Bottom Up
Bottom Up (株式会社ボトムアップ) was a publisher and developer started by former Natsume employees. Shigeru Okamoto (岡本茂) was the president. [1] [2]
The company went bankrupt on March 31, 2000. [3] The rights to Golf Shiyouyo and the Bottom Up development team were transferred to Korean game company Softmax, which established a Japanese subsidiary on May 1. (Dreamcast Magazine [Vol. 20, 2000/6/9-16], p. 21) [4]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, interviews, shared staff
64DD
- Marionette Fighter (unreleased)
Dreamcast
- Golf Shiyouyo / Tee Off
- Model Design, Motion Design: Scarab; Sound Production, Sound Direction, Sound Effects: Twofive; Voice Actor Casting, Compilation Direction: Dream Japan
- Golf Shiyouyo Kouryaku Pack
- Jet Coaster Dream / Coaster Works
- Developer: Bimboosoft
- The sequel, Jet Coaster Dream 2, was supposed to be published by Bottom Up, but the contract with Bimboosoft was terminated following Bottom Up's bankruptcy. [5] Bimboosoft would publish the game itself, with distribution handled by Sega. [6]
- Oozumou (unreleased)
Game Boy Color
- Gran Duel: Shinki Dungeon no Hihou
- Music, Sound Effects: Pure Sound
- Appears to be developed in-house, but also credits something called "Studio Vex"
- Pocket Color Billiard
- Developer: Pure Sound?
- Pocket Color Mahjong
- Developer: Imagesoft?
- Pocket Color Trump
- Developer: Imagesoft?
- Snowboard Champion
- Super Real Fishing
- Developer: Geo Factory; Planning: e-Team; Graphics: Team OX; Sound Driver: Asobi Create
Nintendo 64
- 64 Oozumou
- Sound: Pure Sound
- 64 Oozumou 2
- Music Data Creation, Sound Effects Data Creation: Pure Sound
- 64 Trump Collection: Alice no Waku Waku Trump World
- Music, Sound Effects: Pure Sound
- Chanbara Fighter (unreleased)
- Onegai Monsters
- Sound Design, Sound Effects/Data Preparation: Pure Sound
- Toon Panic (unreleased)
Virtual Boy
- Virtual Block (unreleased)
WonderSwan
- Trump Collection 2: Bottom Up Teki Sekai Isshuu no Tabi
- Sound?: Pure Sound
Title
Platform
Developer
Notes
Super Tsume Shogi 1000
SFC
?
Sound?: Pure Sound
Super Trump Collection
SFC
?
Sound?: Pure Sound
Spark World
SFC
In-house
Sound: Pure Sound
Kouryuu no Mimi
SFC
In-house
Sound: Pure Sound
Super Trump Collection 2
SFC
?
Sound?: Pure Sound
Vs. Collection
SFC
?
Sound?: Pure Sound
Sugoroku Ginga Senki
SFC
In-house
Sound: Pure Sound
Pocket Mahjong
GB
Trump Collection GB
GB
Imagesoft?
Pocket Bass Fishing
GB
?
Sound?: Pure Sound
Doki Doki On Air
PS
Pocket Shogi
GB
?
Pocket Golf
GB
Imagesoft?
Trump Shiyouyo! / Card Shark / Family Card Games Fun Pack
PS
?
Sound: Pure Sound [7]
Pocket Color Block / Dragon Dance
GBC
Doki Doki On Air 2
PS
Dream Japan
Pocket Hanafuda
GBC
Pure Sound?
Trump Collection: Bottom Up Teki Trump Seikatsu
WS
?
Sound?: Pure Sound