ADK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADK_(company))
- Twinkle Star Sprites, should I say more. :/ And yeah, they made a bunch of famous games as well.

Compile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compile_(software_company))
- A famous company which owned the rights to the video game "Puyo Puyo" and other famous games. I only missed them because of Puyo Puyo. The new Puyo Puyo don't interest me that much.

Wolfteam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfteam)
- I loved almost all their games, btw Motoi Sakuraba came from this company when Namco took them over. My favorite game has to be "El Viento"

I'm sure there's more, but I can't remember them. I gotta boot up the old systems again. Jaleco rings a bell, but I only have one of their games. :/

Is MonolithSoft still in business?

Is MonolithSoft still in business?

They seem to be still alive according to wikipedia. Monolith Soft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_Soft)

Okay, then please to be having a new Xeno series.

Maybe KID, even though I'm still waiting on translation for many of their old games.

KID (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KID) when bankrupt in '06 and was bought by Cyber Front. 'Some' of their games were brought out & translated by Himeyasoft and J-List (well, I think they are just sellers though).

Yup, Hirameki brought over some of their stuff, but they went out of business last year. :(

I thought that Cyber Front was just going to put out KID's unfinished games, not do new stuff with their team.

It's too bad Hirameki never brought games like that over to the DS, I think it would've sold a lot better than the PC ones did. Thankfully there are still companies releasing weird visual novel stuff here. Just heard the other day that Higurashi will be coming out in the US.

Okay, then please to be having a new Xeno series.

Those punks should kept the series as 5-6 games instead of dumbing it down to three. Lame.

Technos. I want new Kunio/Crash 'n the Boys games brought over here

Technos. I want new Kunio/Crash 'n the Boys games brought over here

My friend is a huge Technos fan and he wished they didn't go bankrupt.

Clover.

I think I don't even need to explain why.

Square-Enix

What ever happened to them?

I totally forgot about this company Telenet Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telenet_Japan). Poor Valis series. I would have loved to see a remake of that game. And let's not forget Working Designs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Designs) and their HUGE delays.

I miss Working Designs. Sure, they took forever to release anything, but it was always so worth it! Also, I don't think a remake of Valis would be good. It doesn't strike me as the type of game to make a good transition to 3D, and I'm pretty sure they'd try to make it like that.

Troika, Ensemble, Clover, and Black Isle.

clover.
ULTRA games
squaresoft
enix

Factor 5...cause I'd love to see another Turrican title.

And even though they sort of came back with TFVI, I'd bring Tecno Soft back in full gear so that we could start seeing some quality action/shooter games come out.

Also...Toaplan!

Ah, I was digging around the internet out of bordom just now, I'd love Compile to come back too!
Though not for the puyo games, but I want a sequel to Gun Nac!

Ari adds to his awesomeness, yet again.

The original Rare, so they can make a proper sequel to Perfect Dark.

Square-Enix

What ever happened to them?

Quoted for emphasis.

Let's just turn the clock back ten years and separate them both. The world would be so much more better for it.

CLOVER !!!!!!!
Okami 2 - Oh, what could have been...

clover.
ULTRA games
squaresoft
enix

All minus ULTRA games, they didnt make a single game i liked.
Yes, not even the first TMNT game for the NES.

You, my friend, are a racist.

There, I said it.

How can you not like TMNT?!?!?!?!

Au contraire, i love TMNT, but the first game for the NES, by ultra, was a bad game.
I would rather play the arcade port

Infocom, we need to battle more trolls, cyclops, and thieves in a text-based adventure world; that and Leather Goddesses of Phobos was :love:

Apogee/ID and their new Commander Keen saga which was supposed to be released in 92 :(

Also Crystal Dynamics, another Gex game would be nice!

I second on resurrecting Crystal Dynamics. I was actually just thinking the other day about those Gex games too. Such fond memories.

Infocom, we need to battle more trolls, cyclops, and thieves in a text-based adventure world; that and Leather Goddesses of Phobos was :love:

Seconded. There are 69,105 reasons to ressurect Infocom. :D

I miss Working Designs. Sure, they took forever to release anything, but it was always so worth it! Also, I don't think a remake of Valis would be good. It doesn't strike me as the type of game to make a good transition to 3D, and I'm pretty sure they'd try to make it like that.

