Hot-B Co., Ltd.
Moby ID: 3889
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Established in 1983, Hot-B Co., Ltd. (株式会社ホット・ビィ / He is OverThere, Because...) was a noted software developer for Japanese PC formats, specializing in role-playing games and fishing simulations like The Black Bass. The company entered the home console market in 1987, making Famicom (NES) games, and would later also produce titles for the Super Famicom (SNES), Mega Drive (Genesis), PC Engine (TurboGrafx) and arcades.
Originally, Hot-B published all their titles under the GAMU (GA夢) brand, a play on the word "game" and the kanji for "dream". This was dropped in 1988, when they began publishing games under their own company name. Around this time, a US publishing subsidiary, Hot-B USA, was established, and which outlived its parent company by over a decade.
In the following years, Hot-B's reputation cooled, and they began to take contract work for larger publisher such as Taito and Sega, but were unable to remain profitable. The company's last release, Bazoo! Mahō Sekai was released for the Super Famicom on July 23, 1993. Hot-B declared bankruptcy the following day.
A number of former staff members regrouped and started Starfish, and were able to acquire the rights to Hot-B's back catalog.
Credited on 31 Games from 1984 to 1993
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| Schmeiser Robo (1993 on Arcade) |
| Super Black Bass (1992 on SNES) |
| Black Bass: Lure Fishing (1992 on Game Boy, Game Boy Color) |
| Detonator Orgun (1992 on SEGA CD) |
| King Salmon: The Big Catch (1992 on Genesis) |
| Devilish: The Next Possession (1992 on Genesis) |
| Steel Empire (1992 on Windows, Game Boy Advance, Genesis...) |
| The Blue Marlin (1991 on NES) |
| Star Odyssey (1991 on Genesis) |
| Palamedes II: Star Twinkles (1991 on NES) |
| Over Horizon (1991 on NES) |
| WWF Superstars (1991 on Game Boy) |
| 7 Colors (1991 on DOS, Amiga, PC-98) |
| WWF Wrestlemania Challenge (1990 on NES) |
| Palamedes (1990 on Game Boy, NES, MSX...) |
| Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye (1990 on DOS, Windows, Windows 3.x...) |
| Shingen the Ruler (1989 on NES) |
| Insector X (1989 on Genesis, NES, Arcade) |
| Card & Puzzle Collection: Ginga (1989 on Game Boy, MSX, PC-98) |
| Crack Down (1989 on DOS, Windows, Genesis...) |
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Trivia +
Hot-B officially stands for He is Over There, Because...
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 4 games with Taito Corporation
- 4 games with HOT-B USA, Inc.
- 3 games with Sage's Creation, Inc.
- 3 games with Cube Corporation
- 3 games with Another Ltd.
- 2 games with Valve Corporation
- 2 games with Genki Co., Ltd.
- 2 games with TAKARA Co., Ltd.
- 2 games with Rare Limited
- 2 games with Majesco Entertainment Company
- 7 games with Kemono Itas.
- 6 games with Yoshinobu Nakamura
- 6 games with Akinori Tomonaga
- 5 games with Kenji Ono
- 4 games with Masanori Mori
- 4 games with Kimihiro Endoh
- 4 games with Ryo Kinoshita
- 4 games with Hiroshi Katsumata
- 4 games with Masaru Suzuki
- 3 games with Satoshi Hatsuya
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