Contrail

Short description: Japanese video game production company

Contrail, Inc.

Type| Subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment
Industry| Video games
Fate| Operations merged into SCEI
Founded| 16 October 1997
Defunct| 1 August 2000
Headquarters|

Tokyo

Japan

Key people

| Takahiro Kaneko
Products|

* Legend of Legaia
* Wild Arms 2

Services| Video game production

Number of employees

| ~20[1]
Parent| Sony Computer Entertainment

Contrail was a Japanese video game production company best known for their work on Legend of Legaia and Wild Arms 2.

It was formed on 16 October 1997 as an internal production studio of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. with Takahiro Kaneko as head.[1] Between 1998 and 2000, Contrail oversaw the development of several PlayStation titles from external developers until SCEI integrated its operations back into the main company in August 2000.[2]

## Games produced

Game | Release date | Developer | Platform

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Legend of Legaia | 29 October 1998 | Prokion | PlayStation
Tamago de Puzzle | 20 May 1999 | Matrix Software
Linda3 Again (The Best release) | 3 June 1999 | Alfa System
Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke | 17 June 1999 | Alfa System
Wild Arms 2 | 2 September 1999 | Media.Vision
Alundra 2 | 18 November 1999 | Matrix Software
Tiny Bullets | 13 April 2000 | Kuusoukagaku Corp.
Boku no Natsuyasumi | 22 June 2000 | Millennium Kitchen

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Digital entertainment and software production companies founded" (in ja). Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.. 14 October 1997. http://www.sie.com/content/dam/corporate/jp/corporate/release/pdf/971014.pdf.
2. ↑ "Personnel reform and reorganisation announcement" (in ja). Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.. 1 August 2000. http://www.sie.com/content/dam/corporate/jp/corporate/release/pdf/000801b.pdf.

## External links

* Contrail at MobyGames

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