Climax Entertainment
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Climax Entertainment is a Japanese video game development company. Climax got its start during the 16-bit era, primarily developing games for the Mega Drive console. During the 32-bit era, some members of the team left to create Matrix Software
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Matrix Software
is a Japanese video game development company located in Tokyo. Founded in July 1994 by former members of Climax Entertainment and Telenet Japan, the company has since created games for a number of systems beginning with their role-playing title Alundra in April 1997...
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Games
- Shining in the DarknessShining in the DarknessShining in the Darkness, released as in Japan, is a 1991 RPG for the Mega Drive/Genesis video game console. It was one of the first RPGs released for the system, and began the Shining RPG series that would span four Sega video game consoles as well as the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2.On...
(with Camelot Software PlanningCamelot Software Planningis a Japanese video game developer established in 1990 under the name Sonic! Software Planning and to date is best known for partnering with Nintendo on many of Nintendo's spin-off franchise games such as Mario Tennis and Mario Golf, as well as the role-playing game series Golden Sun...
) (Mega Drive) - Shining ForceShining ForceShining Force, known as in Japan, and otherwise known as Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention, is a 1992 turn-based strategy role-playing video game for the Mega Drive/Genesis console...
(with Camelot Software PlanningCamelot Software Planningis a Japanese video game developer established in 1990 under the name Sonic! Software Planning and to date is best known for partnering with Nintendo on many of Nintendo's spin-off franchise games such as Mario Tennis and Mario Golf, as well as the role-playing game series Golden Sun...
) (Mega Drive) - LandstalkerLandstalkeris an action-adventure video game that was developed by Climax Entertainment originally for the Mega Drive/Genesis. A follow up game called Lady Stalker: Challenge from the Past was released in Japan for the SNES in 1995. The Sega Saturn game Dark Savior is considered its spiritual successor...
(Mega Drive) - Lady Stalker (SNES)
- Dark SaviorDark SaviorDark Savior is an isometric 3D mixed genre game for the Sega Saturn created by Climax Entertainment. It was referred to by Gamespot as a sequel to the developer's game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole, even though the games' storylines are unrelated, their...
(Saturn) - Felony 11-79Runabout (series)Runabout is a series of destruction-themed driving games developed by Climax Entertainment. The games in the series were released on PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast.- Overview :...
(PlayStation) - Time StalkersTime StalkersTime Stalkers is a Dreamcast console role-playing game featuring appearances of worlds from several of Climax Entertainment's earlier games in crossover fashion. The player initially takes the role of Sword, a character caught in a world made of many worlds...
(Dreamcast) - Runabout 2Runabout (series)Runabout is a series of destruction-themed driving games developed by Climax Entertainment. The games in the series were released on PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast.- Overview :...
(PlayStation) - Virtua Athlete 2K (with Camelot Software PlanningCamelot Software Planningis a Japanese video game developer established in 1990 under the name Sonic! Software Planning and to date is best known for partnering with Nintendo on many of Nintendo's spin-off franchise games such as Mario Tennis and Mario Golf, as well as the role-playing game series Golden Sun...
) (Dreamcast) - Super Runabout: San Francisco EditionRunabout (series)Runabout is a series of destruction-themed driving games developed by Climax Entertainment. The games in the series were released on PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast.- Overview :...
(Dreamcast) - Runabout 3: Neo-AgeRunabout (series)Runabout is a series of destruction-themed driving games developed by Climax Entertainment. The games in the series were released on PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast.- Overview :...
(PlayStation 2) - Kingdom of ParadiseKingdom of ParadiseKey of Heaven is an action RPG video game available exclusively for the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld system. The game is called Tenchi no Mon in Japan and Key of Heaven in Europe. It was released in North America in December 2005 and finally it was released in Europe in March 2006...
(Playstation Portable) - Tenchi no Mon 2: Busouden (Playstation Portable)
- Ore no Dungeon (Playstation Portable)
- Steal PrincessSteal PrincessSteal Princess, known in Japan as , is a puzzle-based platform game developed by Climax Entertainment. The game was published by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan on July 28, 2008...
(Nintendo DS) - Dinosaur King (video game) (Nintendo DS)
- Oblivion Island: Kanata and the Rainbow Mirror (Nintendo DS)