Capcom VS Konami - Game Sack
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Episode 227 - Both Konami and Capcom are amazing companies with a history of amazing games. But which one is the best? Let's find out as we explore many of their games!
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Do you agree with the verdict? Disagree? Tell us about it!
Game Sack I'm just happy I see a new Game Sack video, I don't care about the verdict.
I think Joe kind of hit the nail on the head for me. Both great libraries, but Capcom has a slight edge with the level of impact that their games have. Great video, guys!
I have not yet watched the video, so I’m posting while shaking my fist at the screen in disagreement. How dare you?
Capcom all the way! Soooooo many great games across all generations. Respect to Konami's past, which was fantastic, but Capcom has got this one.
I absolutely agree... Capcom made the hugely overshadowed Mega Man 7 and the awesome Ghouls N' Ghosts. But both companies made many of my favorite games growing up and I play many of them still to this day.
Awesome video guys!
10:11
"And who could forget about the Silent Hill franchise"
Konami, apparently.
Lol
Hahahahahhahaha
Good thing that the franchise owner is Konami, only rights to produce for the said silent hill game, all inclusions of the law that applies to owners of the copyright, license holder, patented, trademarks and registrations, registered. SME General practices, practioners, all fields of studies are orderly and efficient.
Moment of ‘silence’
@@Rod-bp8ow What?
Capcom wins, but only because they're still making good games whereas Konami has only released one barely decent game in the past years (Bomberman R).
Konami pioneered fighting games, wut?
PES series is still great even though most people play FIFA because of the licenses I guess!
Zesanactor Over-5 Konami still make games?
That Guy Pro Evolution Soccer at least, not sure anything else
Zesanactor Over-5 explain pachinko machines
Here’s some trivia: Gradius 5 was actually developed by Treasure, which was formed by ex-Konami employees who left in the early 90’s.
this is equivalent to Fried chicken vs Pizza, I can't decide which is the best
Pizza.
pizza has ingredients in the four food groups. pizza wins.
I would use the analogy of burger vs burrito. Both are awesome. Too bad Konami no longer matters.
You can get a fried chicken pizza, you cannot get pizza flavored fried chicken. Pizza > fried chicken
Pizza WINS all day
Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness did not forever stain the Castlevania brand name. Those games were great.
Thank you Dave for showing some love for Goonies 2. One of my favorite NES games growing up.
Two pillars of the foundation of gaming as we know it today, no doubt!
It's a tie for me as well. I remember back in the day my friends and I used to say "If you get a game and see a Capcom/Konami logo, you know you're about to get your ass kicked." If they were an old school Wrestling Tag Team they'd be The Legion Of Doom. Tough as nails, just brutal asskicking, but you keep coming back to see more. I mean, Konami had Zombies Ate My Neighbors but Capcom had Breath Of Fire. In the 80s/90s it was pure gold from both of them.
Knights of the Round was a game based on the Cartoon of the same name during the early 90s which was loosely based on the stories of King Authur and his Knights of the round table.
Believe it or not, Onimusha actually started out as a Resident Evil game! It was spun off into its own IP early development.
Snatcher did come out in the PAL region, or at very least in the UK, I saw a copy of it in CEX in Worthing a few weeks ago on MegaCD format. (CEX is a second hand store very popular with gamers) It's on sale for £290 ($370!)
Y'all dude guys should collab with hard 4 games. I know theyd be down and the awkward dad humour would work.
Also you need to sink a good few hours into monster hunter to understand the basic controls and then a few more with each weapon type to see what fits you
WWE SummerSlam 2018 AND a new episode of Game Sack on my Birthday!! What?! That is just #TooSweet!
Ever since the NES days, every time I saw either Konami or Capcom on the cover I picked the game up. And it was extremely rare that I was disappointed. I cannot possibly pick a winner out of the two, for me they are both godly developers right up there with Nintendo, Sega, Squaresoft and Enix.
1:07 I know that place, that's the Galloping Ghost Arcade. And it looks like the pinball machines in the back are in use, like always.
Man...Capcom,the best video game developer was born in June 11,1983.Exactly two years later i was born.I discovered this a short time ago and this made me very happy.
