Genki (company)
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| Kabushiki gaisha | |
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Founded | October 16, 1990 (original company) February 26, 2008 (current company) |
| Headquarters | Nakano, Tokyo |
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Key people
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Hiroshi Hamagaki (President and CEO) |
| Products | Shutokou Battle series |
| Website |
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Genki Co., Ltd. (元気株式会社 Genki Kabushiki Kaisha?) is a Japanese developer of computer and video games. It was founded in October 1990 by Hiroshi Hamagaki and Tomo Kimura, who left Sega to form the company. The company is best known for its racing game titles.
In its early years, Genki dabbled in a few different genres, looking for its niche. On one end of the spectrum, there was Devilish, a game similar to Arkanoid that was released for Sega's Game Gear and Mega Drive systems in 1991. On the other end, there was Kileak: The DNA Imperative, a first-person mecha shooting game for the PlayStation which was released in 1995; it was panned by critics and consumers, although it did receive a sequel (Epidemic, which was similarly panned).
They developed two MotoGP video games for the SNES: GP-1 (1993) and GP-1 RS: Rapid Stream (1994).
Genki found its niche in 1994 with the release of Shutokō Battle '94 Keichii Tsuchiya Drift King for the Super Famicom—the first in a long-running series of racing games. Shutokou Battle 2 followed one year later, in 1995, and was also for the Super Famicom.
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