Daikatana

Daikatana

John Romero's Daikatana, or simply Daikatana, is a first-person shooter video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. Released on May 23, 2000 for Windows, it was led by John Romero. The game is known as one of the major commercial failures of the video game industry. Daikatana was later ported to the Nintendo 64. A different version of the game was developed for the Game Boy Color, with a version for the PlayStation cancelled during development. Daikatana's title is written in Japanese kanji and means "long sword"; however, the characters' usual reading is in fact...
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Release date:April 14, 2000
Publisher:KEMCO, Eidos Interactive
Designer:John Romero

Designer of Daikatana

John Romero
John Romero
Age:44

Alfonso John Romero is a designer, programmer, and developer in the video game industry. He is best known as a co-founder of id Software and was a designer for many of their games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Doom and Quake. His game designs and development tools, along with new programming techniques created and implemented by id Software's lead programmer John D. Carmack, led to a mass popularization of the first person shooter,...
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Publisher of Daikatana

KEMCO
KEMCO
Headquarters:Seika

Kemco Corporation , sometimes referred to as Kotobuki System Co., Ltd., is a Japanese video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd., located in Seika, Japan. Kemco was one of the original Nintendo licensees and began to...
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Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive
Headquarters:London
Founded:1990

Eidos Interactive Ltd. , better known as Eidos, is a British video game publisher and is a label of Square Enix Europe. As an independent company, Eidos plc was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton. The company maintains offices all around the world,...
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Frequently Asked Questions about Daikatana

  • Q:
    In which genre is the popular video game Daikatana classified?
  • A:
    Daikatana's genre classifications include First-person Shooter.
  • Q:
    Who designed the video game "Daikatana"?
  • A:
    John Romero created the game.
  • Q:
    Which game play modes are included in the video game "Daikatana"?
  • A:
    "Daikatana" is a Single Player game.
  • Q:
    When did the game "Daikatana" become available in stores?
  • A:
    "Daikatana" first became available in April, 2000.
  • Q:
    Which video game platforms is "Daikatana" compatible?
  • A:
    The video game is compatible with: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color.
  • Q:
    Which company publishes the game "Daikatana"?
  • A:
    KEMCO and Eidos Interactive publishes the game.
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