Climax Entertainment

Climax Entertainment
Native name	株式会社クライマックス
Romanized name	Kabushiki Gaisha Kuraimakkusu
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Video games
Founded	April 1990
Defunct	2014-2015
Headquarters	Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Kan Naito
Products	Landstalker series

Climax Entertainment^[2] was a Japanese video game development company. It was a small company, with just 20 staff in 1996.^[3] Climax got its start during the 16-bit era, primarily developing games for the Sega Genesis console. During the 32-bit era, some members of the team left to create Matrix Software.^[4] Following the development of Dark Savior (1996), a group of staff members from the company's CGI division formed an independent company Climax Graphics, initially described as a "brother company".^[5]^[6]

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By 2014 to 2015, without any official announcement, Climax was closed due to financial issues.^[7] Neratte! Tobashite! Rilakkuma GuraGura Sweets Tower on the Nintendo 3DS was the last game to be developed by Climax.

Shining in the Darkness (Sega Genesis)
Shining Force (with Sonic! Software Planning) (Sega Genesis)
Landstalker (Sega Genesis)
Lady Stalker (Super Famicom)
Dark Savior (Sega Saturn)
Felony 11-79 (PlayStation)
Time Stalkers (Dreamcast)
Runabout 2 (PlayStation)
Virtua Athlete 2K (Dreamcast)
Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition (Dreamcast)
Runabout 3: Neo-Age (PlayStation 2)
Kingdom of Paradise (PlayStation Portable)
Tenchi no Mon 2: Busouden (PlayStation Portable)
Ore no Dungeon (PlayStation Portable)
Miburi & Teburi (Wii)
Steal Princess (Nintendo DS)
Dinosaur King (Nintendo DS)
Hottarake no Shima: Kanata to Nijiiro no Kagami (Nintendo DS)
Element Hunters (Nintendo DS)
SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors: Shin Mirisha Taisen (Nintendo DS)
Crash City Mayhem (Nintendo 3DS)
LBX: Little Battlers eXperience (Nintendo 3DS)
Neratte! Tobashite! Rilakkuma GuraGura Sweets Tower (Nintendo 3DS)

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"株式会社クライマックス：会社概要" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-10-04.
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Japanese: 株式会社クライマックス, Hepburn: Kabushiki Gaisha Kuraimakkusu
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"NG Alphas: Dark Savior". Next Generation. No. 23. Imagine Media. November 1996. p. 121.
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GameSpy: Matrix Software (Japan) Company Profile
[5]
"An Audience with Shinya Nishigaki". Next Generation. No. 54. Imagine Media. June 1999. pp. 24–27.
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"Blue Stinger – 1998 Developer Interview". Shmuplations. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
[7]
"クライマックスの評判/社風/社員のクチコミ(全9件)【転職会議】" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-01-03.

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"株式会社クライマックス：会社概要" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-10-04.

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Japanese: 株式会社クライマックス, Hepburn: Kabushiki Gaisha Kuraimakkusu

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"NG Alphas: Dark Savior". Next Generation. No. 23. Imagine Media. November 1996. p. 121.

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GameSpy: Matrix Software (Japan) Company Profile

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"An Audience with Shinya Nishigaki". Next Generation. No. 54. Imagine Media. June 1999. pp. 24–27.

[6] [6]
"Blue Stinger – 1998 Developer Interview". Shmuplations. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.

[7] [7]
"クライマックスの評判/社風/社員のクチコミ(全9件)【転職会議】" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-01-03.

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