cri romanized name kabushiki gaisha kuri midor ea type kabushiki gaisha traded as tyo 3698 industry computer and video games founded 1983 headquarters tokyo japan products audio and video middleware for video game consoles website www.criware.com en cri middleware co. ltd. japanese cri hepburn kabushiki gaisha kuri midor ea formerly csk research institute corp. is a japanese developer providing middleware for use in the computer and video game industry . from the early nineties cri was a video game developer but shifted focus in 2001 . contents 1 history 2 games 2.1 developed 2.2 published 3 criware 3.1 adx 3.2 sofdec 3.3 clipper 3.4 rofs 3.5 sound factory 3.6 movie encode 3.7 cri audio 3.8 cri movie 3.9 cri movie 2 3.10 cri vibe 3.11 cri cp sound craft 3.12 cri filemajik 4 external links 5 references history edit cri started out as csk research institute subsidiary of csk producing video games for the mega drive genesis . it went on to develop games for the sega saturn and dreamcast before it was incorporated as cri middleware in 2001 . games edit developed edit name platform s release date s galaxy force ii mega drive genesis 1991 dyna brothers mega drive genesis 1992 after burner iii mega cd sega cd 1993 might and magic iii isles of terra mega cd sega cd 1993 dyna brothers 2 mega drive genesis 1993 zaxxon s motherbase 2000 32x 1995 2nd arukotoha sando r sega saturn 1996 cyber troopers virtual on sega saturn 1996 kunoichi torimonochou sega saturn 1998 aerowings dreamcast 1999 tnn motorsports hardcore heat dreamcast 1999 aero dancing torodoki taichou no himitsu disc dreamcast 2000 aerowings 2 air strike dreamcast 2000 aero dancing f todoroki tsubasa no hatsu hikou dreamcast 2000 aero dancing i jikai sakuma de machite mase dreamcast 2001 surf rocket racers dreamcast 2001 power jet racing 2001 dreamcast 2001 published edit name platform s release date s speedball 2 mega drive genesis 1992 tyrants mega drive genesis 1993 criware edit adx edit main article adx file format adx is a streamed audio format which allows for multiple audio streams seamless looping and continuous playback allowing two or more files to be crossfaded or played in sequence with low predictable cpu usage . the format uses the adpcm framework . it is now known as cri adx . sofdec edit sofdec is a streamed video format supporting up to 24bit color which includes multistreaming and seamless playback with a frame rate of up to 60 frames per second . it is essentially a repackaging of mpeg 1 mpeg 2 video with cri s proprietary adx codec for audio playback . it is now known as cri sofdec . clipper edit clipper is an automated lip syncing program which analyzes waveforms and outputs an appropriate lip pattern into a text file for later substitution into the facial animations of the in game speaker . it is now known as cri clipper . rofs edit rofs is a file management system for handling a virtual disc image an extension of the cd rom standard . it has no limitations on file name format or number of directories or files and has been designed with compatibility with adx and sofdec in mind . it is now known as cri rofs . sound factory edit sound factory is a gui based video game audio tool for effective sound design without input from programmers . it has support for the previewing and playback of generated audio . it is now known as cri sound factory . movie encode edit movie encode is a video encoding service by which cri generates sofdec or mpeg files from other media . for a fee designated by the length of the file to be encoded files are converted to the desired format with the quality specified by the client . it is now known as cri movie encode . cri audio edit cri movie edit cri movie 2 edit cri movie with high definition video support . cri vibe edit cri cp sound craft edit cri filemajik edit cri filemajik file system with features such as asynchronous file requests prioritized loads zero buffer decompression and umd speed emulation for the playstation portable . 1 external links edit official website official website japanese comprehensive list of games using cri middleware cri company page at gamefaqs references edit cri middleware inc. announces cri filemajik a cross platform file system for the next generation of games . press release . san francisco california cri middleware . february 18 2008 . archived from the original on april 18 2016 . retrieved april 18 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cri middleware & oldid 739947917 categories middlewarevideo game companies of japanvideo game engineshidden categories articles containing japanese language textofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaarticles with japanese language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia 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