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Treasure is a
Japanese
software development company, focusing on console
video games, founded by former employees of
Konami in
1992.
The development team that left to found Treasure was responsible for
the
Super Contra and
Super Castlevania
Super Nintendo games.
In
1998 they released Radiant Silvergun for the arcade and for the
Sega Saturn. It is almost universally considered the greatest overhead
shooter of all time by people who have played it. It was released only
limitedly in Japan, and prices for it today remain very high for a video
game of that era.
Treasure was known for intense action games, with a lot of creative
work put into the gameplay. Their design aesthetic usually involves taking
a normal genre, adding something new to the players basic play mechanics
or controls, and trying to add as much new and varied elements into the
level design as possible. They are also known for their boss levels, which
are almost always the focus of the game, and on older systems featured
larged multijointed sprite bosses (using a technique where each arm or
apendage was a still picture that was rotated for movement instead of the
entire boss being one picture).
Games Developed by Treasure (items marked with a '*' were not released
in the Americas):
Arcade
Ikaruga
Radiant Silvergun
Sega
Genesis
Gunstar Heroes (1993)
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure (1993)
Dynamite Headdy (1994)
Yu Yu Hakusho (1994) *
Alien Soldier (1995)
Light Crusader (1995)
Sega Saturn
Guardian Heroes (1996)
Silhouette Mirage (1997)
Radiant Silvergun (1998) *
Sega
Dreamcast
Bangai-O (1999)
Ikaruga (2002)
Sega
Game Gear
Dynamite Headdy
Gunstar Heroes
Super Nintendo
Dynamite Headdy
Nintendo 64
Mischief Makers (1997)
Bangai-O (1999) *
Sin and Punishment (2000) *
Nintendo
Gamecube
Ikaruga (2003)
Wario World
Nintendo
Gameboy Advance
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting
Tiny Toon Adventures: Scary Dreams (AKA Tiny Toons: Buster's Bad Dream)
Sony
Playstation
Rakugaki Showtime
Silhouette Mirage
Sony
Playstation 2
Silpheed: The Lost Planet
Stretch Panic (AKA Freak Out)
Tiny Toons Adventures: Defenders of the Looniverse
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