Genki was always characterized by being willing to develop absolutely anything, a trait that was brought on by the studio's desire to find its' niche during its' very early years. As such, you might've found them involved in the development of the last videogame you would've expected. Arkanoid-inspired block breakers? Ports of SNK and Sega arcade games to home consoles? Sure, why not.
It wouldn't be until 1994, however, that Genki found its claim to fame: racing games. In that year, in collaboration with a certain Keiichi Tsuchiya, Genki would release Shutokō Battle '94 Keichii Tsuchiya Drift King for the SNES, the game that would, retroactively, become the first entry in the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series. So great would Genki's success be in that genre, that in 2003, they'd establish the GPR — Genki Racing Project — division of their company to focus exclusively on that. In the meantime, Genki would also continue developing games in other genres, most famously the Kengo fighting games series. In 2009, Genki replaced Jupiter Corporation as developers of Spectrobes, and were the ones behind the last game in the trilogy, Spectrobes: Origins.
Besides racing games, Genki also has a history in the Mecha Game genre, going from 1993's Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Battling Road to its early 2000s Cult Classic Phantom Crash and S.L.A.I.: Steel Lancer Arena International. Most of Genki's mecha games feature the distinctive work of mechanical designer Kow Yokoyama.
Fun fact: Genki likely holds the record for "youngest logo designer", as the famous scribbly smiley face was drawn by Hamagaki's young child when he needed a temporary logo for his new company. The logo stuck, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Videogames developed by Genki include:
- Black Jack: Hi no Tori Hen
- BRAHMA Force: The Assault on Beltlogger 9
- Burning Soldier
- Daytona USA 2001
- Devil Road Run (first video game to be published on and sold through Steam)
- Fighters Destiny
- GP-1
- Grimms Notes
- Grimms Echoes
- Hang-On GP
- Jade Cocoon
- King of the Monsters
- Kileak: The DNA Imperative
- Kileak: The Blood 2: Reason in Madness (also released under the title of Epidemic)
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition
- Phantom Crash
- Robotica
- Seifuku Densetsu Pretty Fighter
- Spectrobes: Origins
- Super Magnetic Neo
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer
- Shutokō Battle 1994
- Shutokō Battle 2
- Wangan Dead Heat
- Wangan Dead Heat + Real Arrange
- Shutokō Battle DRIFT KING Tsuchiya Keiichi & Bandō Masaaki
- Shutokō Battle '97
- Shutokō Battle Gaiden: Super Technic Challenge
- Shutokō Battle R
- Kattobi Tune
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero
- Shutokō Battle Online
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3
- Kaido Racer
- Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix
- Street Supremacy
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2
- Import Tuner Challenge
- Shutokō Battle Xtreme
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer (2025)
- Virtua Fighter 3tb (The Sega Dreamcast port)
- Wangan Midnight (The first two non-Maximum Tune games, as well as providing additional software cooperation for the Wangan Mignight Maximum Tune (from 4 onwards) made by Bandai Namco.)
- UFC Throwdown