I know a lot of people say Konami's decline started with their feud with staff, but in all honesty, it started around the late 90's That's when I noticed they started killing off their IP's one by one with only a couple of AAA games and the rest being mostly low budget titles with popular IP's to fund their killer ones. All the while they were moving to Pachinko and then the fitness market. This became super evident after the devoured Hudson Soft and pretty much sat on that companies hundreds worth of IP's and did nothing with them.
Still their Konami and Hudson Soft library is amazing and their contribution to gaming is often overlooked because they had fewer killer titles that changed the industry, but were always the forerunners in music, gameplay, and quality. Even their game programming vastly put Capcom to shame in most of their titles.
Capcom on the other hand has been mostly consistent with their titles and IP's. However, they don't always put stellar effort, sometimes just repackaging the same game with some updates such as the Street Fighter series. But they have reinvented genre of gaming so many times over. However, the biggest flaw with the company is one that gamers never see, which is their finances, while Konami is scummy, they are financially well off as a company, but Capcom has come close to bankruptcy a couple of times due to their management and odd market choices.
Sadly enough, I love Capcom a bit more even though I'm as much as Konami fanboy simply because they have been committed to their IP's a bit more and seem to at least foster creativity in their teams which is important in gaming. The gaming industry is as much as work of art and entertainment as it is an feat of engineering, and Capcom ha rarely let us down compared to Konami.
I can’t really pick my favorite on this one
Game Sack is the only channel I give thumbs up before watching the video...
"At least Capcom didn't get a public breakdown like Konami did".
They did went nearly bankrupt a few years ago, though.
This was your best episode yet, bravo
Great episode guys. Looking forward to more of these in the future.
I think this is Game Sack's best ever video :D
I love all the videos, so dont take this the wrong way....
But this was probably my favorite video over the past year from you guys
Great job!! The capture footage of games you guys got was amazing in quality. So good!
I agree w Capcom, but you forgot what Konami has done with sports, as they made THE definitive hardcore soccer game, Winning Eleven, running since 1994!!
Amazing video guys, probably one of the best if not the best video from you guys. Will watch it again and again👍👍👍👍
We can always count on your sacks being full! lol X'D
dino crysis 1 and 2 have one of the best gaming soundtrack of all time
Great episode guys! Does anyone have any idea of what music is being played with the Capcom segment initially starts?
I still haven't found a way to put in the Konami Code in a slot machine. The local casino doesn't get my jokes when I deliver Konami parts about the Konami Code.
Hey Joe and Dave, what's the name of the backing track starting at 12:18?
thanks for a good video Butt Sack
Capcom has made some fire games. A Unique game not mentioned was lost planet. I CAN'T CHOOSE A WINNER EITHER. sunset riders holds a special place in my heart.
You have IP's such as Castlevania, Silent Hill, Gradius, Contra, Suikoden, and Metal gear vs Street fighter, Resident Evil, Ghouls and Ghost, Mega Man, Ace Attorney, Monster Hunter, Devil May Cry, Breath of Fire, Okami, and Dead Rising. On paper Capcom all day but my heart loves MGS, Silent Hill, and Castlevania.
I would give the edge to capcom because they are still relevant. Man I miss the good old days when Sega, Namco, Capcom and konami dominate the home and arcades. So many good memories.
Really great video guys! Back in the day, it would have been impossible to choose a winner!
RARE vs Sunsoft for next time? Or how about Namco vs Tecmo? Hal vs Compile? Idk :p
Too many incredible gems from both companies to actually pick my favorite. Some of my favorite games include (some are published). Also, you should so a video about Squaresoft versus Square Enix. Squaresoft was the dominant of the two, but I know that's kinda the same company, so many Squaresoft versus Enix?
