KID
KID was a Japan-based company specializing in porting and developing bishōjo games. It went bankrupt in 2006 and its intellectual properties have been transferred to multiple companies. Most of the IPs are currently owned by Mages.
History
KID was founded in 1988, with capital of 160 million yen and 31 employees. In the early 1990s, it served primarily as a contract developer. Notable titles from this era include Burai Fighter, Low G Man, G.I. Joe, Isolated Warrior and Recca. In 1997, it began porting PC games to games consoles. In 1999, it released an original title called Memories Off on PlayStation, which later became its first well-known series. Pepsiman was also released in 1999, to little initial success, but the title eventually became seen as a cult classic. In 2000, it released the original title Never 7: The End of Infinity, the first in the Infinity series. KID created the underground PlayStation game Board Game Top Shop. In 2005, KID became a sponsor of the Japanese drama series Densha Otoko.The company declared bankruptcy in 2006. However, in February 2007 it was announced that KID's intellectual properties had been acquired by the CyberFront Corporation. CyberFront would continue all unfinished projects until its own closure in December 2013.
Kaga Create then bought CyberFront Corporation and owned the rights to KID's works. After Kaga Create closed down, 5pb. bought Cyberfront's assets which also included all of KID's works.
Works
''Infinity'' series
- Infinity Cure
- Never 7: The End of Infinity
- Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
- Remember 11: The Age of Infinity
- ''12Riven: The Psi-Climinal of Integral''
''Memories Off'' series
- Memories Off
- Memories Off 2nd
- You that became a Memory ~Memories Off~
- Memories Off ~And then~
- Memories Off ~And Then Again~
- Memories Off 5: Togireta Film
- Memories Off #5 encore
- ''Your Memories Off: Girl's Style''
Other
- Blocken
- Armored Police Metal Jack
- Kingyo Chūihō! 2 Gyopichan o Sagase!
- Battle Grand Prix
- Jumpin' Derby
- Super Bowling
- Super Jinsei Game
- Fastest Lap
- Chibi Maruko-chan: Okozukai Daisakusen
- Chibi Maruko-Chan 2: Deluxe Maruko World
- Chibi Maruko-chan 3: Mezase! Game Taishou no Maki
- Chibi Maruko-chan 4: Korega Nihon Dayo Ouji Sama
- Chibi Maruko-Chan: Maruko Deluxe Gekijou
- Genjin Kotts
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- Burai Fighter
- Low G Man: The Low Gravity Man
- Bananan Ouji no Daibouken
- Kick Master
- G.I. Joe
- G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor
- Rock 'n' Ball
- Sumo Fighter: Tōkaidō Basho
- UFO Kamen Yakisoban
- Sutobasu Yarō Shō: 3 on 3 Basketball
- Mini 4WD Shining Scorpion Let's & Go!!
- Pepsiman
- Doki! Doki! Yūenchi: Crazy Land Daisakusen
- Ai Yori Aoshi
- Ryu-Koku
- Separate Hearts
- Ski Air Mix
- Recca
- We Are*
- Close to: Inori no Oka
- Yume no Tsubasa
- Max Warrior: Wakusei Kaigenrei
- Kaitou Apricot
- Kiss yori...
- 6 Inch my Darling
- Dokomademo Aoku...
- Kagayaku Kisetsu e
- She'sn
- Screen
- Emmyrea
- My Merry May
- Iris
- Flamberge no Seirei
- Prism Heart
- Oujisama Lv1
- Boku to Bokura no Natsu
- Monochrome
- Hōkago Ren'ai Club – Koi no Etude
- ''Subete ga F ni Naru''