The Japanese company celebrates half a century of existence with many video games behind it, some of them analyzed in the pages of this volume.
Konami turns fifty and Game Press publishes the birthday with Konami Classics, the first original book in collaboration with Hardcore Gaming 101, a website that has published several books dedicated to the classic video game. The volume, launched last December 12, is presented in 192 pages in full color, and features 120 fundamental titles that allow us to know the history of the Tokyo-based company, as well as guides, curiosities and more.
The creators of Castlevania, Metal Gear, Contra or Pro Evolution Soccer, among many others, receive a tribute with this volume, which features authors such as Kurt Kalata, José Antonio Moreno, José Ángel Ciudad, Carles García, David Low. In addition, the prologue is written by José Manuel Fernández "Spidey", author of several books on video games.
If you buy Konami Classic through the publisher's website you will have access to exclusive extras: four Sunset Riders GP cards, Super Probotector, The Mystical Ninja and TMNT Turtles in Time and two bookmarked bookmarks.
One of the pages of Konami Classics.
Games analyzed in the book
- Frogger
- Tutankham
- Track & Field
- Pooyan
- Roc ’n Rope
- Iron horse
- Circus Charlie
- Combat School
- Road fighter
- City bomber
- Fast lane
- Hot chase
- Against / Gryzor / Probotector
- Super Contra / Super C / Probotector II
- Operation C / Probotector (Game Boy)
- Against force
- Against III / Super Probotector
- Against: Hard Corps / Probotector (MD)
- Against: Legacy of War
- C: The Contra Adventure
- Against: Shattered Soldier
- Neo Contra
- Against 4
- Against Rebirth
- Hard Corps: Uprising
- Super Cyborg / Clones / Fangames
- Against: Mobile games / Pachislot
- Green beret
- M.I.A .: Missing in Action
- Rush ‘n Attack: Ex-Patriot
- Jackal
- Jailbreak
- Gangbusters
- Trick trap
- Dark adventure
- Surprise Attack
- Aliens
- Devastators
- G.I. Joe
- Sunset riders
- Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
- Mystic warriors
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- TMNT: Turtles in Time
- TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist
- TMNT III: The Manhattan Project
- Crime fighters
- Vendetta
- Violent Storm
- X Men
- Asterix
- The Simpsons
- Metamorphic Force
- Monster Maulers
- Rocket Knight Adventures
- Sparkster (Super Nintendo)
- Sparkster (Mega Drive)
- Rocket knight
- Mr. Goemon
- I will win Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu
- Ganbare Goemon 2 (Famicom)
- Ganbare Goemon Gaiden
- Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2
- The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
- Ganbare Goemon 2 (Super Famicom)
- Ganbare Goemon 3
- Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu
- Ganbare Goemon Uchuu Kaizoku
- Akogingu
- Ganbare Goemon: Kuru Nara Koi!
- Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
- Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon
- Ganbare Goemon: Oedo Daikaiten
- Bouken Jidai Katsugeki Goemon
- Goemon: Shin Sedai Shuumei!
- Ganbare Goemon: Toukai Douchuu
- Goemon on laptops
- Other Goemon titles
- King Kong 2 (Famicom / MSX)
- Ai Senshi Nicol
- Esper Dream
- Esper Dream 2
- The goonies
- The Goonies II
- The Maze of Galious
- Knightmare III: Shalom
- King’s Valley + King’s Valley II
- Getsu Fuuma Den
- Konami Wai Wai World
- Wai Wai World 2: SOS !! Parsley-jou
- Almana no Kiseki
- Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
- Antarctic Adventure
- Penguin Adventure
- Yume Penguin Monogatari
- The Adventures of Bayou Billy
- Bucky O’Hare (Arcade)
- Bucky O’Hare (NES)
- The Lone Ranger
- Mission: Impossible
- Monster in My Pocket
- Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
- S.P.Y .: Special Project Y
- Rock R n Rage
- Konami’s Soccer
- Blades of Steel
- Rollergames
- Double dribble
- Punk Shot
- Run and gun
- Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars …
