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Misc. => Other Gaming => Topic started by: Protoman on November 27, 2018, 10:00:25 am

Title: The Konami Drop-Outs
Post by: Protoman on November 27, 2018, 10:00:25 am
So I've known for a while that Treasure was formed by ex-Konami people, then I found out Natsume was too.

Are there more companies that were formed from Konami?
Title: Re: The Konami Drop-Outs
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on November 27, 2018, 06:18:56 pm
Kojima Productions? Though they're not not part of Konami since Konami still publishes Metal Gear Solid games, right? ???

I'm looking at this right now: sorta relevant (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/konami-reportedly-blacklisting-ex-employees-across-japanese-video-game-industry/)

Edit: I also didn't know that Natsume was formed from former Konami employee(s). Where did you find that out? I always joked about Final Mission/S.C.A.T. being a Konami game. :P
Title: Re: The Konami Drop-Outs
Post by: Protoman on November 28, 2018, 07:23:21 am
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on November 27, 2018, 06:18:56 pm
Kojima Productions? Though they're not not part of Konami since Konami still publishes Metal Gear Solid games, right? ???

I'm looking at this right now: sorta relevant (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/konami-reportedly-blacklisting-ex-employees-across-japanese-video-game-industry/)

Edit: I also didn't know that Natsume was formed from former Konami employee(s). Where did you find that out? I always joked about Final Mission/S.C.A.T. being a Konami game. :P


I forgot to put that in, I was thinking more of companies formed from them in the old days. Good-feel(Kirby's Epic Yarn etc) was also made by ex-konami.

I learned about Natsume from this CD https://i.imgur.com/0L3M4Tr.jpg I got when I went to Natsumes office in Osaka by a very nice worker there.
In the little booklet it says they were formed by ex-Konami employees. It also says so on japanese wikipedia.
Title: Re: The Konami Drop-Outs
Post by: Protoman on December 14, 2019, 10:06:08 am
Ganbare Goemon producer Etsunobu Ebisu left Konami and started Good-Feel in 2005(the same year the last Goemon game came out, go figure), I just found out.