Is there a video game company that you have a soft spot in your heart for, regardless of them never pumping out blockbusters like Capcom, Namco, or Konami? If there is, explain why.
What is your favorite underdog video game developer?
Is there a video game company that you have a soft spot in your heart for, regardless of them never pumping out blockbusters like Capcom, Namco, or Konami? If there is, explain why.
My loyalty and love for Hudson spring from their franchises (Bomberman, Adventure Island, and Bonk), their support of the ill-fated Turbografx-16, their former mascot (Takahashi Meijin aka Master Higgins), and their iconic logo posted above.
Honorable Mention goes to Technos.
The logo says why.
Last edited by treismac; 11-08-2011 at 08:21 AM.
Atlus.
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Natsume. Shatterhand, Wild Guns, Pocky and Rocky.
rennovation
Compile. The Guardian Legend and Golvellius are amongst my absolute favorite games of the 8-bit era. That's mostly because they represent a diverse assortment of gameplay styles integrated seamlessly into the same game, and it all works beautifully. (Many games in the 8- and 16- bit eras that genre-hop may have variety, but they don't do any one thing particularly well. This was not the case with these Compile games.) They're shmups and great port of R-type on the SMS are another reason to love them.
I snag Compile Heart releases these days when they show up, but unfortunately nothing newer can even approach how great their 8- and 16-bit stuff was. Too bad, but I'll always love them.
Data East, love the Side Pocket series.
Milton Bradley. Obviously.
What, too literal a response?
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
From Software. They're well known now because of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls, but back then you were hard pressed to find anyone a fan of their games. It's rare that I'll come across a game developed by them that I don't like, but that's because how great of a developer they are.
Media.Vision. Developers of the Wild ARMs series. Wild ARMs is my favorite RPG series. Each game has a unique and extremely fun gameplay element added to them that makes them different from the previous game. Kind of like how Final Fantasy decided to start going in different directions except the Wild ARMs games have actually been good. I'm a fan of this developer because of the Wild ARMs series alone, but Gunner's Heaven is a good game also. Never played that Wizard of Oz game and not interested to, but also not going to go out of my way to play the others either.
Last edited by kupomogli; 11-08-2011 at 11:25 AM.
Everything in the above post is opinion unless stated otherwise.
Team Andromeda for the Panzer Dragoon series. Presto Studios for The Journeyman Project series, a PC game series.
tri-Ace for their amazing RPGs, CyberConnect2 for Tail Concerto and Solatorobo, and Almanic/Givro for the Wonder Project J series (EVO is good stuff too).
Working Designs, They really only ported my fav. games RPG's
I don't know if an indie downloadable game developer qualifies as an underdog, but I really like Pom Pom Games. Astro Tripper, Alien Zombie Megadeath, Mutant Storm, Jelly Pops.
Simple, fast paced retro gaming on current gen consoles. Fun stuff.
Guess I'll be the first to say it- Llamasoft.
Core Design pre-Tomb Raider put out a lot of interesting games. They also get brownie points from me for supporting Sega CD. Soul Star ftw.
Wolf Team and their work on Sega CD. I'm only half kidding, heh.
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I love this thread. Contributing. These are my very favorite underdog developers, ever.
WayForward Technologies Inc
Favorite game they've made: Shantae (2002, GBC)
Natsume Inc
Favorite game they've made: Shadow of the Ninja (1991, NES)
GameArts Studio
Favorite game they've made: Lunar: The Silver Star (1993, Sega CD)
Sunsoft
Favorite game they've made: Gimmick! (1992, Famicom)
Nippon Ichi Software Inc
Favorite game they've made: Rhapsody: a Musical Adventure
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Last edited by Korppi; 11-08-2011 at 02:58 PM.
LJN mofos!!!!
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i am kidding jeeze guys
Although i still say their best game ever is nightmare on elm street the game which i think gets horrible rap from gamers expecting the super uber game to end all games in the 80s.
Data east made some good stuff. Some shitty stuff but some good stuff as well
"Im bad!"
Burger Time i mean how can you go wrong with burger time?
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Kung Fu Master
Last edited by Collector_Gaming; 11-08-2011 at 03:54 PM.
Because they make my fave series ever in the Ys series.
Also these guys for bringing it to the US
Life!? ... What console is that on?
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