Konami is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Konami has made most of the TMNTvideo games as well as the Wild West C.O.W.-Boys game; some of these games were published under the label "Ultra Games" for the NES, due to a Nintendo policy. After poor sales, Ubisoft gained the rights to the TMNT video games. Konami is famous for games such as the Metal Gear series, Dance Dance Revolution series, Castlevania series, Contra series, Pro Evolution Soccer series, Yu-Gi-Oh! series, Silent Hill series, Gradius series, and Frogger series.
The company was founded in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa KĊzuki, the still-current chairman and president. The name "Konami" is a conjunction of the names Kagemasa Kozuki (current chairman and president), Yoshinobu Nakama, and Tatsuo Miyasako.
Konami is currently headquartered in Tokyo and additionally operates health and physical fitness clubs in Japan. Konami also operates United States activities in El Segundo, California for video games and Paradise, Nevada for the casino gaming industry. Its Australian gaming operations are located in Sydney, Australia, and distribution of Konami's games in Australia is handled by Mindscape Australia.
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