KID (Kindle Imagine Develop) was a Japan-based company specializing in porting and developing bishōjo games. It went bankrupt in 2006 and its intellectual properties have been transferred to multiple companies. Most of the IPs are currently owned by Mages.
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History
KID was founded in 1988, with capital of 160 million yen and 31 employees. In the early 1990s, it served primarily as a contract developer. Notable titles from this era include Burai Fighter, Low G Man, G.I. Joe, Isolated Warrior and Recca. In 1997, it began porting PC games to games consoles. In 1999, it released an original title called Memories Off on PlayStation, which later became its first well-known series. Pepsiman was also released in 1999, to little initial success, but the title eventually became seen as a cult classic. In 2000, it released the original title Never 7: The End of Infinity, the first in the Infinity series. KID created the underground PlayStation game Board Game Top Shop. In 2005, KID became a sponsor of the Japanese drama series Densha Otoko.
The company declared bankruptcy in 2006. However, in February 2007 it was announced that KID's intellectual properties had been acquired by the CyberFront Corporation. CyberFront would continue all unfinished projects until its own closure in December 2013.
Kaga Create then bought CyberFront Corporation and owned the rights to KID's works. After Kaga Create closed down, 5pb. bought Cyberfront's assets which also included all of KID's works.
Works
Infinity series
Infinity Cure
Never 7: The End of Infinity
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
Remember 11: The Age of Infinity
12Riven: The Psi-Climinal of Integral
Memories Off series
Memories Off
Memories Off 2nd
You that became a Memory ~Memories Off~
Memories Off ~And then~
Memories Off ~And Then Again~
Memories Off 5: Togireta Film
Memories Off #5 encore
Your Memories Off: Girl's Style
Other
Blocken (Arcade)
Armored Police Metal Jack (Game Boy)
Kingyo Chūihō! 2 Gyopichan o Sagase! (Game Boy)
Battle Grand Prix (SNES)
Jumpin' Derby (Super Famicom)
Super Bowling (SNES)
Super Jinsei Game (series) (2 & 3) (Super Famicom)
Fastest Lap (Game Boy, 1991)
Chibi Maruko-chan: Okozukai Daisakusen (Game Boy, 1990)
Chibi Maruko-Chan 2: Deluxe Maruko World (Game Boy, 1991)
Chibi Maruko-chan 3: Mezase! Game Taishou no Maki (Game Boy, 1992)
Chibi Maruko-chan 4: Korega Nihon Dayo Ouji Sama (Game Boy, 1992)
Chibi Maruko-Chan: Maruko Deluxe Gekijou (Game Boy, 1995)
Genjin Kotts (Game Boy, 1995)
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (Game Boy, 1995)
Burai Fighter
Low G Man: The Low Gravity Man
Bananan Ouji no Daibouken
Kick Master
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor