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Thursday, 23 February 2012

A few Interesting Facts about Konami



Were you aware that Konami, founded on March 21st 1969, was originally a jukebox rental & repairs company?!



The company was founded by Kagemasa Kozuki, Yoshinobu Nakama & Tatsuo Miyasako - take the first two letters of each of their surnames and guess what you get? KO NA MI! Clever eh?!

Konami have gone on to great fondness with retro game fans having produced the likes of Track & Field, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time, Castlevania & Contra amongst many, many, many more!

Did you know Castlevania happens to be the worlds first console game released?

Check our footage of the Japanese port of Castlevania: Bloodlines known simply as Vampire Killer -






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