What happened to the Psikyo devs

[Zeron]

What did happen to them after Psikyo shutdown? I see a trend amongst shooter developers that usually they just create a new company when their previous one has gone bankrupt or the devs join some other shooter dev but in Psikyo's case I have no idea whatever happened to these guys did they leave video games forever?

[gray117]

Got out of gaming?

... No idea specifically ... wasn't there a rumour that some went to snk?

The 'shut-down' was refuted, in 2002/3, but I think that was a publicity play for keeping the brand going - effectively I think the real devs were gone then... not much help probably ...

[Udderdude]

After the 10,000th message board comment about all of their shmups being exactly the same game with different graphics, they all went insane and are currently hiding in a remote village in Cambodia.

[Kollision]

After the 10,000th message board comment about all of their shmups being exactly the same game with different graphics, they all went insane and are currently hiding in a remote village in Cambodia.

QFT!

[Zeron]

Guess there is no PSIKYO love around here

[evil_ash_xero]

Oh, i'm sure Rob will show up at some point.

[Necronopticous]

I'll show you some Psikyo love.

[Xexyz]

Didn't some of the guys form X-Nauts? They developed PS2 Cho Aniki and handled the Psikyo Shooting Collection and Gunbird ports as well. I think they also made a 3rd Sengoku game for the PSP, but I heard bad things about it.

[clp]

I have love for psikyo , sure they all have a similar approach but they have amazing sprites , hard as fuck memorisation game play the only thing i could knock them on really is most of there games are musically weak .

[Zeron]

I have love for psikyo , sure they all have a similar approach but they have amazing sprites , hard as fuck memorisation game play the only thing i could knock them on really is most of there games are musically weak .

I think PSIKYO did some really cool scrolling effects like in the Strikers games the larger airplanes dont just explode they start loosing altitude catch fire then explode when falling to the ground.

[chronic1]

I have love for psikyo , sure they all have a similar approach but they have amazing sprites , hard as fuck memorisation game play the only thing i could knock them on really is most of there games are musically weak .

Agreed. I picked up the gunbird games, and am not a huge fan of the music. Though very similar, they offer enough differences for me to enjoy having both titles. I really like the animation; however, the scrolling and randomness facilitates more than a few angry outbursts.

[Estebang]

As far as I can figure out...

Zero Gunner 2 was the last shmup made by the original Psikyo team, and they went bankrupt sometime after releasing Buggy Grand Prix: Kattobi Daisakusen on the PS2. Some of the developers then formed X-Nauts, who inherited Psikyo's licenses and continued to release games under the Psikyo name. They licensed the PS2 ports of their arcade games to Taito and Atlus for publishing work.

X-Nauts also went out of business after Taisen Hot Gimmick 5: Mirai e Gou, with Cho Aniki PS2 and Sengoku Cannon being the only original shmups they developed. I assume everyone involved is scattered around various other companies now, and apparently GungHo (who published CA Zero) currently owns the Cho Aniki license.

That answer your question?

[Zeron]

As far as I can figure out...

Zero Gunner 2 was the last shmup made by the original Psikyo team, and they went bankrupt sometime after releasing Buggy Grand Prix: Kattobi Daisakusen on the PS2. Some of the developers then formed X-Nauts, who inherited Psikyo's licenses and continued to release games under the Psikyo name. They licensed the PS2 ports of their arcade games to Taito and Atlus for publishing work.

X-Nauts also went out of business after Taisen Hot Gimmick 5: Mirai e Gou, with Cho Aniki PS2 and Sengoku Cannon being the only original shmups they developed. I assume everyone involved is scattered around various other companies now, and apparently GungHo (who published CA Zero) currently owns the Cho Aniki license.

That answer your question?

OK now that X-Nauts is dead who owns the rights to the Psikyo games?


Strikers series,Gunbird etc

[MadScientist]

OK now that X-Nauts is dead who owns the rights to the Psikyo games?
Strikers series,Gunbird etc

PM Studios put out PSP versions of Strikers 1945 Plus and Gunbird 2. Don't know much else about them though.

[professor ganson]

So there's some chance that Cho Aniki Zero was put together by Psikyo folk?

[Aquas]

So there's some chance that Cho Aniki Zero was put together by Psikyo folk?

The gameplay gives an average impression of it being so. Really mediocre game though. I haven't 1cc'd it with the chick yet.