese Exorcist''), released in September 1988. It was the first fighting game to use digitized sprites and motion capture animation, and was the first claymation fighting game. They also created ''Battlecry'' among many other titles for different console systems. In 1993, in order to mark the tenth anniversary of Home Data's establishment, the company's name was changed to Magical Company. They ported three Garou Densetsu titles for the X68000, and are also well known in Japan for having published many Shogi titles. The baseball series '' Kōshien'' is their most notable franchise. Video games Home Data *'' Penguin-Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Franchise
A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program, or a video game. Bob Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, defined the word ''franchise'' as "something that creates value across multiple businesses and across multiple territories over a long period of time." Transmedia franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom, which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Hitter Tennis
''Hard Hitter Tennis'', known in Japan as '' and in Europe as ''Hard Hitter 2'', is a tennis video game created by Japanese developer Magical Company Ltd, released in 2002. It's the sequel to the 2001 video game ''Magical Sports: Hard Hitter'' (known in Europe as ''Centre Court: Hard Hitter''), which never got a North American release. Reception The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, ''Famitsu , formerly , is a line of Japanese Video game journalism, video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly f ...'' gave it a score of 26 out of 40. References External links * 2002 video games Atlus games Magical Company games Midas Interactive Entertainment games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 2-only games Tennis video games V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Go Golf
''Go Go Golf'', known in Japan as , is a golf-simulation video game originally released in 2000 for the PlayStation 2. It was developed by Mahou and published by Midas Interactive Entertainment in Europe in 2002. Gameplay Go Go Golf offers three 18 hole courses across various landscapes - the desert, mountains A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher ... and woods. References External linksGo Go Golf at IGN 2000 video games Golf video games Magical Company games Midas Interactive Entertainment games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 2-only games Video games developed in Japan {{Simulation-videogame-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungry Dinosaurs
''Hungry Dinosaurs'' is a Strategy video game, strategy game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was developed and published by Magical Company on October 19, 1994 in Japan, and was later published by Sunsoft in Europe on January 3, 1995. The game was never released in North America in any form. Gameplay The objective of the game is to place eggs by walking on a 9x9 playing field. The player can eat the eggs by pressing the B button. In order to win, the player must have more eggs than the others; failing to do so will cause the player to lose the game. Reception The game received mixed to poor reviews. ''Total!'' gave the game a score of 75%, ''Mega Fun'' gave the game a score of 43%, and ''Video Games (magazine), Video Games'' gave the game a score of 25%. References Notes 1994 video games 1995 video games Strategy video games Video games about dinosaurs Cooperative video games Magical Company games Sunsoft games Multiplayer and single-player vide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |