Blue Planet Software

Blue Planet Software Inc.

Industry	Video games
Predecessor	Bullet-Proof Software Inc.
Founded	Bullet-Proof Software Inc. August 10, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-08-10)[1] in Kōhoku-ku, Kanagawa, Japan Blue Planet Software Inc. 1996; 28 years ago (1996) Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Founder	Henk Rogers
Defunct	Bullet-Proof Software Inc. February 22, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-02-22)[2]
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Henk Rogers Maya Rogers
Products	Video games

Blue Planet Software Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher founded by Henk Rogers in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1996. 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.^[2]

Rogers' daughter, Maya Rogers, became CEO in 2014.^[3] In October 2020, Blue Planet Software Inc. was rolled into The Tetris Company.^[4]

List of games

See also: Category:Blue Planet Software games

Game	Released	Platform
Bakuto Dochers	October 28, 1994[5]	Super Famicom
Black Onyx Plus	1984	PC-8801, MSX, FM-7, SG-1000, Family Computer, Game Boy Color
Bombliss Cup '95 (ボンブリス・カップ９５)"	1995	Super Famicom (via Satellaview)
Dekitate High School	July 7, 1995	Super Famicom
Faceball 2000	September 1992[6]	Game Boy, Super NES, Virtual Boy (Canceled)
Hatris	1990	Game Boy
Igo: Kyū Roban Taikyoku	1987	Family Computer, Famicom Disk System
Japanese Touring Car Championship[7]	1996[8]	PlayStation (Cancelled)
Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge	September 1994	Super NES
The New Tetris	July 31, 1999	Nintendo 64
The Next Tetris: On-line Edition	December 19, 2000	Dreamcast
Obitus	1991	Super NES
Pipe Mania	1990	Game Boy
Seijyuu Maden: Beast & Blade	December 15, 1995	Super Famicom
Super Tetris 2	December 18, 1992	Super Famicom
Super Tetris 3	December 16, 1994[9]	Super Famicom
Tetris[10]	November 18, 1988	FM-7, MSX2, PC-8800, PC-9800, X1, X68000
Tetris[11]	December 22, 1988	Family Computer
Tetris Battle Gaiden	1993	Super Famicom
Tetris Party	October 14, 2008	Wii
Tetris Plus	1990	Arcade
Tetris S	November 27, 1996	Sega Saturn
Tetris Stars	2011	Facebook
Tetris Zone	2007	Macintosh, Windows
Tōge Densetsu: Saisoku Battle	March 15, 1996	Super Famicom
True Golf Classics: Wicked 18	March 5, 1993	Super NES, 3DO
The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang	1994	Super NES
Welltris	1989	Various
WildSnake	September 1994	Game Boy, Super NES
Wordtris	1991	Game Boy, Super NES
V-Tetris	1995	Virtual Boy
Yoshi's Cookie	1993	Super NES

References

1. "Profiles". Bullet-Proof Software. Archived from the original on 2000-08-23.
2. "ビーピーエスが日本法人閉鎖を正式に発表……". SoftBank Games. 2001-02-22.
3. "New CEO for BPS--Henk Rogers Becomes Chairman". Harddrop.com. February 21, 2014. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016.
4. "Call Us Tetris". The Tetris Company. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
5. "Bakuto Dochers". GameSpot. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
6. "Faceball 2000 (Game)". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
7. "Tweet from Sizlla Okamura".
8. "Video from YouTube". YouTube.
9. "Release Information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
10. "Products: Personal Computers". Bullet-Proof Software. Archived from the original on 2000-08-23.
11. "Products: Family Computer". Bullet-Proof Software. Archived from the original on 2000-08-23.

External links

• Blue Planet Software, Inc. page
• Bullet Proof Software, Inc. page