{{Short description|American video game developer and publisher}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Blue Planet Software Inc. | logo = Logo of Blue Planet Software.png | type = | industry = Video games | fate = Closed (Bullet-Proof Software)<br>Acquired by The Tetris Company (Blue Planet Software) | predecessor = Bullet-Proof Software Inc. | founded = Bullet-Proof Software Inc. <br>{{Start date and age|1983|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bps.co.jp/03_profiles/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823075318/http://www.bps.co.jp/03_profiles/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2000-08-23|title=Profiles|publisher=Bullet-Proof Software}}</ref> in Kōhoku-ku, Kanagawa, Japan ---- Blue Planet Software Inc. <br>{{Start date and age|1995}}<br>Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | founder = Henk Rogers | defunct = {{End date and age|2001|2|22}}<ref name="bpsje">{{cite web|url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/gsnews/0102/22/news12.html|title=ビーピーエスが日本法人閉鎖を正式に発表……|publisher=SoftBank Games|date=2001-02-22}}</ref> (Bullet-Proof Software) {{End date and age|2020|10|}} (Blue Planet Software) | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{Unbulleted list | Henk Rogers | Maya Rogers }} | products = Video games | num_employees = | num_employees_year = | website = }}
'''Blue Planet Software Inc.''' was an American video game developer and publisher founded by Henk Rogers in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1995.<ref name="retrogamer">{{cite magazine |last=Crookes |first=David |title=The History of ''Tetris'' |magazine=Retro Gamer |date=September 2018 |issue=183 |pages=20–29}}</ref>{{rp|page=25}}<ref name="tetris-corporate-bios">{{cite web |title=Corporate Bios |website=Tetris.com |publisher=Tetris Holding LLC |access-date=22 February 2026 |url=https://tetris.com/corporate-bios |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0223-0327-15/https://tetris.com:443/corporate-bios |archive-date=22 February 2026 |url-status=live}}</ref> The company was founded as the successor to '''Bullet-Proof Software Inc.''' ('''BPS'''), founded in 1983 by Rogers in Japan, which closed on 22 February 2001.<ref name="bpsje"/>
Rogers' daughter, Maya Rogers, became CEO in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 21, 2014|title=New CEO for BPS--Henk Rogers Becomes Chairman|url=http://harddrop.com/article/article_531|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314020011/http://harddrop.com/article/article_531/|archive-date=March 14, 2016|website=Harddrop.com}}</ref> In October 2020, Blue Planet Software Inc. was rolled into The Tetris Company.<ref name="CUT">{{cite web |date=2020-10-21 |title=Call Us Tetris |url=https://tetris.com/article/241/call-us-tetris-blue-planet-software-the-sole-agent-for-the-tetris-brand-gets-new-name |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117034919/https://tetris.com/article/241/call-us-tetris-blue-planet-software-the-sole-agent-for-the-tetris-brand-gets-new-name |archive-date=2021-01-17 |access-date=2023-08-26 |publisher=The Tetris Company}}</ref>
==List of games== {{See also|Category:Blue Planet Software games}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Game ! Released ! Platform |- |''Bakuto Dochers'' |{{dts|1994|10|28}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Bakuto Dochers|url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/571157-bakutou-dodgers/data|access-date=2016-05-27|publisher=GameSpot}}</ref> |Super Famicom |- |''Black Onyx Plus'' |{{dts|1984}} |PC-8801, MSX, FM-7, SG-1000, Family Computer, Game Boy Color |- |''{{nihongo|Bombliss Cup '95|ボンブリス・カップ９５}}'' |{{dts|1995}} |Super Famicom (via Satellaview) |- |''Dekitate High School'' |{{dts|1995|7|7}} |Super Famicom |- |''Faceball 