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'''Milestone Inc.''' (株式会社マイルストーン) is a developer of shoot-'em-ups founded by [[Compile]] employees shortly after the company's downfall, headed by Hiroshi Kimura. A majority of Milestone's games were made for [[Sega]]'s [[NAOMI]] platform and later ported to platforms such as the [[Sega Dreamcast]], Nintendo GameCube, and Nintendo Wii. In fact, they would live up to their name — releasing the last officially licensed Dreamcast game, a port of ''[[Karous]]''.
 
  
''[[Radirgy: Noir]]'' was their last NAOMI game; the PlayStation Portable game ''[[Project Cerberus]]'' was originally slated for a NAOMI release, but [ cancelled], and it is unlikely the company will return to the platform, though the company may choose to move on to some of Sega's newer arcade systems.
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'''Milestone Inc.''' (株式会社マイルストーン) was a developer of shoot-'em-ups founded by [[Compile]] employees shortly after the company's downfall, headed by Hiroshi Kimura. A majority of Milestone's games were made for [[Sega]]'s [[NAOMI]] platform and later ported to platforms such as the [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[Nintendo GameCube]], and [[Nintendo Wii]]. In fact, they would live up to their name — releasing the last officially licensed Dreamcast game, a port of ''[[Karous]]''.
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In early 2013, Kimura was arrested for illegal activities involving securities{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20130322174905/http://mainichi.jp/area/yamaguchi/news/20130306ddlk35040394000c.html}} after using Milestone to fund a bioenergy firm, MS Bio Energy, and Milestone subsequently shut down{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20200806140633/https://www.siliconera.com/chaos-field-developer-milestone-has-closed-company-president-arrested/}}. Their intellectual property (or at least just ''Radirgy'' and ''Karous'') seems to have been purchased by another Japanese developer named Klon, later by [https://rs34.co.jp/ RS38] after Klon shut down.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
===[[NAOMI]]===
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*''[[Chaos Field]]'' (2004)
 
*''[[Radirgy]]'' (2005)
 
*''[[Karous]]'' (2006)
 
*''[[Illmatic Envelope]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Radirgy: Noir]]'' (2009)
 
 
 
===[[Dreamcast]]===
 
*''[[Chaos Field]]'' (2004)
 
*''[[Radirgy]]'' (2006)
 
*''[[Karous]]'' (2007)
 
  
==External Links==
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==External links==
*Official website: [http://mile-stone.co.jp/ Japanese]
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*Official website: [http://web.archive.org/web/20121120210625/http://mile-stone.co.jp/ Japanese]
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*[http://dream-storming.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-avec-hiroshi-kimura-directeur.html Interview with Hiroshi Kimura (French)]
  
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Latest revision as of 15:02, 27 February 2023

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Milestone
Founded: 2003-04-22
Defunct: 2013
T-series code: T-478
Headquarters:
Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Milestone Inc. (株式会社マイルストーン) was a developer of shoot-'em-ups founded by Compile employees shortly after the company's downfall, headed by Hiroshi Kimura. A majority of Milestone's games were made for Sega's NAOMI platform and later ported to platforms such as the Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, and Nintendo Wii. In fact, they would live up to their name — releasing the last officially licensed Dreamcast game, a port of Karous.

In early 2013, Kimura was arrested for illegal activities involving securities[1] after using Milestone to fund a bioenergy firm, MS Bio Energy, and Milestone subsequently shut down[2]. Their intellectual property (or at least just Radirgy and Karous) seems to have been purchased by another Japanese developer named Klon, later by RS38 after Klon shut down.

Softography

External links

References