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A History of Korean Gaming

고봉 Ko Bong / 코메드 Comad

Founded:	January 1980
Status:	active
Key People:	高炳憲 Ko Byeongheon: CEO
Website:	www.comad21.com

Founded in 1980, Ko Bong was the first company in Korea to be granted permission for the manufacturing of electromechanical amusement machines, which it started exporting to Lybia and Saudi Arabia in 1982.1 Ko Bong was one of six companies that joined Philko in forming the Korean Computer Graphics Research Association in 1987.2

Ko Bong first made video game news in 1989, but not in a good way: The company was being sued by Victor - not the Japanese company, but a Korean namesake led by none other than Kim Kaphwan, who later became chairman of Viccom and the Korea Computer Game Industrial Association - for producing, selling and exporting illegal copies of the SNK game Mechanized Attack since April of that year, only one month after it was originally released.3 Perhaps to wash itself of that stain, the company changed its name to Comad in March 19904 and started creating original titles - at least for a few years, before reverting to hacking other games.5

Comad is mostly known in the West for many raunchy variants on the game Qix. According to Jang In'gyeong, graphic designer for S.S. Mission, Gulf War II and Fantasia, these were made specifically for overseas markets and not released in Korea, where they wouldn't get past the rating board.6 Therefore, several of Comad's games have different versions for Korean and overseas markets. Comad contined producing video games at least until 2009, mostly for the overseas market, but it is uncertain if and where these were released. Mechanical amusement remains the company's main business.

Games

Pushman (푸시맨) - Arcade (1990)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Puzzle

Pushman (Arcade)

Bouncing Balls (바운씽볼즈) - Arcade (1991)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Puzzle

Bouncing Balls (Arcade, all ages)

Bouncing Balls (Arcade, adult version)

Gulf War - Arcade (1991)

Gulf War II - Arcade (1991)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Shoot-em-up: Vertical

Gulf War II (Arcade)

S.S. Mission (特命) - Arcade (1992)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Shoot-em-up: Vertical

S.S. Mission (Arcade)

Super Duck (슈퍼덕) / Hell Out - Arcade (1992)

American Arcade Flyer

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Action: Top-down

Super Duck (Arcade)

Jump Kids (점프키드) - Arcade (1992)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Action: Single Screen

Jump Kids (Arcade)

Zero Zone (제로죤) - Arcade (1993)

Las Vegas Girl - Arcade (1994)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Puzzle

Zero Zone (Arcade)

Las Vegas Girl (Arcade)

Fantasia (환타지아) - Arcade (1994)

Super Stars (슈퍼스타) - Arcade (1994)

Super Model (슈퍼모델) - Arcade (1994)

Super Miss World (슈퍼미스월드) - Arcade (1995)

New Fantasia - Arcade (1995)

Miss World '96 - Arcade (1996)

Miss Mister World '96 - Arcade (1996)

Fantasia II - Arcade (1997)

Wow: New Fantasia (와우) - Arcade (2001)

Wow³ (와우³) - Arcade (2002)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Action: Single Screen

Fantasia (Arcade)

Super Model (Arcade)

Wow: New Fantasia (Arcade)

Star Pinball (스타핀볼) - Arcade (1995)

Hot Pinball - Arcade (1995)

Gals Pinball - Arcade (1996)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Pinball

Hot Pinball (Arcade)

Gals Pinball (Arcade)

Air Attack (에어어택크) - Arcade (1996)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Shoot-em-Up: Vertical

Air Attack (Arcade)

Funny Bubble - Arcade (1997)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Sports

Funny Bubble (Arcade)

Beach Festival World Championship 1997 - Arcade (1997)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Sports

Beach Festival World Championship 1997 (Arcade)

Beat Player 2000 (비트플레이어2000) - Arcade (1999)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	dgPix Entertainment
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Rhythm

Beat Player 2000 (Arcade)

X-Files (엑스파일) / The Secret of X-File - Arcade (1999)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	dgPix Entertainment
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Puzzle

The Secret of X-File (Arcade)

Elfin (엘핀) - Arcade (1999)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	dgPix Entertainment
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Puzzle

Elfin (Arcade)

Puzzle Piece (퍼즐피스) - Arcade (1999)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Soft Bridge
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Puzzle

Puzzle Piece (Arcade)

Let's Dance (렛츠댄스) - Arcade (2000)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	dgPix Entertainment
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Rhythm

Let's Dance Type One

Let's Dance Type Two

Fishing Maniac (낚시마니아) - Arcade (2000)

Fishing Maniac 2 (낚시마니아2) - Arcade (2000)

Bada Reel Nakksi (바다릴낚시) - Arcade (2001)

Fishing Maniac 3 (낚시마니아3) - Arcade (2002)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Saero Entertainment
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Fishing

Fishing Maniac (Arcade)

Bada Reel Nakksi (Arcade)

Fishing Maniac 3 (Arcade)

Jump Jump (점프점프) - Arcade (2001)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	dgPix Entertainment
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Action

Jump Jump (Arcade)

Power Funky (파워펑키) - Arcade (2001)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Joeun Jeonja
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Action: Single Screen

Power Funky (Arcade)

Snow Bros. III / Snow Brothers 3 / Ball Boy - Arcade (2002)

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Quick Info:

Developer:	Comad
Publisher:	Comad
Genre:	Action: Single Screen

Snow Brothers III (Arcade)

References
1. Comad Homepage: History
2. Maeil Gyeongje 8/6/1987, page 8
3. Kyunghyang Shinmun 8/19/1989, page 15
4. Comad Homepage: History
5. David Haywood's Homepage - DuckDuckGo
6. Dong-A Ilbo 2/28/1994, page 7

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