Roxor Games

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Roxor Games, Inc. is a company which develops video game software for the arcade and home markets. Roxor works together with developers of open source software to deploy their games on a Linux-based hardware platform in the arcade and on a variety of consoles in the home. Although their most well known product, In The Groove, is proprietary software, the developers regularly contribute code back to the open source project StepMania upon which In The Groove is based.

Products

Their first product was a video redemption version of Tux Racer, where tickets are dispensed based on how well the player collects fish while guiding Tux (the Linux penguin mascot) down one of four snow-covered hills.

Their second product is In The Groove, a new series of games in the arcade dance game genre. Following the well-established practice of converting arcade systems via kits, Version 1.0 of In The Groove was released as an upgrade kit for existing arcade dance cabinets. Roxor Games has since developed a PlayStation 2 version of In The Groove, which was published by RedOctane in June 2005. was released in June 2005 both as an upgrade kit and in a dedicated cabinet manufactured by Andamiro (hence the addition of the Pump It Up name).

The third product in development is an upgrade kit to driving games, currently code-titled . It features support for a wide variety of driving cabinets, network play, USB support, and multiplayer car combat.

Lawsuit

On May 9, 2005, Konami of Japan filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, asking for an injunction against Roxor and payment of damages, based on "Konami's patent and trademark rights in its Dance Dance Revolution arcade game" and unfair competition law. Konami alleges that the refitting of arcade cabinets "has been done in an infringing and unfair way". This did not affect the PlayStation 2 game, which was released as planned. On July 10, 2005, however, Konami amended its complaint to include the In The Groove PS2 game and its publisher RedOctane. On July 25, 2005, Roxor Games filed a counterclaim against Konami. In the counterclaim, Roxor denies most of the claims in Konami's complaint. Roxor Games also claims that In The Groove does not violate patent law and that Konami has engaged in unfair competition.

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