Ultra Games

USA publisher and developerfounded in 1988 closed in 1992 status: dead

30
games
7.3
per year
4
years active

Subsidiary of Konami of America. Created to bypass Nintendo's limit of 5 games per publisher per year.

Notable collaborators: Scott Larocca, Charles Ernst, Michael Quarles, Yuichi Sakakura and Dan Burke

It is known for Contra, Gradius, Metal Gear, Q*bert

Releases per year

1987 1
1988 1
1989 6
1990 12
1991 10

30 video games with valid date were considered (100%)

Overall rankings

0
14
9
2
0
3.5
average

Common gametypes

adventure15%platformer15%action/reflex15%beat 'em up11%shooter11%other29%

Top platforms

  NES 17
  GB 8
  MS-DOS 2
  C64 2
  Amiga 1