Kaneko

Kaneko is a video game company founded in 1980 by Hiroshi Kaneko.

Why They Rocked

 * 1) While most of their games have simple gameplay, it's actually starts to be fun actually.
 * 2) Colorful and clean graphics in most of their games, the most notable one is Air Buster.
 * 3) Surprisingly excellent music, some are Jackie Chan Arcade, Air Buster, and Cyvern.
 * 4) The company has alot of variety in their library.
 * 5) Their tie-in Jackie Chan game The Kung-Fu Master: Jackie Chan is pretty awesome!
 * 6) The Super Nova System is a decent arcade console like trying to be arcade perfect ports.
 * 7) Most of their ideas are actually pretty original for the time, like the first roller skating game, and two games based on American culture that most Japanese companies didn't make.
 * 8) Kaneko teamed up with Hudson to make Super Star Soldier and Star Parodier, two being one of the best shooters on the Turbografx-16!

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Just like any other company, they've produced some average, weak titles or any awful console ports from the arcade.
 * 2) They milked the Gals Panic series, thankfully it's not as extreme as others.
 * 3) The Kaneko Vs. Hitachi is what lead to stray away from gaming development for a long time.
 * 4) They closed down their U.S. Arm for no apparent reason, causing Fido Dido and Socks The Cat games to be unreleased.

Games They Produced

 * 1) Air Buster: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit
 * 2) B.Rap Boys
 * 3) Battle Smash (Unreleased)
 * 4) Blood Warrior
 * 5) Bonk's Adventure (AC Version)
 * 6) Chester Cheetah: Too Cool To Fool
 * 7) Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest
 * 8) Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons
 * 9) DJ Boy
 * 10) Dr. Toppel's Adventure
 * 11) Explosive Breaker
 * 12) Fido Dido (Unreleased)
 * 13) Fighting Roller
 * 14) Fly Boy
 * 15) Gal Pani
 * 16) Gal Pani II
 * 17) Gals Panic
 * 18) Gals Panic 3
 * 19) Gals Panic 4
 * 20) Gals Panic II
 * 21) Gals Panic S
 * 22) Gals Panic S2
 * 23) Gals Panic S3
 * 24) Gals Panic SS
 * 25) Go Go Mr. Yamaguchi
 * 26) Great 1000 Miles Rally
 * 27) Great 1000 Miles Rally 2
 * 28) Guts'n
 * 29) Heavy Unit
 * 30) Jackie Chan: The Kung-Fu Master (A.K.A. In Fists Of Fire)
 * 31) Jump Coaster
 * 32) Jump Kun (Unreleased)
 * 33) Kabuki-Z
 * 34) Kageki: Fists Of Steel
 * 35) Kitty On Your Lap
 * 36) Lady Master Of Kung Fu / Nunchackun
 * 37) Magical Crystals
 * 38) Mission 660 / The Alphax Z
 * 39) Nexzr
 * 40) Pack'n Bang Bang
 * 41) Panic Street
 * 42) Peetan (GB)
 * 43) Power Moves (Or Deadly Moves)
 * 44) Prebilian
 * 45) Rainbow Chips (Unreleased)
 * 46) Red Clash
 * 47) Samurai Nihon-Ichhi
 * 48) Sen-Know
 * 49) Sengeki Striker
 * 50) Shogun Warriors (Fujiyama Buster in Japan)
 * 51) Silhouette Stories
 * 52) Sky Shark (Sharp X68000)
 * 53) Socks The Cat: Rocks The Hill (Unreleased)
 * 54) Speed Dive (Unreleased)
 * 55) Star Parodier
 * 56) Super Qix
 * 57) Super Star Soldier
 * 58) The Berlin Wall (Berlin No Kabe In Japan)
 * 59) Twin Cobra (Sharp X68000)
 * 60) Vs. Block Breaker
 * 61) Vs. Gong Fight
 * 62) Vs. Hot Smash
 * 63) Wani Wani World
 * 64) Zen-Nihon GT Senshuken (SNES)
 * 65) Zen-Nihon GT Senshuken Kai
 * 66) Zen-Nihon GT Senshuken Max Rev.

Legacy
While their notorious for their offensive stereotypes in DJ Boy and the erotic Gals Panic games, they have their fans. Kaneko is listed as one of the underrated and forgotten gaming companies to date.