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Palcom Software Limited was a shell corporation and publishing label created in 1990 as a subsidiary of Konami, in an effort to get around Nintendo's licensing rules in place at the time for the European market. One of these rules was that a third-party company could only publish a limited number of games per year for the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe. This was hardly convenient for Konami, which had begun releasing more than ten games a year for both the Famicom and its Disk System add-on in Japan. With a greater library than it was allowed to localize, Konami formed the Palcom Software brand to extend its annual library to ten games a year.[1]

History[]

In Europe, Konami established the Palcom Software Limited subsidiary for similar purposes as its American label, Ultra Games. Its library was similar to Ultra's but the company also published games that were not released in North America, notably Road Fighter, Parodius and Crackout. Palcom also released Super NES games that were published in America by Konami itself. In contrast, some games that were released under the Ultra name in North America, such as Metal Gear and Snake's Revenge, were published under the regular Konami brand in Europe. The European subsidiary lasted longer than Ultra Games, until it was closed down in early 1994.

Games published[]

All games were developed by Konami, except where noted.

NES[]

Game Boy[]

Super NES[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Konami's Cheat to Get Around a Silly Nintendo Rule at Kotaku.

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