- KID
Infobox_Company
company_name = KID Corp.
_ja. 株式会社キッド
company_
company_type = Defunct
company_slogan =
company_vision =
foundation =May 12 1988
location =Tokyo Japan
key_people = Hisaaki Ichikawa, President
industry = Consumer Game Computer Game
num_employees = 41Fact|date=May 2008 | revenue = ¥92.9m (March 2006)Fact|date=May 2008
homepage = http://www.kid-game.co.jpKID, whose name is an
acronym of Kindle Imagine Develop, was aJapan -based company specializing in porting and developingbishōjo game s.KID was founded in 1988, with the capital worth 160 million yen.Fact|date=June 2008 In the early 1990s, it served primarily as a contract developer. Notable titles from this era include
Burai Fighter ,Low G Man , G.I. Joe, andRecca . In 1997, it began porting PC games on to video consoles. In 1999, it released its original title called "Memories Off " onPlayStation , which later became its first well-known series. In 2000, it released another original title called Infinity which became the second well-known series. This game was later renamedNever7 ~the end of infinity~ and Infinity became the series name. It has also created the popular underground PlayStation gameBoard Game Top Shop .In 2005, KID became the sponsor for the Japanese drama series
Densha Otoko .According to "
Mainichi Shinbun ", the company has declaredbankruptcy in 2006. [citeweb|url=http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2006/1578.html|title=Kid Files for Bankruptcy|author=Chris Winkler|publisher=RPGFan|date=2006-12-01|accessdate=2008-05-28] However in February 2007 it was announced that KID's intellectual properties had been acquired by the corporationCyber Front , and thus all unfinished projects will be continued under the latter.Notable works
"Infinity" Series
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Memories Off " Series
*"Memories Off"
*"Memories Off 2nd "
*"You That Become A Memory ~Memories Off~"
*"Memories Off ~And Then~"
*"Memories Off ~And Then Again~"
*"Memories Off #5 The Unfinished Film"Other
*"12Riven -the Ψcliminal of integral-"
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*"Ai Yori Aoshi " (PS2 and PC adaption)References
External links
* [http://www.kid-game.co.jp/index_1.html KID Official site]
* [http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/001493.html Bankruptcy info and notes in English via insert credit]
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