Rutubo Games
Rutubo Games was established in 1994 by Masatoshi Hashimoto. Rutubo Game Works Co., Ltd. is a recent offshoot company, founded in 2010 to focus on games production while its predecessor switched to IT services. Like its precursor, Rutubo Game Works consists of talented programmers such as including Shinichiro Mukaigashira, Tetsu Matsushima, and Takeshi Maeda; several of the staff had previously worked at Dempa Shimbunsha. while the systems infrastructure work appears to still be done by Rutubo Games. The company was best known for their high-quality ports of arcade titles to home computers and consoles, but more recently has provided programming and online infrastructure support for arcade titles. Hashimoto and Mukaigashira left sometime before 2005 to start Gotch Technology; Matsushima heads the company today.
Rutubo Games at a Glance
Rutubo Games has been active in the gaming industry from 2001 to 2010, with 2 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Fighting, with additional titles in other genres. The studio carries a solid 76.2/100 average rating across their catalog, with 1 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Shenmue II (76.2/100). Games from Rutubo Games are available across 6 platforms, most notably PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One.
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