Kaneko
Status: dead
Country: Japan
Kaneko Seisakusho, also referred to as Kaneko Co. Ltd., was a Japanese video game publisher founded in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan by Hiroshi Kaneko. It published a number of games both under its brand and other companies, such as Air Buster, Nexzr, Shogun Warriors, DJ Boy, Guts’n, and the Gals Panic series. Although most of the games that Kaneko produced were standard arcade fare, they also earned a degree of notoriety for both DJ Boy (for its reputedly racist plot and negative stereotyping) and the Gals Panic series (the games often bordering on softcore pornography).
The company began business as developer, manufacturer, vendor, trader of electronic machines, and manufacturing medical equipment.
In 1982, it began its video game business as a developer of Taito Corporation’s video games. In 1990, Kaneko began to make its own video game under the KANEKO brand. In Summer 1994, Kaneko closed its US branch and cancelled game projects such as Fido Dido and Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill.
In April 2000, Kaneko went through financial restructuring, and exited video game business except for maintenance department. The company was moved to Shibuya, Tokyo. In July 25, 2001, Kaneko filed a lawsuit against Hitachi Software Engineering over the Super Kaneko NOVA System arcade board, and demanded 1.52 billion yen for damages. On August 12, 2004, Kaneko filed for bankruptcy. However, the company’s founder, Hiroshi Kaneko, vowed to continue. In 2006, a civil lawsuit threatened to officially close the company. As of September 2007 the fate of the company is unknown, though assumed no longer existent.
The last game released by the company was Gals Panic S3 for the arcade in 2002.
It is known for Bonk, Gals Panic
Releases per year
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Common gametypes
Top platforms
Arcade | 38 | ||
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Mega Drive | 8 | ||
PS | 4 | ||
SNES | 4 | ||
X68000 | 2 | ||
PC Engine CD | 1 | ||
Game Gear | 1 | ||
Saturn | 1 | ||
GB | 1 |
ARCD 1997
ARCD 2002
ARCD 1999
ARCD 1992
PS1 1998-03-12
ARCD 1990
ARCD 1990
ARCD 1999
ARCD 1994
ARCD 1994-06-13
ARCD 1998
ARCD 1989
Kaneko best rated games
Berlin no Kabe | 1991 | gg | |||
Nexzr | 1992 | pecd | |||
Wani Wani World | 1992 | gen | |||
Gals Panic 3 | 1995 | arcd | |||
Gals Panic S2 | 1999 | arcd | |||
Deadly Moves | 1992 | gen | |||
DJ Boy | 1990 | gen | |||
Gals Panic 4 | 1996 | arcd | |||
Gals Panic S: Extra Edition | 1997 | arcd | |||
Aero Blasters | 1991 | gen |
Kaneko worst games
Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest | 1993 | snes | |||
Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest | 1993 | gen | |||
Gals Panic II | 1993 | arcd | |||
Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool | 1993 | gen | |||
Gals Panic | 1990 | arcd |