UEP Systems
UEP Systems (ウエップシステム) was a Japanese video game developer founded in 1985. They were best known for their PlayStation-era snowboarding games, though they also released titles for PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, Neo Geo Pocket, and arcade.
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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Defunct | July 2001[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
History
UEP Systems' most critically acclaimed title is 1997's Cool Boarders 2 for the PlayStation, an early pioneering title of the "action sports" video game genre. The studio's biggest creative release was the quirky 3D action/adventure title Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman, one of the studios' only non-sports games, which received sub-par reviews but gained a small amount of cult appeal among gamers at the time. Despite the success of their early snowboarding titles, UEP struggled financially in the years that followed with a series of commercially unsuccessful games. After the release of Cool Boarders: Code Alien - another poor seller - for the PlayStation 2 in 2001, the studio disbanded.
Games developed
| Year | Game | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Cool Boarders | PlayStation |
| 1997 | Cool Boarders 2 | |
| 1999 | Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman | |
| 1999 | Rippin' Riders Snowboarding | Dreamcast |
| 2000 | Cool Boarders Pocket | Neo Geo Pocket Color |
| 2000 | Cool Boarders: Code Alien | PlayStation 2 |