2000'' |{{dts|1992|9}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.giantbomb.com/faceball-2000/3030-10852/ | title = Faceball 2000 (Game) | publisher = Giant Bomb | access-date = 2016-05-27}}</ref> |Game Boy, Super NES, Virtual Boy (Canceled) |- |''Hatris'' |{{dts|1990}} |Game Boy |- |''Igo: Kyū Roban Taikyoku'' |{{dts|1987}} |Family Computer, Famicom Disk System |- |''Japanese Touring Car Championship''<ref>{{cite web | url = https://x.com/sizokmr/status/328903747218575361|title= Tweet from Sizlla Okamura}}</ref> |{{dts|1996}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YEJmgQoEbzc | title = Video from YouTube| website = YouTube}}</ref> |PlayStation (Cancelled) |- |''Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge'' |{{dts|1994|9}} |Super NES |- |''The New Tetris'' |{{dts|1999|7|31}} |Nintendo 64 |- |''The Next Tetris: On-line Edition'' |{{dts|2000|12|19}} |Dreamcast |- |''Obitus'' |{{dts|1991}} |Super NES |- |''Pipe Mania'' |{{dts|1990}} |Game Boy |- |''Seijyuu Maden: Beast & Blade'' |{{dts|1995|12|15}} |Super Famicom |- |''Super Tetris 2'' |{{dts|1992|12|18}} |Super Famicom |- |''Super Tetris 3'' |{{dts|1994|12|16}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/581086-super-tetris-3 | title = Release Information | publisher = GameFAQs | access-date = 2016-05-27}}</ref> |Super Famicom |- |''Tetris''<ref name="bpspc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bps.co.jp/04_products/index71.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823075838/http://www.bps.co.jp/04_products/index71.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2000-08-23|title=Products: Personal Computers|publisher=Bullet-Proof Software}}</ref> |{{dts|1988|11|18}} |FM-7, MSX2, PC-8800, PC-9800, X1, X68000 |- |''Tetris''<ref name="bpsfc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bps.co.jp/04_products/index31.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823075808/http://www.bps.co.jp/04_products/index31.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2000-08-23|title=Products: Family Computer|publisher=Bullet-Proof Software}}</ref> |{{dts|1988|12|22}} |Family Computer |- |''Tetris Battle Gaiden'' |{{dts|1993}} |Super Famicom |- | ''Tetris Party'' |{{dts|2008|10|14}} |Wii |- |''Tetris Plus'' |{{dts|1990}} |Arcade |- |''Tetris S'' |{{dts|1996|11|27}} |Sega Saturn |- | ''Tetris Stars'' | {{dts|2011}} | Facebook |- | ''Tetris Zone'' | {{dts|2007}} | Macintosh, Windows |- |''Tōge Densetsu: Saisoku Battle'' |{{dts|1996|3|15}} |Super Famicom |- |''True Golf Classics: Wicked 18'' |{{dts|1993|3|5}} |Super NES, 3DO |- |''The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang'' |{{dts|1994}} |Super NES |- |''Welltris'' | {{dts|1989}} | Various |- |''WildSnake'' |{{dts|1994|9}} |Game Boy, Super NES |- |''Wordtris'' |{{dts|1991}} |Game Boy, Super NES |- |''V-Tetris'' |{{dts|1995}} |Virtual Boy |- |''Yoshi's Cookie'' | {{dts|1993}} | Super NES |- |L42<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Planet Software - Games |url=http://www.blueplanetsoftware.com/games.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000619054639/http://www.blueplanetsoftware.com/games.htm |archive-date=2000-06-19 |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=www.blueplanetsoftware.com}}</ref> |Cancelled |Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube |}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080224165813/http://www.blueplanetsoftware.com/index.html Blue Planet Software, Inc. page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20001011135323/http://www.bps.co.jp/ Bullet Proof Software, Inc. page] {{Tetris}}{{Authority control}}
Category:Companies based in Honolulu Category:Video game companies established in 1996 Category:Video game development companies Category:Software companies based in Hawaii Category:1996 establishments in Hawaii
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