Zero4 Champ ( ゼロヨンチャンプ , Zeroyon Chanpu ) is a series of racing games created by Yutaka Kaminaga at Media Rings , which started in 1991 with the PC Engine title Zero4 Champ .
5-636: The series would transfer to the Kaminaga-founded WorkJam with the PlayStation 2 title Zero4 Champ Series: Drift Champ , co-developed by Tamsoft and published by Hudson Soft , along with the mobile phone Go! Zero4 Champ developed by Profire, both of which were released in late 2002. In Japan, street racing sometimes occurs on long straights in industrial areas, which are used for drag races . These races are known as "zero-yon" ( ゼロヨン ) or "04", short for "0-400 meters", ヨン being Japanese for
10-694: The number four. Japanese drag racing is noted for its flair, featuring various sport-grade Japanese cars such as the Toyota MR2-GT (SW20), Mazda RX-7 Type RS (FD3S), Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI (CP9A), Subaru Impreza WRX STi (GDB), the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BNR34), and Honda NSX Type-S Zero (NA2), all import scene classics. The series is something of a predecessor to works like Initial D and Wangan Midnight , with its touge racing , aero parts tuning, and anime -style "Story Mode". It has also RPG and simulation gameplay which
15-541: The part-developed Fukushū no Rondo to co-developer Arc System Works . The company's social game business was purchased by CommSeed and Cykan Holdings at the end of the same year. On February 6, 2017, Arc System Works announced that they had acquired the rights to all of the ex-WorkJam properties which had passed to Expris, namely the Jake Hunter , Theresia , Nazo no Jikenbo , and Koneko no Ie series. This Japanese video game corporation or company article
20-623: Was founded by Yutaka Kaminaga on December 15, 1998. In 1998 they released their first title in Japan, an adventure game titled Cross Tantei Monogatari . In 1999, Data East licensed out the Tantei Jingūji Saburō series (aka Jake Hunter ) to WorkJam. In 2002, it released the first of these licensed games, titled Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Innocent Black . Full rights to the series were given to WorkJam after Data East went bankrupt in 2003. In 2011, WorkJam closed down, passing responsibilities for
25-536: Was succeeded by the Shutokou Battle titles Kattobi Tune and Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix . In June 2005, a fan-made flash game Zero4 Extreme (ゼロヨンエクストリーム) was released by Kuruma, though it is currently a dead link. WorkJam WorkJam Co., Ltd. (株式会社ワークジャム Work Jam Co., Ltd. ) was a Japanese video game and software development company. Its main headquarters were located in Chiyoda , Tokyo . WorkJam
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