| Company name | Description | Games |
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Kesmai Corporation
Founded in 1981 by John Taylor and Kelton Flinn, Kesmai Corporation was purchased in 1994 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Based in Charlottesville, VA, Kesmai was a world leader in multiplayer online games and the parent company of ARIES Online Games, Kesmai Studios and GameStorm.
The company developed, published, and distributed interactive gaming content to over 12 million paying subscribers of America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, EarthLink Network, Delphi, and major websites throughout the Internet.
Popular Kesmai titles include Air Warrior, Online Casino, Harpoon Online, Legends of Kesmai, MultiPlayer BattleTech, Star Rangers Online, Stellar Emperor, CatchWord, Jack Nicklaus Online Tour and a collection of classic board and card games.
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Air Warrior | |
Kevin A. Lee |
Weird Island | |
Kevin Bales |
Castle Adventure | |
Kevin Dorff |
Munch Guy | |
Kevin J. North |
Dr. Rudy 2 | |
Keypunch Software, Inc.
Keypunch was one of the earliest shareware distributors, and occasionally redistributed commercial software as well. The company was based in Minnesota, USA.
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Maze Adventures, Diamond Digger | |
Kinetica Software |
The Gold of the Aztecs | |
Kingsoft
Another game company which was eventually acquired by Electronic Arts in 1995. The company was founded in 1983 in Germany and focused mostly on Commodore C64 games.
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Bug Bomber | |
Knowledge Adventure, Inc.
Knowledge Adventure was co-founded in 1991 by Rick Gibson and brothers Bill and Larry Gross in California.
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Isaac Asimovs Science Adventure, 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, The Discoverers, Speed, Sport Adventure | |
KOEI Co., Ltd.
KOEI Co., Ltd. was first established on July 25, 1978 at Imafuku-cho, Ashikaga City. For the next two years they commenced PC sales and development of special-order business software. KOEI maintains operations in Japan, the U.S., Canada, China, Korea and Taiwan. Their first major success was when they published Nobunaga's Ambition in March 1983, which in the following years won many national and international awards.
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Romance of The Three Kingdoms, Romance of The Three Kingdoms 2, Romance of The Three Kingdoms 3, Uncharted Waters, Uncharted Waters 2, Ghenghis Khan 2, Ghenghis Khan, Gemfire, Celtic Tales - Balor of the Evil Eye, Operation Europe - Path to Victory 1939 45, Bandit Kings of Ancient China, Liberty or Death, Nobunaga's Ambition, Nobunaga's Ambition II | |
Kogado Software Products
Kogado (工画堂) is a Japanese company based in Tokyo. It was founded in 1916 and specialized in design and printing. The company went into public trading in August 1960. Kogado has been developing video games since 1982. They are mostly known for their strategy games, such as the Schwarzschild series, as well as visual novels.
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Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War, Power Dolls | |
Konami Corporation
Konami Corporation was founded on March 21, 1969 in Osaka, Japan by Kagemasa Kozuki, who currently serves as Chief Executive Officer. It was initially a jukebox rental and repair service. In March 1973 the company was renamed Konami Industry Co. Ltd., and began manufacturing amusement machines. The company assumed its current name in 1991. Since then, it has grown into a large international corporation focused on a wide variety of entertainment and lifestyle technologies and products, from video games to fitness clubs, from toys to gaming machines.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Blades of Steel, Double Dribble, Goonies, Antarctic Adventure, The Simpsons, Metal Gear, Ajax, Sky Jaguar | |
Krisalis Software Ltd.
Krisalis Software was a UK game development studio. It was originally founded in 1987 as Teque Software Development Ltd. by Tony Kavanagh, Peter Harrap and Shaun Hollingworth. Some of the company's first original titles were Terramex, The Flintstones, and Thunderbirds. Teque also programmed conversions (ports) of arcade titles for other companies for 8 and 16 bit platforms.
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Manchester United The Double, Legends, Manchester United Premier League Champions, MicroLeague Action Sports Soccer, The Munsters, Hill Street Blues | |
Krome Studios Melbourne
The original company Melbourne House (Publishers) Ltd. was founded in 1977 by Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen. Starting as a general publishing company, it soon focused on home computers. In August 1980 Melbourne House published one of the first books ever for the personal computer market and started to distribute games created in the US.
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Bad Street Brawler, The Crack of Doom, The Shadows of Mordor | |
Kron Simulation Software |
Manager | |
Kurt Dekker |
Rally-K! | |
Kurt W. Dekker |
Meteor Mission | |
Kyung-Hee Electronics S&I |
Doraon Neoguri | |
L.K. Avalon
Founded in 1989, L. K. Avalon (short for Laboratorium Kompterowe Avalon) was one of the leading Polish game companies at the times of the 8-bit platforms - at the peak of the Atari XL/XE generation especially. They published (and developed) a lot of notable games in almost all genres, including advanced releases such as the original A.D. 2044: Seksmisja, Klątwa (Curse) and Władcy Ciemności (Lords of Darkness) point-and-click adventure games.
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Funny Fruits, Spy Master | |
Lacral Software
French company in the late 1980's that produced one good arcade title; possibly others.
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Popcorn | |
