NAPS team

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

NAPS team
Private
IndustryVideo games
Founded1993 (1993)
Founder
  • Fabio Capone
  • Domenico Barba
Headquarters
Messina
,
Sicily, Italy
Websitenapsteam.com

History

The company was established as a game developing 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 (Game Boy Advance, 2002)
  • Rageball (2002)
  • Shoot (2002)
  • Football Madness (2003)
  • Silent Iron (2003)
  • Omega Assault (2003)
  • Flynig Squadron (2003)
  • Hot Shot (2003)
  • Wanted (2004)
  • Jet Ace (2004)
  • Shoot (2005)
  • Racing Fever (2005)
  • SWAT Siege (2006)
  • WWI: Aces of the Sky (2006)
  • WWII: Battle Over The Pacific (2008)
  • Sniper Assault (2006)
  • Dead Eye Jim (2007)
  • They Came From the Skies (2007)
  • Apache Longbow Assault (2007)
  • 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)
  • The Knight and the Dragon (Nintendo Switch, 2019)
  • Baldo (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, 2020)
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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. Good, Owen S. (December 3, 2016). "WWII fighter pilot game leans on Tuskegee Airmen's legacy to get Kickstarter aloft". Polygon.
  4. "Iron Wings Review". DarkStation.
  5. Humphries, Jordan (March 22, 2018). "Gekido: Kintaro's Revenge Nintendo Switch Review".
  6. Team, Naps (May 10, 2018). "Gekido Kintaro's Revenge - Playstation 4 - May 31st 2018 US-EU After 18 years Gekido comes back to Playstation, with its second chapter Kintaro's Revenge. #Gekido #NapsTeam #Playstation4 #Playstation #indies #indiegames #PSN #PS4 #PS4share #gaming #gamers #gamedev #videogamespic.twitter.com/udnCR3OwHB".
  7. "Epic brawler Gekido Kintaro's Revenge out now on Xbox One". July 13, 2018.
  8. Amiga Power magazine issue 64, Future Publishing, August 1996
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