Konami

Konami Digital Entertainment
Type	Corporation
Founded	March 21, 1969 (Konami) March 19, 1973 (Konami Industry Co., Ltd.) June 1991 (Konami Co., Ltd.) April 1995 (Konami Computer Entertainment) March 31, 2006 (Konami Digital Entertainment)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Kagemasa Kōzuki, founder
Industry	Video games
Products	Video games
Number of people	10,454
Website	http://www.konami.com/

Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (株式会社コナミデジタルエンタテインメント, Kabushiki-gaisha Konami Dejitaru Entateinmento) is the Japanese development division of Konami Group Corporation.

Konami Industry Co., Ltd.

Konami was founded by Kagemasa Kōzuki on March 21, 1969. It was incorporated as Konami Industry Co., Ltd. (コナミ工業株式会社, Konami Kōgyō Kabushiki Gaisha) on March 19, 1973.

Konami Co., Ltd.

It was renamed Konami Co., Ltd. (コナミ株式会社, Konami Kabushikigaisha) in June 1991.

Konami Computer Entertainment subsidiaries

On April 3 1995, after the Hanshin Earthquake, Konami was restructured. Development subsidiaries were formed under the Konami Computer Entertainment moniker consisting of Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka.

In April 1996, Konami Computer Entertainment Japan was formed.

In March 1997, additional subsidiaries were established including Konami Computer Entertainment Studios Yokohama, Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo, and Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya.

In 1998, Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe was formed.

Konami Corporation

In July 2000, the English name of the company was changed to Konami Corporation.

Consolidation and Konami Digital Entertainment

Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya and Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe were dissolved in December 2002.

Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka (then known as Konami Computer Entertainment Studios), Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, and Konami Computer Entertainment Japan were merged into Konami Corporation on March 1, 2005.

On March 31, 2006, all remaining development divisions were merged into a new subsidiary, Konami Digital Entertainment. After this, Konami Corporation became solely a holdings company and was renamed Konami Holdings Company.

Konami Industry Co. video games (1973-1991)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Scramble	Arcade	1981
Sunset Riders	Arcade	1981
Super Cobra	Arcade	1981
Frogger	Arcade	1982
Gradius	Arcade	1985
Rush 'n Attack	Arcade	1985
TwinBee	Arcade	1985
Castlevania	NES	1986
Penguin Adventure	MSX	1986
Salamander	Arcade	1986
VS. Gradius	Arcade	1986
Yie Ar Kung-Fu	Arcade	1986
A Jax	Arcade	1987
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest	NES	1987
Contra	Arcade	1987
Metal Gear	MSX2	1987
Metal Gear	NES	1987
VS. Castlevania	Arcade	1987
Gradius II: Gofer's Ambition	Arcade	1988
Haunted Castle	Arcade	1988
Kitten Kaboodle	Arcade	1988
Thunder Cross	Arcade	1988
Block Hole	Arcade	1989
Castlevania: The Adventure	Game Boy, Game Boy Color	1989
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse	NES	1989
Crime Fighters	Arcade	1989
Gradius III	Arcade	1989
Super Contra	Arcade	1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	NES	1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Arcade	1989
Kid Dracula	Famicom	1990
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake	MSX2	1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of The Foot Clan	Game Boy	1990

Konami Co. video games (1991-1995)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge	Game Boy, Game Boy Color	1991
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja	Arcade	1991
Operation C	Arcade	1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers	Game Boy	1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project	NES	1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time	Arcade, SNES	1991
Thunder Cross II	Arcade	1991
Contra III: The Alien Wars	SNES	1992
Snatcher	MSX2, PC-8801, PC Engine Super CD-ROM²	1992
Super Castlevania IV	SNES	1992
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist	Sega Genesis	1992
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood	PC Engine Super CD-ROM²	1993
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters	Sega Genesis	1993
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters	SNES	1993
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue	Game Boy	1993
Castlevania Bloodlines	Sega Genesis	1994
Contra: Hard Corps	Sega Genesis	1994
Heartbeat Memorial: Under the Tree of Legends	SNES	1994
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters	NES	1994
Castlevania: Dracula X	SNES	1994

Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo video games (1995-2005)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Heartbeat Memorial: Together With You	X68000	1995	Remake of Heartbeat Memorial
Suikoden	PS1, Saturn, Windows	1995
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	PS1	1997	Handled the PS1 version
Silent Hill	PS1	1999	Team Silent division
Suikoden II	PS1, Windows	2000
Castlevania Chronicles	PS1	2001	Remake of Demon Castle Dracula
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance	Game Boy Advance	2002
Contra: Shattered Soldier	PS2	2002
Silent Scope	Game Boy Advance	2000	Handled handheld port of the arcade game
Suikoden III	PS2	2002
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow	Game Boy Advance	2003
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence	PS2	2003
Neo Contra	PS2	2004
Suikoden IV	PS2	2004

Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka video games (1995-2003)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	GameCube, PS2, Windows, Xbox	2003
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus	GameCube, PS2, Windows, Xbox	2004

Konami Computer Entertainment Japan video games (1996-2005)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Metal Gear Solid	PS1	1999
Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions	PS1	1999
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	PS2	2001
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance	PS2	2001	Contains Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
Metal Gear Solid 2: The Twin Snakes	GameCube	2004	Remake of Metal Gear Solid. Co-developed with Silicon Knights.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater	PS2	2004

Konami Computer Entertainment Yokohama video games (1997-2006)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Silent Scope	Dreamcast, PS2	2000	Handled console ports of the arcade game

Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya video games (1997-2002)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	Sega Saturn	1997	Handled the Sega Saturn version

Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo video games (1997-2006)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Konami Arcade Classics	PS1	1999

Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe video games (1998-2002)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon	Game Boy Advance	2001

Konami Computer Entertainment Studios video games (2003-2005)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare	GameCube, PS2, Xbox	2005

Konami Digital Entertainment video games (2006-present)

Title	Platform	Released	Notes
Metal Gear Online	Arcade, PS3	2008	Kojima Productions division
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	PS3	2008	Kojima Productions division
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	PSP, PSP, Xbox 360	2010	Kojima Productions division
Dance Masters	Windows	2011
Frogger	Windows	2011
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection	NVIDIA Shield TV, PS3, PSVita, Xbox 360	2011	Kojima Productions division
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection	PS3	2013	Kojima Productions division
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes	PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows	2014	Kojima Productions division
P.T.	PS4	2014	Kojima Productions division as 7780s Studio
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows	2015	Kojima Productions division
Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection	PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One	2019	Compilation including A Jax, Gradius, Gradius II, Haunted Castle, Salamander, Scramble, Thunder Cross, and TwinBee
Castlevania Anniversary Collection	PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One	2019	Compilation including Castlevania, Castlevania: The Adventure, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, Castlevania Bloodlines, Kid Dracula, and Super Castlevania IV
Contra Anniversary Collection	PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One	2019	Compilation including Contra, Contra: Hard Corps, Contra III: The Alien Wars, Operation C, and Super Contra
Castlevania Advance Collection	PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One	2021	Compilation including Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Dracula X, and Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance