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In June 2000, Profire established a game production subsidiary called Profire NDC (now Phonoca). [https://www.profire.co.jp/company/outline.html] | In June 2000, Profire established a game production subsidiary called Profire NDC (now Phonoca). [https://www.profire.co.jp/company/outline.html] | ||
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| + | Profire is part of a "strategic business alliance group" called Byakugun with four other game development companies — Alfa System, Matrix Software, Meteorise, and Studio Artdink — to cooperate in each other's development projects. [https://gamebiz.jp/news/373975] | ||
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, online resources | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, online resources | ||
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===PlayStation=== | ===PlayStation=== | ||
| + | *Baseball game (unreleased) (Profire) | ||
*''Cat the Ripper: 13-ninme no Tanteishi'' (ported from Windows) (JP Publisher: Tonkin House) | *''Cat the Ripper: 13-ninme no Tanteishi'' (ported from Windows) (JP Publisher: Tonkin House) | ||
| + | :<small>A former Profire programmer tweeted about writing the sound driver for the PlayStation version. [https://twitter.com/PCArchaeologist/status/1514171366421168132] The Profire website listed PC game ports (no specific titles given) to the PlayStation and Saturn. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081222184251/http://www.profire.co.jp/work/contents.html] A former Profire sound designer was an arranger on an unnamed game for PlayStation and Saturn. [https://www.tam-music.com/profile]</small> | ||
*''Extreme Power'' (JP Publisher: CS) | *''Extreme Power'' (JP Publisher: CS) | ||
| + | *''live! ReMiX'' (unreleased) (Profire) | ||
===PlayStation 2=== | ===PlayStation 2=== | ||
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:<small>Some Programming, [Some?] Graphics: Profire NDC</small> | :<small>Some Programming, [Some?] Graphics: Profire NDC</small> | ||
*<div style="color:red">''Layer Section''</div> | *<div style="color:red">''Layer Section''</div> | ||
| + | :<small>A former Profire programmer tweeted about porting this game from the PlayStation to Windows. [https://twitter.com/PCArchaeologist/status/368942370072440832] However, the first ''Layer Section'' never came out for PlayStation, and the Windows version credits [[Big Bang Software]], an American development company.</small> | ||
*''Princess Maker: Pocket Daisakusen'' (development) (JP Publisher: CyberFront) | *''Princess Maker: Pocket Daisakusen'' (development) (JP Publisher: CyberFront) | ||
:<small>Planning, Production: GeneX</small> | :<small>Planning, Production: GeneX</small> | ||
*''Raynegard'' [MMORPG] (planning, client program [Windows], server program [IRIX], some graphics, sound) (JP Publisher: Capcom) | *''Raynegard'' [MMORPG] (planning, client program [Windows], server program [IRIX], some graphics, sound) (JP Publisher: Capcom) | ||
| − | *''Rockman X3'' / ''Mega Man X3'' [https://www.profire.co.jp/works/sfo/index.html] | + | *''Rockman X3'' / ''Mega Man X3'' [https://www.profire.co.jp/works/sfo/index.html] [https://twitter.com/PCArchaeologist/status/1611913762302464001] |
*''Rockman X4'' / ''Mega Man X4'' | *''Rockman X4'' / ''Mega Man X4'' | ||
*''Soredemo Golf'' [online game] (StarOnline) | *''Soredemo Golf'' [online game] (StarOnline) | ||
Latest revision as of 03:56, 9 October 2023
Profire Co., Ltd. (株式会社プロファイア) is a computer hardware and software development company based in Nagoya, with an office in Tokyo. It was established on April 1, 1996. [1]
In June 2000, Profire established a game production subsidiary called Profire NDC (now Phonoca). [2]
Profire is part of a "strategic business alliance group" called Byakugun with four other game development companies — Alfa System, Matrix Software, Meteorise, and Studio Artdink — to cooperate in each other's development projects. [3]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources
Arcade
- Pride GP 2003 (Capcom)
- Under Defeat (translation?) (G.rev)
- "Yu Aoki" from Profire is credited with "translation." Presumably this is referring to some sort of text translation because if you search for the name "Yu P. Aoke" (sound designer on Godzilla: Daikaijuu Soudageki), you will see that they translated an article for a Japanese military magazine.
Mobile
- Namnam [Android/iOS, also HTML5] (planning, design, program production, various applications) (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
PlayStation
- Baseball game (unreleased) (Profire)
- Cat the Ripper: 13-ninme no Tanteishi (ported from Windows) (JP Publisher: Tonkin House)
- A former Profire programmer tweeted about writing the sound driver for the PlayStation version. [4] The Profire website listed PC game ports (no specific titles given) to the PlayStation and Saturn. [5] A former Profire sound designer was an arranger on an unnamed game for PlayStation and Saturn. [6]
- Extreme Power (JP Publisher: CS)
- live! ReMiX (unreleased) (Profire)
PlayStation 2
- Pride GP Grand Prix 2003 (JP Publisher: Capcom)
Saturn
- Cat the Ripper: 13-ninme no Tanteishi (ported from Windows) (JP Publisher: Tonkin House)
Windows
- Biohazard 4 / Resident Evil 4 [7]
- Dino Crisis
- Godzilla: Daikaijuu Soudageki (JP Publisher: TDK)
- Some Programming, [Some?] Graphics: Profire NDC
- Layer Section
- A former Profire programmer tweeted about porting this game from the PlayStation to Windows. [8] However, the first Layer Section never came out for PlayStation, and the Windows version credits Big Bang Software, an American development company.
- Princess Maker: Pocket Daisakusen (development) (JP Publisher: CyberFront)
- Planning, Production: GeneX
- Raynegard [MMORPG] (planning, client program [Windows], server program [IRIX], some graphics, sound) (JP Publisher: Capcom)
- Rockman X3 / Mega Man X3 [9] [10]
- Rockman X4 / Mega Man X4
- Soredemo Golf [online game] (StarOnline)
- Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation [online game] (client program [Windows], server program [Linux], some graphics) (Daletto)
Xbox
- UFC: Tapout / UFC 2: Tapout (US Publisher: Crave; JP Publisher: Capcom; EU Publisher: Ubisoft)
- UFC: Tapout 2 (US Publisher: TDK)
Links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Contents Production Business page (Internet Archive Wayback Machine) (Japanese)
