Palcom Software Ltd.

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A now defunct subsidiary of Konami

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Palcom was started up in Europe as a subsidiary of Konami (Company) during the NES era. This was because Nintendo (Company) had a very strict publishing policy for third parties, only letting them publish up to 5 games per year. Since Konami had lots of games out in Japan that they wanted to localize, they started up this division so they could release the games under that name.   There was a similar situation in the US with the Ultra Games (Company) subsidiary of Konami. Both subsidiaries published pretty much the same games, but Palcom actually did publish a few games that Ultra Games did not, such as Parodius (Game) and Pop'n Twinbee.

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Rackets & Rivals (Game)

1993

A NES tennis game released only in Europe and developed by Konami. It supports up to four players and has a more exacting sim style.

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Palcom Software Ltd.

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Developed Games

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Published Games

• Rackets & Rivals (Game)
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Franchises

• TwinBee (Franchise)
• Arcade Archives (Franchise)
• Arkanoid (Franchise)
• Assault Suit (Franchise)
• Formula 1 (Franchise)
• Gradius (Franchise)
• Mission: Impossible (Franchise)
• Motocross Maniacs (Franchise)
• Parodius (Franchise)
• Road Fighter (Franchise)
• Skate or Die (Franchise)

People

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Characters

• Dr. Cinnamon (Character)
• Konami Man (Character)
• Twinbee (Character)
• Aguri Suzuki (Character)
• Andrea de Cesaris (Character)
• Ayrton Senna (Character)
• Chichibinta Rika (Character)
• Christian Fittipaldi (Character)
• Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke (Character)
• Érik Comas (Character)
• Gerhard Berger (Character)
• JJ Lehto (Character)
• Jean Alesi (Character)
• Jim Phelps (Character)
• Johnny Herbert (Character)
• Light (Character)
• Martin Brundle (Character)
• Michael Schumacher (Character)
• Michele Alboreto (Character)
• Mika Häkkinen (Character)

Concepts

• Cheat Code (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• Cute 'Em Up (Concept)
• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• Game Over (Concept)
• High Score (Concept)
• Konami Code (Concept)
• Licensed Game (Concept)
• Nintendo Power (Concept)
• Penguins (Concept)
• Project EGG (Concept)
• Retroachievements (Concept)
• Sprite (Concept)
• Time Limit (Concept)
• Top-Down Perspective (Concept)
• Vertical Scrolling (Concept)
• Virtual Console (Concept)
• ASM Hit (Concept)
• Auto-Scrolling Levels (Concept)

Locations

• Space (Location)
• City (Location)
• Cyprus (Location)
• Moscow (Location)
• Museum (Location)
• Sewer (Location)
• Venice, Italy (Location)

Objects

• Bell (Object)
• Boomerang (Object)
• Car (Object)
• Option (Object)
• Water (Object)
• Airplane (Object)
• Apple (Object)
• Bomb (Object)
• Briefcase (Object)
• Bunny Suit (Object)
• Chainsaw (Object)
• Cloud (Object)
• Deer Scare (Object)
• Explosives (Object)
• Fire Extinguisher (Object)
• Formula 1 Car (Object)
• Gloves (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Half-Pipe (Object)
• Hat (Object)