NAPS team is an Italian independent video game studio based in

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. They work mostly in the

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and

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market. Is the oldest Italian development studio.

History

The company was established as a game developing house in 1993 by Fabio Capone and Domenico Barba. Like many software houses established in the 1990s, their first market was on the

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. In 2016, the company started work on the game ''Iron Wings''. The company used

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to raise funds. Completed in 2017, it features

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and is set in

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. In 2018, ''Gekido: Kintaro's Revenge'' was re-released for the

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and

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. '' Baldo: The Guardian Owls'', a role-playing video game inspired by The Legend of Zelda series, but with a graphic style inspired by the animated films produced by Studio Ghibli, was announced in 2019.

Reception

In 1996, ''Shadow Fighter'' was ranked the 20th best game of all time by ''

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''.Amiga Power magazine issue 64, Future Publishing, August 1996

Video games

Games developed by NAPS team: *'' Shadow Fighter'' (Amiga, 1994, published by

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) *'' Gekido: Urban Fighters'' (PlayStation, 2000, Gremlin Interactive) *'' Gekido Advance: Kintaro's Revenge'' (Game Boy Advance, 2002) * ''Rageball'' (2002) *''Shoot'' (2002) *'' Football Madness'' (2003) *''Silent Iron'' (2003) * ''Omega Assault'' (2003) * ''Flying Squadron'' (2003) * ''Hot Shot'' (2003) * ''Wanted'' (2004) * ''Jet Ace'' (2004) * ''Shoot'' (2005) *''Racing Fever'' (2005) *''SWAT Siege'' (2006) *''WWI: Aces of the Sky'' (2006) *''WWII: Battle Over The Pacific'' (2008) *''Sniper Assault'' (2006) * ''Dead Eye Jim'' (2007) * ''They Came From the Skies'' (2007) * ''Apache Longbow Assault'' (2007) * ''Operation Air Assault 2'' (2007) *''Twin Strike: Operation Thunder'' (2008) *''Bootcamp Academy'' (2010) *''Maria the Witch'' (iOS, 2014, PC, Android, 2016, Xbox One, 2017, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, 2018) *''Legendary Knight'' (2015) *''Iron Wings'' (Xbox One, 2017) *''The Knight and the Dragon'' (Nintendo Switch, 2019) *'' Baldo'' (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, 2021)

References

{{reflist Video game companies established in 1993 Italian companies established in 1993 Video game companies of Italy Video game publishers Video game development companies Messina Companies based in Sicily Privately held companies of Italy

History

Reception

Video games

See also

References