CRI Middleware

CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.

Native name

| 株式会社CRIミドルウェア

Romanized name

| Kabushiki gaisha Kuri Midoruwea
Formerly| CSK Research Institute Corporation
Type| Public

Traded as

| TYO: 3698
Industry| Video game
Founded| October 1983; 42 years ago (October 1983)
Headquarters| Shibuya, Tokyo

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

* Masao Oshimi
* (president)
* Masahiko Suzumi
* (chairman)

Products| Middleware
Revenue| ¥767 million (2021)

Number of employees

| 187 (2021)
Subsidiaries|

* CRI Middlware China
* R-Force
* Two-Five
* Web Technology

Website| criware.com/en

Script error: The function "nihongo_foot" does not exist. (formerly CSK Research Institute Corp.) is a Japanese developer providing middleware for use in the video game industry. From the early nineties, CRI was a video game developer, but shifted focus in 2001.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Games
* 2.1 Developed
* 2.2 Published
* 3 CRIWARE
* 3.1 CRI ADX
* 3.2 CRI Sofdec
* 3.3 CRI Clipper
* 3.4 CRI ROFS
* 3.5 CRI Sound Factory
* 3.6 CRI Movie Encode
* 3.7 CRI Audio
* 3.8 CRI Movie
* 3.9 CRI Movie 2
* 3.10 CRI Vibe
* 3.11 CRI CP Sound Craft
* 3.12 CRI FileMajik
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

CRI started out as CSK Research Institute, subsidiary of CSK, producing video games for the Mega Drive/Genesis. Throughout the 1990s, CRI gradually transitioned its focus, evolving into a provider of audio middleware tools like ADX and Sofdec. It went on to develop games for the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast before it was incorporated as CRI Middleware in 2001. In 2006, CRI Middleware introduced the CRIWARE brand.

## Games

### Developed

Name | Platform(s) | Release date(s)

|
|

Galaxy Force II | Mega Drive/Genesis | 1991
Dyna Brothers | Mega Drive/Genesis | 1992
After Burner III | Mega CD/Sega CD | 1993
Software:Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra | Mega CD/Sega CD | 1993
Dyna Brothers 2 | Mega Drive/Genesis | 1993
Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 | 32X | 1995
Software:Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt | Sega Saturn | 1996
Software:Virtual On: Cyber Troopers | Sega Saturn | 1996
Kunoichi Torimonochou | Sega Saturn | 1998
AeroWings | Dreamcast | 1999
TNN Motorsports HardCore Heat | Dreamcast | 1999
Aero Dancing: Torodoki Taichou no Himitsu Disc | Dreamcast | 2000
AeroWings 2: Air Strike | Dreamcast | 2000
Aero Dancing F: Todoroki Tsubasa no Hatsu Hikou | Dreamcast | 2000
Aero Dancing i: Jikai Sakuma de Machite Mase | Dreamcast | 2001
Power Jet Racing 2001 | Dreamcast | 2001

### Published

Name | Platform(s) | Release date(s)

|
|

Speedball 2 | Mega Drive/Genesis | 1992
Mega-Lo-Mania | Mega Drive/Genesis | 1993

## CRIWARE

Criware

### CRI ADX

ADX

Main article: Software:ADX (file format)

CRI ADX is a streamed audio format which allows for multiple audio streams, seamless looping and continuous playback (allowing two or more files to be crossfaded or played in sequence) with low, predictable CPU usage. The format uses the ADPCM framework.

### CRI Sofdec

Sofdec

CRI Sofdec is a streamed video format supporting up to 24bit color which includes multistreaming and seamless playback with a frame rate of up to 60 frames per second. It is essentially a repackaging of MPEG-1/MPEG-2 video with CRI's proprietary ADX codec for audio playback.

### CRI Clipper

CRI Clipper is an automated lip-syncing program which analyzes waveforms and outputs an appropriate lip pattern into a text file, for later substitution into the facial animations of the (in-game) speaker.

### CRI ROFS

CRI ROFS is a file management system for handling a virtual disc image, an extension of the CD-ROM standard. It has no limitations on file name format, or number of directories or files, and has been designed with compatibility with ADX and Sofdec in mind.

### CRI Sound Factory

CRI Sound Factory is a GUI-based video game audio tool for effective sound design without input from programmers. It has support for the previewing and playback of generated audio.

### CRI Movie Encode

CRI Movie Encode is a video encoding service by which CRI generates Sofdec or MPEG files from other media. For a fee (designated by the length of the file to be encoded), files are converted to the desired format with the quality specified by the client.

### CRI Audio

The Precursor to Cri ADX2

### CRI Movie

### CRI Movie 2

CRI Movie with High Definition video support.

### CRI Vibe

### CRI CP Sound Craft

### CRI FileMajik

CRI FileMajik - file system with features such as: asynchronous file requests, prioritized loads, zero-buffer decompression and UMD speed emulation for the PlayStation Portable.[1]

## References

1. ↑ "CRI Middleware, Inc. announces CRI FileMajik: A cross-platform file system for the next generation of games" (Press release). San Francisco, California: CRI Middleware. February 18, 2008. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

## External links

* Official website

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