Ultra Games

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Ultra Games
Type Former brand of Konami
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
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