Ultra Games
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Ultra Games | |
Type | Former brand of Konami |
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Founded | 1988 (ceased in 1992) |
Headquarters | Buffalo Grove, IL, US |
Key people | Not disclosed |
Industry | video games |
Products | Video games |
Number of people | Not disclosed |
Website | N/A |
Ultra Games was a publishing label formerly used by Konami.
Foundation
Ultra Software Corporation was a shell corporation founded in 1988 as a console game publisher by Konami. It was created to get around a restriction by Nintendo of America that limited the number of releases a publisher could release on a Nintendo systems.
Closure
In 1992, the shell corporation was reintegrated into Konami and the Ultra Games label ceased to be used because Nintendo loosened the restrictions.
Ultra Games releases
Title | Year | System | Notes |
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Metal Gear | 1988 | Commodore 64, DOS, NES | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1989 | Commodore 64, DOS, NES | |
Quarth | 1990 | Game Boy | |
Snake's Revenge | 1990 | NES | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan | 1990 | Game Boy | |
Operation C | 1991 | Game Boy |