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키드앤키드닷컴 KidnKid.com / 엔로그소프트 N-Log Soft
Founded: February 1999 (game team at J3 Entertainment) February 2000 (KidnKid)
Status: defunct (around 2008)
Key People: :
CEO
Website: www.kidnkid.com (offline)
www.n-logsoft.com (offline)

Profile:

Kidnkid.com started out as an internal team at J3 Entertainment, but went independent after its first title was completed1. The "kiddie platformer" boom in the early 2000s was generally attributed to Kidnkid.com2, after their adaption of the animated film Hayan Maeum Baekgu ("White Heart Baekgu") sold more than 120,000 copies, figures even the most popular big budget titles in Korea could only ever dream of (later the company claimed even 300,000 sold copies 3). The success of Baekgu caused dozens of imitators, both in the general "kiddie platformer" genre, as well as at least half a dozen direct plagiates4.

Eager to repeat the hit, Kidnkid went on to produce a sequel, but there were complications: Sonokong had actually acquired the licensing rights for the character and sublicensed rights for a PC game to Kidnkid.com, who created the first game, published by Hanbit Soft, and registered a copyright for games with that title. Sonokong was not amused about one of their contractors hijacking what had turned out a cash cow, engaged in litigations against Kidnkid.com and won5. Sonokong subsequently produced and published the sequel themselves6. Kidnkid.com reacted with a countersuit, and only a month after Sonokong's Baekgu 2, Kidnkid's Hayan Maeum Baekgu 3 was published through Bisco7. It appears in the end the two companies settled, as the inevitable Baekgu mobile game was released by Sonokong on December 12th, "Licensed by Kidnkid.com"8.

Kidnkid.com eventually abandoned kids' games and was appropriately renamed to Nlogsoft on March 22nd, 20049. Under the new banner they went on to produce one of Korea's very few indigenious PS2 titles, and a network game to boot. In 2007, however, the company seems to have stumbled over conflicts with CDC Games, the Chinese publisher of their MMORTS Darkness and Light(Battle of Shadows in the US)10. At any rate the company disappeared soon after the annulment of the contract, which was followed by the discontinuation of Darkness and Light's beta phase by April 200811.


Games:

멀크와스왱크~마법의 나라 대모험~ (Mulk-wa Swank: Mabeop-ui Nara Daemoheom) / Mulk & Swank: Great Adventure in Magic World - Windows (September 1999)


Mulk & Swank: Great Adventure in Magic World

Mulk & Swank: Great Adventure in Magic World


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Mulk & Swank: Great Adventure in Magic World

Mulk & Swank: Great Adventure in Magic World

까꿍 외전 : 혼돈의 땅 (Kkakkung Oejeon: Hondon-ui Ttang) / Kakkong: Land of Chaos - Windows (August 2000)


Kakkong: Land of Chaos

Kakkong: Land of Chaos


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Kakkong: Land of Chaos

Kakkong: Land of Chaos

하얀마음 백구 (Hayan Maeum Baekgu) / White Heart Baekgu - Windows (December 2000)


White Heart Baekgu

White Heart Baekgu

White Heart Baekgu


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White Heart Baekgu

White Heart Baekgu

White Heart Baekgu

부메랑파이터 (Boomerang Fighter) - Windows (December 2000)


Boomerang Fighter

Boomerang Fighter


Budget release cover

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Boomerang Fighter

Boomerang Fighter

워드마스터 (Word Master) - Windows (May 2001)


Word Master

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Word Master

사커키드 2002 (Soccer Kid 2002) - Windows (February 20th, 2002)


Soccer Kid 2002

Soccer Kid 2002


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Soccer Kid 2002

Soccer Kid 2002

하얀마음 백구 3 / White Heart Baekgu 3 / Good Friend Rex - Windows (November 22nd, 2002)


White Heart Baekgu 3

White Heart Baekgu 3

White Heart Baekgu 3


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White Heart Baekgu 3

White Heart Baekgu 3

White Heart Baekgu 3

버블슈터 (Bubble Shooter) - Windows (December 2003)


Bubble Shooter


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Bubble Shooter

바우트 (B.O.U.T.) - Windows (November 26th, 2004 [open beta]; April 26th, 2005)


B.O.U.T.

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B.O.U.T.

미스틱나이츠 (Mystic Nights) - PlayStation 2 (October 20th, 2005)


Mystic Nights

Mystic Nights

Mystic Nights


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Mystic Nights

Mystic Nights

Mystic Nights

DAL: 다크니스 앤 라이트 (Darkness and Light) / Battle of Shadows - Windows (2007 [open beta])


Darkness and Light

Darkness and Light


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Darkness and Light

Darkness and Light

Unreleased Titles:

Anichat (2003)

References
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20021224075405/http://kidnkid.com/company2.htm
2. PC Power Zine 2001, page 213
3. http://www.thegames.co.kr/main/newsview.php?category=201&id=113863
4. https://www.gameshot.net/common/con_view.php?code=AA00016937
5. http://www.gamemeca.com/news/news_view.html?seq=8&ymd=20020924&page=1&point_ck=&search_ym=&sort_type=&search_text=&send=&mission_num=&mission_seq=
6. http://joynews.inews24.com/php/news_view.php?g_serial=74018&g_menu=700100
7. http://article.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=1271634
8. http://game.donga.com/14072/
9. http://www.gameshot.net/common/con_view.php?code=AC405f9dfc781c3
10. http://www.gameshot.net/common/con_view.php?code=GA472ea2743c5f2
11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080511040607/http://www.darknessandlightsea.com/info/news/newsdetail.aspx?id=11


A History of Korean Gaming

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