Bullet Proof Software

BPS, Inc. (株式会社ビーピーエス Kabushiki-gaisha Bī Pī Esu), short for Bullet-Proof Software, Inc., was a video game developer and publisher based in Japan. It was established and owned by Henk Rogers, who would become close friends with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov.
==History==
Henk Rogers established Bullet Proof Software on August 10, 1983 in Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanto, Japan."Profiles" - bps.co.jp BPS had acquired the rights to publish home computer versions of Tetris in Japan from Sphere, Inc. as well as the rights to publish a Famicom version"The Story of Tetris: Henk Rogers (Part 3) - sramanamitra.com of Tetris from Tengen.
By 1994, BPS had sold 3 million Tetris units in Japan while Nintendo had sold 23 million Tetris units worldwide.Focus Japan. Japan External Trade Organization. 1994. p. 11. https://books.google.com/books?id=vca_lrMsT7QC. "BPS has since sold some three million copies of the game in Japan. Nintendo, meanwhile, licensed the game from BPS and has moved a staggering 23 million units world-wide"
In 1996, BPS became the Japanese subsidiary of Blue Planet Software, a company also established by Rogers that shared Bullet Proof Software's initials. Bullet Proof Software was shut down on March 31, 2001."ビーピーエスが日本法人閉鎖を正式に発表……" - SoftBank Games (2/22/2001)
BPS sub-licensed the handheld rights to Tetris to Nintendo, resulting in Nintendo releasing a Game Boy version.
==Games published==
*Tetris (Famicom)
*Hatris
*Tetris S
*Tetris 4D
==Games developed==
*Wordtris
*Tetris S
*Super Tetris 3
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
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