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A History of Korean Gaming

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옥산 Oksan / 안다미로 Andamiro

Founded:	July 9th, 1992
Status:	active
Key People:	이창섭 Yi Changseop: CEO Yong-Hwan Kim: Founder, CEO Andamiro USA
Website:	www.andamiro.com

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Founded in 1992, Andamiro is among the oldest Korean game companies in existence today. Back when the company was still called Oksan - the name change to Andamiro came in 19991 - it was more prolific as a distributor rather than a developer, though. In September 1999, however, the nature of the company changed when they released Pump it Up, Asia's most popular Bemani-inspired series. Konami was not amused about the games' similarity to their own Dance Dance Revolution series and sued, but the court decided against the claim of plagiarism2, so "Pump" continued, outliving even its Japanese progenitor. Today Andamiro remains the only Korean arcade game maker that still develops actual video games besides strictly mechanical games and gambling machines - even if the majority of them are Pump it Up updates.

Games:

Pass (패스) - Arcade (1992)

Pass

There is no description for this game yet. If you happen to own/have played it and want to contribute, please get in touch on the forums.

Pass

Classic Gold (클래식골드) - Arcade (1996)

Classic Gold

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Classic Gold

Handle Champ (핸들챔프) - Arcade (1998)

Handle Champ

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Handle Champ

Live Quiz Show (라이브퀴즈쇼) - Arcade (1999)

Live Quiz Show

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Live Quiz Show

Pump It Up(펌프잇업) series - Arcade, PC, PS2, PSP, Xbox (September 1999 - 2011)

Pump it Up Exceed Korean cover

Pump it Up NX

Pump it Up NX2

Pump it Up Fiesta Ex

Pump it Up Fiesta Ex poster

There is no description for this game yet. If you happen to own/have played it and want to contribute, please get in touch on the forums.

Pump it Up Exceed arcade cabinet

Pump Jump cabinet

Pump it Up Exceed American cover

Pump it Up NX2

Pump it Up Fiesta Ex

햄머 (Hammer) - Arcade (2000)

Hammer

Cabinet

There is no description for this game yet. If you happen to own/have played it and want to contribute, please get in touch on the forums.

Hammer

Sports Match / 명랑운동회 (Myeongnang Undonghoe) - Arcade (2002)

Sports Match

Cabinet

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Sports Match

금영퀴즈노래방 (Kumyoung Quiz Noraebang) - Arcade (2003)

Qumyoung Quiz Noraebang

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Qumyoung Quiz Noraebang

ArchShade: Black Mediators (아크쉐이드~블랙메디에이터~) - Arcade (2003), Windows (March 22, 2004 [open beta])

ArchShade

Poster

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Arcade version lightgun

ArchShade

Spray Gun (스프레이 건) - Arcade (2004)

Spray Gun

Cabinet

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Spray Gun

Funny Touch (퍼니터치) - Arcade (2006)

Funny Touch

Cabinet

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Funny Touch

Soul Guardian (소울가디언) - Arcade (2007)

Soul Guardian

Cabinet

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Soul Guardian

Hammer 2 (해머2) - Arcade (2007)

Hammer 2

Poster

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Hammer 2

천방지축 (Cheonban Jichuk) Mini Game / 스마트 스매이커 (Smart Smacker) - Arcade (2010)

Smart Smacker

Cabinet

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Smart Smacker

Redemption games - Arcade (1998-2005)

Sprinter Derby

Double Chance Poker

Sprinter Derby 2

Akjeon Gotu

Bingo Show Andamiro Allstars setup at GTI 2005, Taiwan

Sprinter (1998)
Sprinter Special (1998)
Sprinter 2 (1999)
Triple Magic Prize 2/Ex (2002)
Bokgodori /EX (2002)
7-Lulu Prize Plus (2002)
Sprinter Derby (2002)
Sprinter Derby Final/Special (2002)
Double Chance Poker (2003)
Spin Mania (2003)
Chance Poker II (2003)
Sprinter Derby 2 (2003)
Akjeon Gotu /S (2004-2005)
Sprinter Derby 3 (2004-2005)
Bingo Show Andamiro Allstars (2005)
Creatures Fighter (2005)
Pelican (2005)

Bingo Show Andamiro Allstars

Spin Mania

Dream Chance Poker 2

Akjeong Gotu

Sprinter Derby 3

References
1. http://www.andamiro.com/kor/andamiro/history_old.html
1. http://www.andamiro.com/eng/news/notice_view.html?code=notice&number=13

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