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Climax Entertainment

Video game studio based in Japan

Climax Entertainment was a Japanese video game development company. It was a small company, with just 20 staff in 1996. Climax got its start during the 16-bit era, primarily developing games for the Sega Genesis console.2 It ceased to exist in 2014.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1990Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersShinjuku1
  • Founded inTokyo1
  • Websitewww.climax.co.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Climax Entertainment was a Japanese video game development company. It was a small company, with just 20 staff in 1996. 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. 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".2

Products and brands

Shining in the Darkness (Sega Genesis)

Shining Force (with Sonic! Software Planning) (Sega Genesis)

Landstalker (Sega Genesis)

Lady Stalker (Super Famicom)

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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)

From Wikipedia’s article on Climax Entertainment, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2014Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1990Founded Founded in Tokyo1

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