Blue Planet Software Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher founded by Henk Rogers in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1995. The company was founded as the successor to Bullet-Proof Software Inc. (BPS), founded in 1983 by Rogers in Japan, which closed on 22 February 2001.
History
Bullet-Proof Software
The original Bullet-Proof Software started operation in 1983 in Japan by Henk Rogers, with The Black Onyx as its first title, and go on to become the number one title of 1984, and the number two video game of 1985, and had an ability to import Western games to Japan, most notably the hit game Tetris, which became an instant blockbuster success.
The company name is taken from the term, "Bullet-Proof", which means "bulletproof," it also means "perfect," and the name was chosen to signify perfect software.
The original BPS (Bullet-Proof Software) had an American operation from October 1989 to late 1993, based in Redmond, Washington. Among games from the US operation was a technological first-person shooter based on MIDI Maze, Faceball 2000 for the Game Boy and the SNES.
The American operation of BPS was sold to Spectrum HoloByte in 1993, and its development team moved to a startup led by Scott Tsumura, who was president and CEO of the US BPS, in Redmond after selling the BPS subsidiary, called Big Bang Software, which was later merged into Nintendo Software Technology.
Blue Planet Software Rogers went on to form a new company with the same abbreviation, Blue Planet Software in 1995, and the first game was The Next Tetris, which was published by Hasbro Interactive, and The New Tetris, published by Nintendo, and the company, along with affiliate The Tetris Company, licensed Tetris rights to THQ in 2000.
Rogers' daughter, Maya Rogers, became CEO in 2014. In October 2020, Blue Planet Software Inc. was rolled into The Tetris Company.
List of games
Game Released PlatformBakuto DochersSuper FamicomBlack Onyx PlusPC-8801, MSX, FM-7, SG-1000, Family Computer, Game Boy ColorSuper Famicom (via Satellaview)Dekitate High SchoolSuper FamicomFaceball 2000Game Boy, Super NES, Virtual Boy (Canceled)HatrisGame BoyIgo: Kyū Roban TaikyokuFamily Computer, Famicom Disk SystemJapanese Touring Car ChampionshipPlayStation (Cancelled)Michael Andretti's Indy Car ChallengeSuper NESThe New TetrisNintendo 64The Next Tetris: On-line EditionDreamcastObitusSuper NESPipe ManiaGame BoySeijyuu Maden: Beast & BladeSuper FamicomSuper Tetris 2Super FamicomSuper Tetris 3Super FamicomTetrisFM-7, MSX2, PC-8800, PC-9800, X1, X68000TetrisFamily ComputerTetris Battle GaidenSuper Famicom Tetris PartyWiiTetris PlusArcadeTetris SSega Saturn Tetris Stars Facebook Tetris Zone Macintosh, WindowsTōge Densetsu: Saisoku BattleSuper FamicomTrue Golf Classics: Wicked 18Super NES, 3DOThe Twisted Tales of Spike McFangSuper NESWelltris VariousWildSnakeGame Boy, Super NESWordtrisGame Boy, Super NESV-TetrisVirtual BoyYoshi's Cookie Super NESL42CancelledXbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube
References
External links Blue Planet Software, Inc. page Bullet Proof Software, Inc. page