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| Fate | Dissolved by the parent company (Konami) |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Defunct | 1992 |
| Location | Buffalo Grove, IL, USA |
| Industry | computer and video game industry |
| Products | video games |
| Parent | Konami |
Ultra Software Corporation was a spinoff company created in 1988 as a subsidiary of Konami of America, in an effort to get around Nintendo of America's strict licensing rules. In law dissolution has multiple meanings Dissolution is the last stage of Liquidation, the process by which a Company (or part of a company is brought to an () is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys Trading cards, Anime, Tokusatsu, Slot machines Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Buffalo Grove is a village located in Northwest suburban Cook and Lake counties in Illinois, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The video game industry (formally referred to as Interactive entertainment) is the economic sector involved with the development, Marketing A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. () is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys Trading cards, Anime, Tokusatsu, Slot machines () is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys Trading cards, Anime, Tokusatsu, Slot machines is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on One of these rules was that a third-party company could only publish up to five games per year for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by This was hardly convenient for Konami, which had begun releasing more than ten games a year for both the Famicom and Famicom Disk System in Japan. The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by The was released on February 21, 1986 by Nintendo as a peripheral for the Family Computer ("Famicom" console in Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. With a greater library than they were allowed to localize, Konami formed the Ultra Games brand to extend their annual library to ten games a year. In Computing, Internationalization and localization (also spelled internationalisation and localisation, see spelling differences) are means of adapting
Ultra's first game was the NES version of Metal Gear. (commonly abbreviated MG) is a Stealth game designed by Hideo Kojima. At first, Ultra was dedicated to localizing Konami's pre-existing software from Japan, but later they began publishing works from other companies as well. Some of Konami's most notable games released under the Ultra label include Operation C (an original Game Boy installment of the Contra series), Snake's Revenge (a non-canonical sequel to the original Metal Gear) and the first few Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games for the NES and Game Boy. Operation C, released as in Japan and Probotector in Europe and Oceania, is a 1991 Run and gun The is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The series is a line of Run and gun video games created by Konami in 1987 Snake's Revenge is a 1990 stealth action game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Konami.
After the North American launch of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo became less strict on the number of games third-parties could publish. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was As a result, Ultra Games began losing its purpose and Konami shortly dropped the label in 1992. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
In Europe, Konami established the Palcom Software Limited subsidiary for similar purposes. Their library was similar to Ultra's, but the company also published games that were not released in America, notably Parodius and Pop'n Twinbee. is a shoot'em up Arcade game and is the second title in the ''Parodius'' series produced by Konami. Pop'n Twinbee is a Video game published and developed by Konami, part of the ''Twinbee'' series released for the Super NES.
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Games published
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Metal Gear (June 1988)
- Skate or Die! (December 1988)
- Gyruss (February 1989)
- Q*bert(February 1989)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (June 1989)
- Defender of the Crown (July 1989)
- Silent Service (December 1989)
- Kings of the Beach (January, 1990)
- Snake's Revenge (April 1990)
- Mission: Impossible (September 1990)
- RollerGames (September 1990)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (December 1990)
- Ski or Die (February 1991)
- Base Wars (June 1991)
- Laser Invasion (June 1991)
- Nightshade (January 1992)
- Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (February 1992)
- Pirates! (October 1992)
Game Boy
- Motocross Maniacs (January 1990)
- Nemesis (April 1990)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (August 1990)
- Quarth (December 1990)
- Operation C (February 1991)
- Blades of Steel (August 1991)
- Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (February 1992)
- Ultra Golf (March 1992)
- World Circuit Series (March 1992)
See also
External links
- Ultra Games profile on MobyGames
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