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NAPS team
IndustryVideo game industry
Founded1993; 32 years ago (1993)
Founder
  • Fabio Capone
  • Domenico Barba
Headquarters,
Sicily, Italy
Websitehttp://www.napsteam.com/

NAPS team is an Italian software house based in Messina, Sicily. Working mostly in the home computer and game console market.

History

The company was established as a software 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 be 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]

Reception

In 1996, Shadow Fighter was ranked the 20th best game of all time by Amiga Power.[8]

Video games

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 (Gameboy Advance, 2002)
  • Rageball (2002)
  • Shoot (2002)
  • Wanted (2004)
  • Racing Fever (2005)
  • WWI: Aces of the Sky (2006)
  • WWII: Battle Over The Pacific (2008)
  • Twin Strike: Operation Thunder (2008)
  • Bootcamp Academy (2010)
  • Legendary Knight (2015)
  • Iron Wings (Xbox One, 2017)
  • Gekido: Kintaro's Revenge (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, 2018)
  • Maria the Witch (PC, 2016, Xbox One, 2017, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, 2018)

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAPS team". NAPS team. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Bishop, Sam (November 17, 2016). "Naps Team announces WW2 flying combat game Iron Wings". Gamereactor. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  3. ^ https://www.polygon.com/2016/12/3/13828284/tuskegee-airmen-video-game-iron-wings-kickstarter
  4. ^ http://www.darkstation.com/reviews/iron-wings-review
  5. ^ https://switchwatch.co.uk/gekido-kintaros-revenge-nintendo-switch-review/
  6. ^ "Gekido Kintaro's Revenge - Playstation 4 - May 31st 2018 US-EU".
  7. ^ http://www.thexboxhub.com/epic-brawler-gekido-kintaros-revenge-out-now-on-xbox-one/
  8. ^ Amiga Power magazine issue 64, Future Publishing, August 1996