Barnhouse Effect

Barnhouse Effect Co., Ltd (株式会社バーンハウスエフェクト), or BHE, is a Japanese video game developer and CG production company based in Tokyo. Most of their work has been for Takara, notably Choro Q games for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles.

Name origins

The name "Barnhouse Effect" originates from the short story Report on the Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut in which a professor, Arthur Barnhouse, develops telekinetic techniques.

Developed games

PlayStation

• Deep Sea Adventure: Kaiteikyuu Panthalassa no Nazo (1997)
• Choro Q Marine: Q-Boat (1998)
• Combat Choro Q (1999)
• Choujiryokusen Microman: Generation 2000 (2000)

PlayStation 2

• Choro Q HG (2000)
  • Gadget Racers (2001) (US version)
  • Penny Racers (2002) (PAL version)
• Shin Combat Choro Q (2002)
  • Seek and Destroy (2002) (US version)
  • Seek and Destroy (2003) (PAL version)
• Choro Q HG 4 (2003)
  • ChoroQ (2004) (US version)
  • ChoroQ (2005) (PAL version)
• Choro Q Works (2005)

Mobile

• Ys I Complete Edition (2005)
• Ys I 3D (2005)
• Panda-Z (2005)

CG productions

Video games

• Soukou Kihei Votoms - Packaging CG and Opening CG
• Brave Saga - Packaging CG and Opening CG
• Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix - Packaging CG and Opening CG
• Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix 2 - Packaging CG and Opening CG

Others

• I-mode site Choro Q waiting screen

External links

• Barnhouse Effect