Definitely Working Designs.

Clover.

I think I don't even need to explain why.


This.

I second on resurrecting Crystal Dynamics. I was actually just thinking the other day about those Gex games too. Such fond memories.

I would say Sega.

They're not gone, but I wish for the good old days. When Sega was confident, and innovative with their game making. Now they just make games to get a paycheck.

The Dreamcast 2 hype, proved to be a rumor. However, I wish it was real.

3D Realms of course!


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Game companies I would like to see rise from their graves is the following:

Compile so they can finally make that sequel to Golvellius that they promised since it was a damn good game!

Sunsoft (not necessarily dead but they switched to pachinko games and not much else) because I really want to see a New Blaster Master game

Sacnoth/Nautilus Mainly because I really want another Shadow Hearts game goddamn it!!! There may still be a chance to see one though since a lot of former Nautilus employees went to feelplus inc.

Also about Ultra games: Ultra was actually just a US distribution company for Konami due to the limit of overseas releases of Nintendo games produced by third party companies. Konami, producing a ton of games for many systems made the company as a way around that restriction. Ultra was disbanded when the SNES came out and that restriction was removed. Still, Ultra does have a place in video game history and hey, without it and the creation of Snake's Revenge, Metal Gear would not be the franchise it is today.

I miss Working Designs. Sure, they took forever to release anything, but it was always so worth it! Also, I don't think a remake of Valis would be good. It doesn't strike me as the type of game to make a good transition to 3D, and I'm pretty sure they'd try to make it like that.


x10.

They brought me my two favorite RPGs, so I can't complain.

Just wish they or GameArts woulda made a 3rd one. ;_;

3D Realms of course!


I wished they would have finished Duke Nukem Forever

Grin studios......

Sure, the crew is inside Square-Enix now, but they still aren't using them like they should. =[

I'd say:

NMK- They made some pretty cool SHMUPS

ADK-I love their games, especially Magician Lord!

WOLFTEAM/Telenet- They made some rally good games, especially the VALIS Series and El Viento

UPL Co. Ltd. They also made some great games! Come on, who does'nt remember Atomic Robo Kid?

RARE.

Because most of their games were for Nintendo, yet had blatant bashing of Nintendo in them. It was all in good fun, and made me laugh every time. They eventually changed into a different company and over the years completely disappeared.

RARE.

Because most of their games were for Nintendo, yet had blatant bashing of Nintendo in them. It was all in good fun, and made me laugh every time. They eventually changed into a different company and over the years completely disappeared.

agreed, it may still be called rare, but none of the nintendo-era employees remain.

I would say Sega.

They're not gone, but I wish for the good old days. When Sega was confident, and innovative with their game making. Now they just make games to get a paycheck.

The Dreamcast 2 hype, proved to be a rumor. However, I wish it was real.

Sega has no other choice. Really.

They have no other strong series other than Sonic. And not making money would be a little hard to do while surviving. They have tons of good games and series, even today, but they simply don't really sell.

Dreamcast was ahead of its time, but it bombed. Due to several reasons, mainly, though, because its predecessors bombed too (lol 32x and Saturn) and because of the Playstation 2 and Sony's insane ad campaigns for it. And after that, Sega had literally nothing left except for Sonic. Thus milking them into oblivion, just like Squeenix milks Final Fantasy.

I agree with Eshvoide and BNX: Working Designs NEEDS to come back! Only they can make a proper release of Lunar 3 (and maybe, just maybe, finally get around to telling the story of the Four Heroes!). What better story for the third game than the story of Dyne, Ghaleon and Co., complete with North American pop culture references and �ber-magnificent voice acting (yeah, I'm looking at you, John Truitt! How dare you NOT show up for Silver Star Harmony!?). Plus, I'd like to see a game where Althena gets a role other than "superpowered damsel in distress", and also some development on that Eiphel guy and the five fops he works for.

http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/chronos-xs-castlevania-osts-links-83993/#post1600051

Clover, even though they're a new thing now, making Bayonettas and shiz.

PS: Okami-den on the DS. Not Clover though, so we'll see how that goes.

3D Realms of course!


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Sure, the crew is inside Square-Enix now, but they still aren't using them like they should. =[

And Crystal Dynamics...

Looking Glass Studios. I don't think any explanations are in order.

