Human Entertainment

Human Corporation
Industry Video game industry
Founded May 1983
Defunct January 2000
Headquarters Japan
Products Dance Aerobics
Laplace no Ma
Fire Pro Wrestling
Super Formation Soccer
Human Grand Prix
Clock Tower
Final Match Tennis
Fastest 1
SOS

Human Corporation (Japanese: ヒューマン株式会社, Hepburn: Hyūman kabushikigaisha) was a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. The company produced games for a number of platforms, including Dreamcast, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, TurboGrafx-16, PC (Windows), PlayStation, Saturn, Sega CD, Super NES, TurboGrafx-CD, and WonderSwan.

The company is known for originating the popular Fire Pro Wrestling series of games, as well as other sports games such as Super Formation Soccer and Final Match Tennis, and racing video games such as Human Grand Prix and Fastest 1. They are also known for developing the first music rhythm video game Dance Aerobics (1987), early survival horror games such as Laplace no Ma (1987) and the Clock Tower series, and the early survival game SOS.

History

On November 1, 1999, Human Corporation began to negotiate restructure with Tokyo Hachiōji district court over the approximately 4 billion yen outstanding debt. As part of the deal, the game creator school subsidiary was to be transferred.[1] At the same time, the rights of Fire Pro Wrestling series, Twilight Syndrome series, Bakusou Dekotora series went to Spike Co., Ltd.[2][3]

In January 2000, Human Corporation was declared bankrupt for failing to negotiate for a restructuring deal over the 3.79 billion yen (as of November 1999) outstanding debt.[4]

Former Human members went on to form different development teams including Nude Maker, Sandlot, and Spike, and notable member Goichi Suda formed his own company, Grasshopper Manufacture, with former members.

Subsidiaries[5]

Former subsidiaries

Games

Developed by Human Entertainment

Game Boy

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo 64

PC Engine

PC (Windows)

PlayStation

Sega Saturn

Sega CD

Sega Mega Drive (Genesis)

Super NES (Super Famicom)

TurboGrafx/Duo/PC Engine

Published by Human Entertainment

Dreamcast

Game Boy

Nintendo 64

PC Engine

PC (Windows)

PlayStation

Saturn

Super NES

TurboGrafx/Duo/PC Engine

WonderSwan

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.