Was Ultra a division of Konami?
 

Just a quick question.

The first two games for the NES say they were produced by Ultra games. Was that a division of Konami? Because every game after that was labled as a Konami product.

Thanks.

Short answer, yes

It was? I have alwyas tough diffrent company made the first nes game..

Im sure theyre not the same company and they just workd together because Ultra games even creates its own consoles.

No I am pretty sure Ultra atleast WAS a subsidiary(sp) of Konami.
They could have been seperated from them by now for all I know

"A short-lived brand of Konami"

http://www.the-underdogs.org/company...me=Ultra+Games

or

http://www.mobygames.com/game/versions/gameId,6932/

The game was made by Konami, released by their off-shoot company, Ultra

Edit:

Dinny, Ultra has been out of buisness for several years

O right, I didnt no that.

My first NES copy of TMNT says, 2 developers

Ultra and Palcom

Absolutely no Konami...so I have doubts that Konami was involved

Palcom was the distributor in Europe. I don't think that Ultra games is part of Konami, but konami hired them to do the game. Star Ocean is Enix's most famous RPG series but still they haven't made a single SO them selfs, they pay Tri Star to do it. I think it's the same with Konami and Ultragames. Why Konami's name doesn't show anywhere in the game, thats a mystery.

Interesting...

Well I found several websites (2 I already linked to) that says it was owned by Konami, but seeing as how everyone on this board always thinks Im worng, or something, I give up

I believe you.

GK's right, I remember reading somewhere that Ultra was an affiliate of Konami. Either that, or they're the same company.

I think Ultra was a subsidary of Konami. I think I can explain:
I've heard from NES fans that back then, Nintendo had some odd rule about how companies producing for their console could only produce so many games at a time. To get around this, companies like Konami created subsidaries under a different name so they could keep churning out games.

So ultragames has seprated from Konami later then. I know it's a diffrent company now, if it even excists anymore.

Ahhhhh....so Ultra WAS owned by Konami.

Thanks for clearing that up!

Ultra WAS Konami. Back then companies were only allowed to release a certain ammount of games at a time. Konami needed to release more than they were being allowed. All those Contra's, Castlevania, Metal Gear, etc. So they formed another company to publish the games. Thus Ultra was born. Notable titles include Metal Gear, Skate or Die, and of course Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This video game lesson was brought to by a guy that seems to know way too much about TMNT video games.

Yup.. that's exactly right.

I like vanilla ice cream.

Ultra and Konami published games use the same graphics and sound code. Compare Jackal to Contra. Same explosions, some of the same SFX. Ultra was more of a pseudonym for Konami than a bonafide subsidiary.