Media Rings

Media Rings

Company type	Defunct
Industry	Video games
Founded	October 1989
Defunct	April 2007
Headquarters	Akasaka 8-5-32 Tokyo
Number of employees	50 (former)
Website	www.mrc.mpi-mrc.co.jp

Media Rings Corporation (メディアリング) was a Japanese music, video game, and software publishing company located in Akasaka, Tokyo. Founded in October 1989 as a music and video packaging firm, it since became a distributor and producer of electronic entertainment.^[1] The company has been involved with several video game developers on a number of systems beginning with the PC Engine in 1990, and was primarily known for their Zero4 Champ racing game series, as well as the Game Boy Advance title Lunar Legend. The company's name is sometimes incorrectly translated as "Magic Rings" by English websites.^[2] It has been officially dissolved as of April 2007.

Video games

Published

PC Engine

Spin Pair (1990)
Spiral Wave (1991)
Zero4 Champ (1991)
Toilet Kids (1992)

PC Engine CD

Tecmo World Cup Super Soccer (1992)
Zero4 Champ II (1993)

Super Nintendo

Zero4 Champ RR (1994)
Ballz (1995)
Zero4 Champ RR-Z (1995)

Sega Saturn

Tactical Fighter (1997)
Zero4 Champ: DooZy-J Type R (1997)

PlayStation

Suzumepai Yuugi '99: Tanuki no Kawasanyou (1998)
Yuugen Kaisha Chikyuu Boueitai: Earth Defenders Corporation (1999)
Mahjong Toriadama Kikou (2000)
Super Bass Fishing (2000)
Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Touka ga Kienu Mani (2000)
Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Yume no Owarini (2000)
Runabout 2 (2000)
Kowloon Jou (2000)
Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Mikan no Report (2000)
Phat Air: Extreme Snowboarding (2000)
Superstar Dance Club (2000)
Tantei Jinguuji Saburo Early Collection (2000)
Doki Doki Poyatachio!! (Cancelled)

Game Boy Advance

Mugen Kinogyou Zero Tours (2001)
Saibara Rieko no Dendou Mahjong (2001)
Wizardry: The Summoning (2001)

Developed

PC Engine

Boxyboy (1990)
Zero4 Champ (1991)

PC Engine CD

Zero4 Champ II (1993)

Super Nintendo

Zero-4 Champ RR (1994)

Game Boy Advance

Lunar Legend (2002)

Animation

Published

Figures of Happiness (1990–1991)
Burn Up W (1996)

References

^ "IGN: Media Rings". IGN. 2001. Archived from the original on July 5, 2002. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
^ "GameSpot Company Page for Magic Rings". GameSpot. 2002. Retrieved 2007-10-15.