Contrail (company)

Contrail, Inc.
Subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment
Industry Computer and video games
Fate Operations merged into SCEI
Founded 16 October 1997
Defunct 1 August 2000
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people
 Takahiro Kaneko
Products
Services Video game production
Number of employees
 ~20[1]
Parent Sony Computer Entertainment

Contrail was a Japanese video game production company best known for their work on Legend of Legaia and Wild Arms 2.

It was formed on 16 October 1997 as an internal production studio of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. with Takahiro Kaneko as head.[1] Between 1998 and 2000, Contrail oversaw the development of several PlayStation titles from external developers until SCEI integrated its operations back into the main company in August 2000.[2]

Games produced

GameRelease dateDeveloperPlatform
Legend of Legaia29 October 1998ProkionPlayStation
Tamago de Puzzle20 May 1999Matrix Software
Linda3 Again (The Best release)3 June 1999Alfa System
Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke17 June 1999Alfa System
Wild Arms 22 September 1999Media.Vision
Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins18 November 1999Matrix Software
Tiny Bullets13 April 2000Kuusoukagaku Corp.
Boku no Natsuyasumi22 June 2000Millennium Kitchen

References

  1. 1 2 "Digital entertainment and software production companies founded" (PDF) (in Japanese). Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. 14 October 1997. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Personnel reform and reorganisation announcement" (PDF) (in Japanese). Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. 1 August 2000. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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