KID

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Japanese game development company

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FieldValue
nameKID Corp.
株式会社キッド
logoKid-logo.png
foundation
defunct
locationTokyo, Japan
key_peopleHisaaki Ichikawa, President
industryConsumer Games
Video Games
num_employees41
revenue¥92.9m (March 2006)
homepagehttp://www.kid-game.jp
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| name = KID Corp. 株式会社キッド | logo = Kid-logo.png | company_slogan = | company_vision = | foundation = | defunct = | location = Tokyo, Japan | key_people = Hisaaki Ichikawa, President | industry = Consumer Games Video Games | num_employees = 41 | revenue = ¥92.9m (March 2006) | homepage = http://www.kid-game.jp

KID (Kindle Imagine Develop) was a Japan-based company specializing in porting and developing bishōjo games. It went bankrupt in 2006 and its intellectual properties have been transferred to multiple companies. Most of the IPs are currently owned by Mages.

History

KID was founded in 1988, with capital of 160 million yen and 31 employees. In the early 1990s, it served primarily as a contract developer. Notable titles from this era include Burai Fighter, Low G Man, G.I. Joe, Isolated Warrior and Recca. In 1997, it began porting PC games to games consoles. In 1999, it released an original title called Memories Off on PlayStation, which later became its first well-known series. Pepsiman was also released in 1999, to little initial success, but the title eventually became seen as a cult classic. In 2000, it released the original title Never 7: The End of Infinity, the first in the Infinity series. KID created the underground PlayStation game Board Game Top Shop. In 2005, KID became a sponsor of the Japanese drama series Densha Otoko.

The company declared bankruptcy in 2006. However, in February 2007 it was announced that KID's intellectual properties had been acquired by the CyberFront Corporation. CyberFront would continue all unfinished projects until its own closure in December 2013.

Kaga Create then bought CyberFront Corporation and owned the rights to KID's works. After Kaga Create closed down, 5pb. bought Cyberfront's assets which also included all of KID's works.

Works

''Infinity'' series

Main article: Infinity (video game series)

''Memories Off'' series

Main article: Memories Off

Other

References

References

  1. "Kid Co., Ltd. Company Profile".
  2. "Pepsi asks if it should make a video game, gets inundated with so many reminders of PS1 cult classic Pepsiman that even Hundred Line director Kotaro Uchikoshi is trying to put the company in touch with the original devs".
  3. Winkler, Chris. (December 1, 2006). "Kid Files for Bankruptcy". RPGFan.
  4. (December 1, 2006). "キッド：負債額約5億3000万円、自己破産申請へ".
  5. "CyberFront to inherit Kidd's game brand and continue development of new titles in development".

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