Creator of the popular fighting
series Double Dragon in arcades as well
as on consoles, Technos developed
brawlers and other game genres for
Japanese and American publishers.
Technos Japan also published one
of the longest-running and diverse game
series in history centered around
activities at Nekketsu High School and
its most popular student, Kunio. 28 games
deep, American gamers got a sampling of
the series with the highly acclaimed
River City Ransom and Super Dodge Ball,
but the big-headed, hot-blooded high
schoolers were also involved in extreme
versions of Basketball, Soccer,
Volleyball, and Track & Field, and
outside of sports often found themselves
throwing fisticuffs and breaking out of
jail in a number of brawler games.
[Several American versions of Technos'
Kunio series were released, but the
overarching story and connected
characters were removed as the games
split between publishers and consoles.
This explains why many US Technos games
looked strangely similar and featured
big-headed characters.]
Technos Japan and their US
publishing arm American Technos collapsed
in bankrupcy between 1997 and 1999, but
the defunct company's president Kunio
Taki has recently taken up new projects
for, among other things, Nintendo's Game
Boy Advance.
