NAPS team
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1993 |
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| Headquarters | , Sicily, Italy |
| Website | napsteam |
NAPS team is an Italian independent video game studio based in Messina, Sicily. They work mostly in the home computer and console market. Is the oldest Italian development studio.
History
[edit]The company was established as a game developing house in 1993 by Fabio Capone and Domenico Barba.[1]
Like many software houses established in the 1990s, their first market was on the 16-bit Amiga.
In 2016, the company started work on the game Iron Wings.[2] The company used Kickstarter to raise funds.[3] Completed in 2017, it features aerial warfare and is set in World War II.[4]
In 2018, Gekido: Kintaro's Revenge was re-released for the Nintendo Switch,[5] PlayStation 4[6] and Xbox One.[7]
Baldo: The Guardian Owls, a role-playing video game inspired by The Legend of Zelda series, but with a graphic style inspired by the animated films produced by Studio Ghibli, was announced in 2019.
Reception
[edit]In 1996, Shadow Fighter was ranked the 20th best game of all time by Amiga Power.[8]
Video games
[edit]Games developed by NAPS team:
- Shadow Fighter (Amiga, 1994, published by Gremlin Interactive)
- Gekido: Urban Fighters (PlayStation, 2000, Gremlin Interactive)
- Gekido Advance: Kintaro's Revenge (Game Boy Advance, 2002)
- Rageball (2002)
- Shoot (2002)
- Football Madness (2003)
- Silent Iron (2003)
- Omega Assault (2003)
- Flying Squadron (2003)
- Hot Shot (2003)
- Wanted (2004)
- Jet Ace (2004)
- Shoot (2005)
- Racing Fever (2005)
- SWAT Siege (2006)
- WWI: Aces of the Sky (2006)
- WWII: Battle Over The Pacific (2008)
- Sniper Assault (2006)
- Dead Eye Jim (2007)
- They Came From the Skies (2007)
- Apache Longbow Assault (2007)
- Operation Air Assault 2 (2007)
- Twin Strike: Operation Thunder (2008)
- Bootcamp Academy (2010)
- Maria the Witch (iOS, 2014, PC, Android, 2016, Xbox One, 2017, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, 2018)
- Legendary Knight (2015)
- Iron Wings (Xbox One, 2017)
- The Knight and the Dragon (Nintendo Switch, 2019)
- Baldo (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, 2021)
See also
[edit]- Gremlin Interactive: company founded by Ian Stewart that published Shadow Fighter
References
[edit]- ^ "NAPS team". NAPS team. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Bishop, Sam (November 17, 2016). "Naps Team announces WW2 flying combat game Iron Wings". Gamereactor. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Good, Owen S. (December 3, 2016). "WWII fighter pilot game leans on Tuskegee Airmen's legacy to get Kickstarter aloft". Polygon.
- ^ "Iron Wings Review". DarkStation.
- ^ Humphries, Jordan (March 22, 2018). "Gekido: Kintaro's Revenge Nintendo Switch Review".
- ^ Team, Naps (May 10, 2018). "Gekido Kintaro's Revenge - Playstation 4 - May 31st 2018 US-EU After 18 years Gekido comes back to Playstation, with its second chapter Kintaro's Revenge".
- ^ "Epic brawler Gekido Kintaro's Revenge out now on Xbox One". July 13, 2018.
- ^ Amiga Power magazine issue 64, Future Publishing, August 1996