NAPS team explained

NAPS team
Type:	Private
Location City:	Messina
Location Country:	Sicily, Italy
Industry:	Video games

NAPS team is an Italian independent video game studio based in Messina, Sicily. They work mostly in the home computer and console market. Is the oldest Italian development studio.

History

The company was established as a game developing house in 1993 by Fabio Capone and Domenico Barba.^[1]

Like many software houses established in the 1990s, their first market was on the 16-bit Amiga.

In 2016, the company started work on the game Iron Wings.^[2] The company used Kickstarter to raise funds.^[3] Completed in 2017, it features aerial warfare and is set in World War II.^[4]

In 2018, Gekido: Kintaro's Revenge was re-released for the Nintendo Switch,^[5] PlayStation 4^[6] and Xbox One.^[7]

Baldo, a role-playing video game inspired by The Legend of Zelda series, but with a graphic style inspired by the animated films produced by Studio Ghibli, was announced in 2019.

Reception

In 1996, Shadow Fighter was ranked the 20th best game of all time by Amiga Power.^[8]

Video games

Games developed by NAPS team:

• Shadow Fighter (Amiga, 1994, published by Gremlin Interactive)
• Gekido: Urban Fighters (PlayStation, 2000, Gremlin Interactive)
• (Game Boy Advance, 2002)
• Rageball (2002)
• Shoot (2002)
• Football Madness (2003)
• Silent Iron (2003)
• Omega Assault (2003)
• Flynig Squadron (2003)
• Hot Shot (2003)
• Wanted (2004)
• Jet Ace (2004)
• Shoot (2005)
• Racing Fever (2005)
• SWAT Siege (2006)
• WWI: Aces of the Sky (2006)
• WWII: Battle Over The Pacific (2008)
• Sniper Assault (2006)
• Dead Eye Jim (2007)
• They Came From the Skies (2007)
• Apache Longbow Assault (2007)
• Operation Air Assault 2 (2007)
• Twin Strike: Operation Thunder (2008)
• Bootcamp Academy (2010)
• Maria the Witch (iOS, 2014, PC, Android, 2016, Xbox One, 2017, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, 2018)
• Legendary Knight (2015)
• Iron Wings (Xbox One, 2017)
• The Knight and the Dragon (Nintendo Switch, 2019)
• Baldo (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, 2021)

See also

• Gremlin Interactive: company founded by Ian Stewart that published Shadow Fighter

Notes and References

1. Web site: NAPS team. NAPS team. May 18, 2018.
2. Web site: Naps Team announces WW2 flying combat game Iron Wings. Bishop. Sam. November 17, 2016. Gamereactor. May 18, 2018.
3. Web site: WWII fighter pilot game leans on Tuskegee Airmen's legacy to get Kickstarter aloft. Owen S.. Good. December 3, 2016. Polygon.
4. Web site: Iron Wings Review. DarkStation.
5. Web site: Gekido: Kintaro's Revenge Nintendo Switch Review. Jordan. Humphries. March 22, 2018.
6. Web site: Team . Naps . May 10, 2018 . Gekido Kintaro's Revenge - Playstation 4 - May 31st 2018 US-EU After 18 years Gekido comes back to Playstation, with its second chapter Kintaro's Revenge. .
7. Web site: Epic brawler Gekido Kintaro's Revenge out now on Xbox One. July 13, 2018.
8. Amiga Power magazine issue 64, Future Publishing, August 1996