Kaneko Seisakusho (金子製作所), stylized as KANE<O, also referred to as Kaneko Co. Ltd. (カネコ株式会社), was a Japanese video game publisher founded in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, by Hiroshi Kaneko. It published a number of games both under its brand and other companies, such as Air Buster, Nexzr, Shogun Warriors, DJ Boy, Guts'n, and the Gals Panic series. The last game released by the company was Gals Panic S3 for the arcade in 2002.

History

The company began business as developer, manufacturer, vendor, trader of electronic machines, and manufacturing medical equipment. In 1982, it began its video game business as a developer of Taito Corporation's video games. In 1990, Kaneko began to make its own video game under the KANEKO brand. In Summer 1994, Kaneko closed its US branch and cancelled game projects such as Fido Dido and Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill. In April 2000, Kaneko went through financial restructuring, and exited video game business except for maintenance department. The company was moved to Shibuya, Tokyo. On July 25, 2001, Kaneko filed a lawsuit against Hitachi Software Engineering over the Super Kaneko NOVA System arcade board, and demanded 1.52 billion yen for damages. On August 12, 2004, Kaneko filed for bankruptcy. However, the company's founder, Hiroshi Kaneko, vowed to continue. In 2006, a civil lawsuit threatened to officially close the company. the fate of the company is unknown, though assumed no longer existent.

List of games

Arcade

Game Boy

MSX

NEC PC-9801

PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16

PlayStation

Sega Game Gear

Sega Genesis

Sega Saturn

Sharp X68000

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Unreleased games