Genki

Founded in 1990-10-16 last activity in 2011
Status: active
Country: Japan

2.7

per year

Genki Co., Ltd. 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. According to MobyGames, the company logo is a picture of Hiroshi Hamagaki, drawn by his son when he was 3 years old.
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.
Genki found its niche in 1994 with the release of Shutokō Battle ‘94 Keichii Tsuchiya Drift King for the SNES—the first in a long-running series of racing games. Shutokou Battle 2 followed one year later, in 1995, and was also for the SNES.
Within the same year, Genki shifted towards developing 3D games, continuing the Shutokou Battle series with Highway 2000 on the Sega Saturn.
Genki also produced major titles for both the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 consoles in the following two years.
In 2010, Genki created an alternate reality game division called Genki ARG, to replace the currently discontinued Genki Racing Project. This division was closed in late of March 2012.
The Shutokou Battle series was recently revived with a Mobage version for mobile phones released in 2017. This is the first Shutokou Battle game after GRP was discontinued. The same year, however, Genki announced that they were discontinuing the service, to be shut down in late of that year.

It is known for Dai Senryaku, Kileak: The Blood, Metal Gear

Releases per year

1991	1
1992	2

1994	6
1995	4
1996	2
1997	3
1998	6
1999	2
2000	3
2001	2
2002	3
2003	5
2004	3
2005	7
2006	3
2007	4

2009	1

2011	3

60 video games with valid date were considered (98.3%)

Overall rankings

	4
	13
	10
	3
	0

Common gametypes

Top platforms

PS2		15
SNES		8
PS		7
N64		5
Xbox		4
PSP		4
Dreamcast		3
Nintendo DS		3
X360		3
3DO		2
Saturn		2
PS3		2
Windows		1
Game Gear		1
Wii		1

Genki best rated games

Drift King: Shutokou Battle 2	1995	snes
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection	2011	ps3
Phantom Crash	2002	xbox
Devilish	1991	gg
Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu	1998	ps1
Super Magnetic Neo	2000	dc
Tokyo Xtreme Racer	1999	dc
Fighters Destiny	1998	n64
Burning Soldier	1994	3do
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2	2000	dc

Genki worst games

Street Supremacy	2005	psp
GT64 Championship Edition	1998	n64
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	2003	ps2
Shanghai: Dragon's Eye	1992	snes
Kileak: The Blood 2	1995	ps1