Konami (pre-2015)

Konami is an entertainment company founded in 1969. It was originally a jukebox rental and repair business founded by Kagemasa Kozuki, Yoshinobu Nakama, and Tatsuo Miyasako. The name Konami is a conjunction of their names.

Why They Were Born From Fun

 * 1) Created numerous and beloved I.P.s cherished the world over, like Castlevania, Metal Gear, Ganbare Goemon, Silent Hill, Pro Evolution Soccer and Contra.
 * 2) They helped launch the gaming career of Hideo Kojima, one of the greatest game designers of all time.
 * 3) Despite what they did to him, Hideo Kojima admitted that without Konami he wouldn't have been able to start his gaming career.
 * 4) Actually made some good video games based off of cartoons.
 * 5) Many of their games are notable for being quite challenging.
 * 6) They created the Yu-Gi-Oh trading card game that spawned lots of great animes and good videogames, the game's been taken competitively and they're still making and upgrading the game even today.
 * 7) Actually gave more love to the Bucky O'Hare series than even the creators of the T.V. series by making an arcade game to create an ending to the series when a second season wasn't released. It was released the same year as the NES game they made.
 * 8) They created awesome Xbox 360 Kinect games, however some of them are removed from Microsoft Store.
 * 9) To celebrate their 50th anniversary, they released three anniversary collections (Arcade Classics, Castlevania & Contra) for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch & Steam. The latter two even include a bonus book explaining some facts about the games.
 * 10) They still make great BEMANI Arcade games, even after their downfall.

Bad Qualities
As many things change a lot, they only rock from a retro gamer's perspective. Now they have gotten so bad, the Crappy Games Wiki has both an article on mh:crappygames:Konami itself as well as an entire category detailing several articles on how bad it has become.