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Ultra Games

1987 / 1988 1988 / 1988 tot 1 1989 / 1988 tot 7 1990 / 1988 tot 19 1991 / 1988 tot 29
Founded in 1988 closed in 1992
Status: dead
Country: USA

30
games
4
active years
7.3
per year

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

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

Releases per year

19871
19881
19896
199012
199110

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

Overall rankings

0
14
8
2
0

Common gametypes

platformer15%adventure15%action/reflex15%beat 'em up11%shooter11%other30%

Top platforms

NES 17
GB 8
MS-DOS 2
C64 2
Amiga 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
NES 1989-05-12
Metal Gear (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Metal Gear
NES 1987-12-22
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (MS-DOS)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
DOS 1990
Motocross Maniacs (Game Boy)
Motocross Maniacs
GB 1989-09-20
Skate or Die! (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Skate or Die!
NES 1988-12
Blades of Steel (Game Boy)
Blades of Steel
GB 1991-08
Operation C (Game Boy)
Operation C
GB 1991-01-08
Pirates! (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Pirates!
NES 1991-10
Mission: Impossible (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Mission: Impossible
NES 1990-09
Laser Invasion (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Laser Invasion
NES 1991-03-15
Defender of the Crown (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Defender of the Crown
NES 1989-07
Nemesis (Game Boy)
Nemesis
GB 1990-02-23

Ultra Games best rated games

Operation C1991gb
Blades of Steel1991gb
Quarth1990gb
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan1990gb
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1989nes
Nemesis1990gb
World Circuit Series1991gb
Mission: Impossible1990nes
Silent Service1989nes
Ski or Die1991nes

Ultra Games worst games

Gyruss1989nes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1990ocs
Star Trek1991gb
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1990c64
Q*bert1989nes

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