Zemina was a South Korea-based pirate company that primarily developed for the MSX computer (which was popular in Asia) and Sega SG-1000, and started using Sega Master System as a platform for their products later. Zemina is currently the only pirate company known to produce games for the MSX. Their flagship series was the Super Boy series (1989-1992).
Zemina's History
Currently, not much is known about Zemina, although several of their games have copyright dates from 1987. Probably the first game they made was an unofficial English translation of the 1986 MSX Konami game King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu. Their next game is possibly Won-Si-In, although this is not exactly known as the game has no copyright date, just Zemina's logo and company name.
In 1992 Zemina's internal programmers left to form Open Corp.
Aliases
Currently, there are no known aliases for Zemina. Other Korean developers that may be related include Clover, Topia, Prosoft, FA Soft, Zemmix, and Micro Zemina. The last two are more obvious than the first four, but it is still possible that any of those could be an alias for Zemina.
Daewoo Zemmix
The Zemmix is a video game console made by Daewoo Electronics, although it was really just a MSX computer fit inside a video game console-like case instead of the MSX's usual setup. As the Zemmix was just a re-cased MSX, all of Zemina's MSX products are compatible with the Zemmix. The lifespan of the console was also similar to the MSX, lasting from 1984 to 1995.
List of Zemina games
Game | Year | System |
---|---|---|
1942 | 1987 | MSX |
Alla II | 1990 | MSX |
Block Hole | 1990 | MSX |
Brother Adventure | 1987 | MSX, MSX 2 |
Cyborg Z | 1991 | MSX |
Double Dragon | 1989 | MSX |
Eagles 5 | 1990 | MSX |
Flashpoint | 1990 | MSX |
King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu* | n/a | MSX2 |
New Bubble Bobble | 1988 | MSX |
Puznic | 1990 | MSX |
Soko | 1990 | MSX |
Star Soldier | 1990 | MSX |
Strange Loop | 1990 | MSX |
Street Master | 1992 | MSX |
Super Bio Man 4 | n/a | MSX |
Super Boy I | 1989 | MSX |
Super Boy II | 1989 | MSX |
Super Boy 3 | 1991 | MSX |
Super Boy 4 | 1992 | Sega Master System |
Super Bubble Bobble | 1989 | MSX |
Tatica | 1990 | MSX |
Tetris | n/a | MSX |
The Micro Xevious | 1990 | MSX |
The Three Dragon Story | 1989 | MSX |
Volguard | 1990 | MSX |
Won-Si-In | n/a | MSX |
* King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu was unofficially re-released by Zemina.
Note: Some games such as Double Dragon are Zemina clones of the original games made by bigger companies.