Private company

G-Mode

Logo: gmodecorp.com3

Japanese video game company

G-Mode Corporation (株式会社ジー・モード, Kabushikigaisha Jī Mōdo) is a Japanese company that specializes in games for Java-compatible mobile phones. The company also licenses content for mobile telecommunications operators, as well as being involved in the original equipment manufacturing of mobile phone games.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersTokyo1
  • Websitegmodecorp.com/en
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

G-Mode Corporation (株式会社ジー・モード, Kabushikigaisha Jī Mōdo) is a Japanese company that specializes in games for Java-compatible mobile phones. The company also licenses content for mobile telecommunications operators, as well as being involved in the original equipment manufacturing of mobile phone games.2

The story

G-Mode Co., Ltd was founded in July 2000 and merged in March 2014 with ONE-UP Co., Ltd. (a corporation established in 2006) which became G-Mode Corporation. G-Mode is headquartered in Tokyo.

G-Mode saw the potential in mobile gaming and managed to obtain the rights to Tetris in Japan in 2001, and currently uses this license to remain a major player in the mobile entertainment industry in Japan. In 2004, G-Mode acquired the back catalogue of Data East Corporation. In 2005, GungHo Online Entertainment invested in the company. They currently license out these Data East titles on the Wii Virtual Console, Gametap, and Mobile Platform. G-Mode released an official Data East website in December 2008. In 2010, it was revealed that the company would publish several Data East titles on the Zeebo console in Brazil and Mexico. On March 1, 2012, after several years of Wii Virtual Console support, G-Mode delisted all of its PC Engine/TurboGrafix-16 games from the service while continuing with the ones originally released on Nintendo consoles.

From Wikipedia’s article on G-Mode, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Business

G-Mode Co. Ltd. reported earnings results for the fiscal year 2006. For the fiscal year, the company reported consolidated net profit of $440,700, a $1.7 million consolidated recurring profit, and a $31.1 million consolidated revenue. The number of subscribers to official websites for NTT DoCoMo handsets rose to 1.48 million at the end of October 2006, up 34% from the end of March 2006, which mainly contributed to the upward revision. The company revised its earnings guidance for the fiscal year 2007. For the period, the company revises consolidated net profit to $594,000 from a previous forecast of a $169,500 consolidated net loss. Consolidated recurring profit was revised up to $2.8 million from $1.7 million. The consolidated sales revenue was revised up as well to $41.1 million from $39.8 million.

Data East games rightsholder

G-Mode owns the rights to more than 100 Data East titles. The following list mostly includes video games mentioned either on G-Mode's original Data East webpage in 2009 or the current version launched in 2017. In some instances, a game can be absent in both of G-Mode's Data East webpages but still be mentioned here if there's a third-party source proving the company's ownership for it (in such cases the reference will be attached next to the title). Although G-Mode published in 2007 a remake of Data East's Super Famicom title Heracles no Eikō III: Kamigami no Chinmoku for mobile phones, this title is not included in the following list because that license is owned by Paon Corporation.

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B-Wings

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Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja

Bloody Wolf / Battle Rangers

Boogie Wings / The Great Rag Time Show

BreakThru

Bump 'n' Jump / Burnin' Rubber

BurgerTime / Hamburger

Burger Time Deluxe

Caveman Games / Caveman Ugh-Lympics

China Town

Cobra Command / Thunder Storm (1984 laserdisc game)

Cobra Command (1988 side-scroller)

Congo's Caper

Daikaijyu Deburasu

Dark Lord

Dark Seal

Darwin 4078

Desert Assault / Desert Storm Gulf War / Thunder Zone

Double Wings

Drop Off

Dunk Dream 95 / Hoops 96

Edward Randy

Express Raider / Western Express

Fighter's History

Fighter's History Dynamite / Karnov's Revenge

Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!

Fire Trap

Gate of Doom / Dark Seal

Ghostlop

Golf Club: Birdie Rush

Gondomania

Gun Ball

Heavy Barrel

High Seas Havoc

Hippodrome

Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja

Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics / Joe & Mac 3: Lost in the Tropics

Joe & Mac Returns

Kamikaze Cabbie

Karate Champ

Last Mission

Liberation

Little Magic

Lock 'n' Chase

Locked 'N Loaded

Mad Alien / Mad Rider / Highway Chase

Magical Drop

Magical Drop II

Magical Drop III / Magical Drop Pocket

Magical Drop F

Makai Hakkenden Shada

Manhattan

Metal Clash

Midnight Resistance

Motteke Oh! Dorobou

Mutant Fighter / Death Brade

Mysterious Stone

Night Slashers

Nitro Ball

Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty / Suiko Enbu

Override

Peter Pepper's Ice Cream Factory

Pro Bowling

Pro Soccer

Pro Tennis

Psycho-Nics Oscar

Ring King

Road Blaster / Road Avenger / Turbo Blaster

Scrum Try

Shackled

Shoot Out

Side Pocket

Side Pocket 2 / Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend

Side Pocket 3

Silent Debuggers

Sly Spy / Sly Spy: Secret Agent / Secret Agent

Soccer League - Winner's Cup

Spinmaster / Miracle Adventure

SRD: Super Real Darwin

Street Slam / Dunk Dream / Street Hoop

Suiko Enbu: Fuunsaiki

Super Birdie Rush

Super BurgerTime

Tattoo Assassins

Treasure Island

Trio the Punch

Tumblepop

Two Crude / Crude Buster (Two Crude Dudes (MD / GEN port))

Winning Shot

Wizard Fire / Dark Seal II

Wonder Planet

World Grand-Prix - Pole To Finish

Zaviga

Not owned by G-Mode

Chelnov (purchased by Paon DP)

Glory of Heracles (purchased by Paon DP)

Karnov (purchased by Paon DP)

Metal Max (purchased by Cattle Call, later Kadokawa Games)

Jake Hunter (purchased by WorkJam, later by Arc System Works)

RoboCop and RoboCop 2 (Arcade, NES and DOS versions, purchased by D4 Enterprise)

Rohga: Armor Force (purchased by Paon DP)

Skull Fang (purchased by Paon DP)

Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation (purchased by Paon DP)

Windjammers (purchased by Paon DP)

From Wikipedia’s article on G-Mode, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2000Founded Founded1

Sources

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