Genki

Genki (元亀) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. 'year" name) after Eiroku and before Tenshō. This period spanned the years from April 1570 through July 1573. The reigning emperor was Ōgimachi-tennō (正親町天皇).

Change of era

Events of the Genki era

Genki (company)

Genki (元気) is a Japanese developer of computer and video games. It was founded in October 1990 by Hiroshi Hamagaki and Tomo Kimura, who left Sega to form the company. Genki is best known for its racing game titles.

History

In its early years, Genki dabbled in a few different genres, looking for its niche. On one end of the spectrum, there was Devilish, a game similar to Arkanoid that was released for Sega's Game Gear and Mega Drive systems in 1991. On the other end, there was Kileak: The DNA Imperative, a first-person mecha shooting game for the PlayStation which was released in 1995; it was panned by critics and consumers, although it did receive a sequel (Epidemic, which was similarly panned).

They developed two MotoGP video games for the SNES: GP-1 (1993) and GP-1 RS: Rapid Stream (1994).

Although they did not know it at the time, Genki found its niche in 1994, with the release of Shutokō Battle '94 Keichii Tsuchiya Drift King for the Super Famicom—the first in a long-running series of racing games. Shutokou Battle 2 followed one year later, in 1995, and was also for the Super Famicom.