Not so much a company, but the Dreamcast system itself.

Pacific Asia Gaming Network. El Kardian Was super nice :(

Any company that was once great, but has now faded due to loss of staff, inspiration, confidence etc.

Specifically, I'd like to have Squaresoft and Capcom back. Both are a shadow of their former selves nowadays.

Any company that was once great, but has now faded due to loss of staff, inspiration, confidence etc.

Specifically, I'd like to have Squaresoft and Capcom back. Both are a shadow of their former selves nowadays.

Konami too kinda if that is the case :S

Once upon a time, I played so many games that began with the Konami Cross logo, that it might as well have been the startup for my SNES. So yeah, it's a damn shame about them, too...

Black Isle Studios.

Because even though Obsidian Entertainment is basically Black Isle, they seem to have forgotten about quality control - every single damn Obsidian game is riddled with bugs. Nobody had to wait a month after Fallout was released to play the damn thing.

Clover.

I want God Hand 2.

Specifically, I'd like to have Squaresoft and Capcom back. Both are a shadow of their former selves nowadays.

I very much agree...

Black Isle Studios.

Because even though Obsidian Entertainment is basically Black Isle, they seem to have forgotten about quality control - every single damn Obsidian game is riddled with bugs. Nobody had to wait a month after Fallout was released to play the damn thing.
Technically Fallout was pre-Black Isles, and made by a largely different team. Fallout 2 was the Black Isles one and was notoriously broken, which was made worse by the fact that the patch they released for it was incompatible with old save files.

Upon further investigation, you're mostly right - Fallout 1 was developed by Tim Cain & co at Interplay, by the team that later made up Black Isle. However, they left shortly after Fallout was released to found Troika, after which Feargus Urqhuart took over lead design for Black Isle to develop Fallout 2 - it's this team that left later to found Obsidian. A lot of Troika employees ended up at Obsidian, however the three founders (and project leads on Fallout) took jobs at different companies, including Blizzard.

Bullfrog. I miss Theme Park and Theme Hospital.

Compile (Puyo Puyo series)
Data East (Heracles no Eikou series)
Human Entertainment (Clock Tower)
Technos Japan (Kunio Kun series)
Quest (Ogre Battle series)
Squaresoft, not the damn Square Enix

Compile For Puyo Puyo and Aleste
Toaplan epic shooters, and of course All your base
Rare for Battletoads
Rainbow Arts for another Turrican and for a sequel for Rendering Ranger
Technosoft for Thunder Force

Tengen.

Quintet. I actually liked their few games, and even the spirtual successor of the soulblazer series-The Granstream Saga.

RARE KILLERRRR COMMBBOO

Squaresoft. give Enix back their own company, and smack Squaresoft in the head for making bad games.

Origin Systems (OSI)

I'd love to see a new game for the Ultima series (and no, I don't count Lord of Ultima, which is just a crappy browser-based RTS that EA slapped the Ultima name on and has little to do with the franchise).

I thought Lord British still owned Ultima...

Quintet.
Without a doubt, my favorite studio of the 16bit era (Actraiser and E.V.O. - Search of Eden).

I also resurrect Clover if i could. I want a true sequel to Okami. It's the further adventures of Amaterasu Omikami on the takamagahara with Ushiwaka i wanted to live. Clover was already preparing a sequel. Hideki Kamiya had certainly already written the following scenario. I want news from Kaguya.

who's that gal in your avatar? she's gorgeous.

Bioware before EA bought them. And Westwood.

Interplay is another one. unless they're still kickin' it...

Interplay is another one. unless they're still kickin' it...

They are and they even have Fallout MMO in the works right now.

ah. then carry on, Interplay.

Clover is a good choice but seeing as they're Platinum Games (http://platinumgames.com/) now, I'm actually okay with that. Sure we might not see sequels to previous games in the same exact quality but I'll keep following their games.

Working Designs as a publisher would be great to see too. I mean the successor company Gaijinworks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaijinworks) is no where as good. Closest thing we get these days is between Atlus & Nippon Ichi Software aka NIS which are both doing fantastic work in their own right.

Make mine, even if it does sound dumb, Sage's Creation

@Wolf359 : Don't revive dead threads. Always check the date of the LAST POST... BEFORE you post. Closing thread.