Konami

Konami

Konami Group Corporation is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate and video game company. In addition to being a video game developer and publisher, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machines, slot machines, and arcade cabinets. Konami has casinos around the world and operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan.

Konami's video game franchises include Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania, Contra, Frogger, Tokimeki Memorial, Parodius, Gradius, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Suikoden, and Pro Evolution Soccer.

Shooting games developed by Konami

Game	Year	Original System	Publisher
Scramble	1981	Arcade	Konami
Super Cobra	1981	Arcade	Konami
Gradius (Nemesis)	1985	Arcade	Konami
Twin Bee	1985	Arcade	Konami
Vs Gradius	1986	Nintendo VS. Arcade System	Konami
Salamander (Life Force)	1986	Arcade	Konami
Ajax (Typhoon)	1988	Arcade	Konami
Thunder Cross	1988	Arcade	Konami
Gradius II (Vulcan Venture)	1988	Arcade	Konami
Parodius	1988	MSX	Konami
Gradius III	1989	Arcade, Super Famicom / SNES	Konami
Trigon (Lightning Fighters)	1990	Arcade	Konami
Parodius Da!	1990	Arcade	Konami
Thunder Cross II	1991	Arcade	Konami
Detana!! Twin Bee	1991	Arcade	Konami
Xexex	1991	Arcade	Konami
Pop’n TwinBee	1993	Super Famicom / SNES	Palcom Software (Europe)
Gokujou Parodius (Fantastic Journey)	1994	Arcade, Super Famicom / SNES	Konami
Twin Bee Yahhoo!	1995	Arcade, PSX, Sega Saturn	Konami
Salamander 2	1996	Arcade	Konami
Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius	1995-96	Super Famicom / SNES, PSX, Sega Saturn	Konami, Stone Heads (PS Port)
Sexy Parodius	1996
Gradius IV: Fukkatsu	1999
Otomedius (Otomedius Gorgeous)	2007
Otomedius Excellent	2011	Xbox 360 / X360