Konami Gaming , Inc . adds new games , new hardware and new twists to a legacy of entertainment
Konami Gaming , Inc . adds new games , new hardware and new twists to a legacy of entertainment
THE NEXT
DIMENSION
By Frank Legato
Last September , Konami Gaming , Inc . launched a new game in its popular “ Stuffed Coin ” series of slots , this one as the launch game for a new cabinet .
The original Stuffed Coins slot was nine months into a run as one of the Top 25 Indexing New Games in the Eilers & Krejcik Gaming / Fantini Research monthly performance report . This latest version , which adds new art , sounds and animation to the original , is presented on the new Dimension 43x3 cabinet , a dynamic display presented on three stacked 43-inch monitors .
That same month , Konami Digital Entertainment B . V . launched the video game Contra : Operation Galuga , a new entry in the “ Contra Run-n-Gun ” video game series , with versions for several different PlayStation , Xbox , Nintendo and other game consoles , with a plan to
release digital versions in 2024 .
The events of these sister companies , both subsidiaries of Japan ’ s Konami Group Corporation , are tied to their common legacy as purveyors of video entertainment . The company that is now Konami Group Corp . can be traced back to 1969 , when company founder Kagemasa Kozuki began manufacturing and selling arcade games in Japan through Konami Industry Co ., Ltd . Over the ensuing decade , Konami launched arcade classics from Frogger to Super Contra to Dance Dance Revolution and more . Many of those classics are now available online .
In 1997 , Kozuki established the company that would draw on this heritage in the realm of casino slots in U . S . markets , establishing Konami Gaming , Inc . in Las Vegas — a new entry to what was then a market dominated by a few entrenched suppliers . Konami ’ s games would draw on the
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