CAPCOM
- Resident Evil 1, 2, 3, CV
- Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
- Mega Man X-X4
- Onimusha (series)
- Power Stone 1, 2
- Marvel vs Capcom 2
- Giga Wing 1, 2
- Alien vs. Predator
- Shadow of Rome
- Breath of Fire III
- Mega Man Legends 1-2
- Strider 1-2
- Cannon Spike
- Dead Rising 1-2
- Lost Planet
- Demon's Crest
- Gargoyle's Quest 1-2
- Devil May Cry 1, 3
- Dino Crisis 1-2
- Aladdin
- Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
- DuckTales
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Sweet Home
- Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
- Asura's Wrath
- Final Fight 1-3
- God Hand
- Goof Troop
- Spawn: In the Demon's Hand
- Street Fighter Alpha 3
- The Punisher
- U.N. Squadron
- Viewtiful Joe
Konami
- Zombies Ate My Neighbors
- Silent Hill 1-4
- Sunset Riders
- Gradius V
- Metal Gear Solid 1-4, Metal Gear 1 and 2
- Zone of the Enders 1, 2
- Castlevania 1-4, Symphony of the Night, GBA, DS, and N64 games
- Contra, 3, 4, Hard Corps
- Suikoden (series)
- TMNT 1-4
- Policenauts
- Snatcher
- Aliens
- The Simpsons Arcade
- X-Men (Arcade)
- Total Vice
- Shadow of Destiny
- Ring of Red
- Vandal Hearts 1-2
- Azure Dreams
- Soul of the Samurai
- Deadly Arts
- Hybrid Heaven
- Batman Returns (SNES)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose
- Goemon's Great Adventure
- Legend of the Mystical Ninja
- Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Ahhh, Rockman X Alph-Lyla Arrange OST, I love you.
Capcom win, Konami arn't far behind but when you're a 1 vs 1 fighter fan like me, you've got to give it to Capcom + i adore ghouls and ghosts & Strider was 1 of my 1st Mega Drive titles so.....
Yeah, one-vs-one fighters aren't Konami's forte (not counting [acquired and later consolidated
into Konami] Hudson Soft's Bloody Roar series). The only one they have of note is the SNES version
of TMNT: Tournament Fighters, but that's more of a cult favorite compared to Capcom's Street Fighter,
Darkstalkers, and Marvel fighters. Castlevania Judgment is another 1v1 fighter from Konami, but
YMMV on that one.
Konami - Better variety and you could pretty much never go wrong with their games. Capcom - Bigger impact and more iconic titles. I think it's a tie.
In all honesty Capcom is tied with being my favorite game company of all time with Square Enix.
I mean come on Capcom gave us Mega Man Mega Man X Mega Man legends 😍. The street fighter series Resident Evil Devil May Cry darkstalkers Time Crisis. Final fight Marvel vs. Capcom series and so many more game's 😍 .
Now the decision could be taken until December with smash ultimate using Snake/Simon Velmont vs Megaman/Ryu. Remind me also like K-sha vs C-sha.
Konami Rules
Capcom Rules
I thought you would let it end on a tie, and then have the viewers decide.
Konami Vs. Capcom: Clash of the Computer Heroes
Aria of Sorrow is the best metroidvania Castlevania - Symphony of the Night is more important, but less polished and mechanically deep.
Great video! Too bad you didn't mention the HUGE impact Konami's Dance Dance Revolution (and their other music games for that matter) had on the industry.
NOTHING BETTER THEN A BIG GULP AND STREET FIGHTER 2 AT 7 ELEVEN
I'd say Konami and Capcom were fairly equal in terms of quality during the 8/16 bit days. But Konami were prob my fav on the SNES. Turtles, Castlevania, Axelay, Gradius, Parodius, Zombies, Contra Spirits etc etc
Never knew Capcom is the same age as myself, June 83...
You forgot to mention that Capcom developed Zelda games for the GBC.
As a tie breaker, just for the fact that Capcom is still going strong and hasn't pissed off basically every gamer on the planet, I'd give the win to Capcom.
Don't forget: It's the People behind the Games not the Brand. THX
I see you guys used some footage from galloping ghost arcade there 1:08
Yeah it's safe to say that back in the ps2 days everything with Capcom on the bottom of it was getting a second glance from me. They had me hooked with everything they did. I wasn't great at resident evil, or the original megaman games, but street fighter, pocket fighter, puzzle fighter, devil may cry, devil kings (sengoku basara) monster hunter, marvel VS Capcom 1 and 2.
Konami has a strong hit with castlevania, even though I was absolutely trash at castlevania adventure I'd still play it just for the music, symphony of the night is what really got me interested. And down the line, Yu-Gi-Oh! I still haven't even played metal gear outside of rising revengence. I have a few of them I believe.
What a great great vid, very well edited and scripted.
Great video comparisons, and the fact that Capcom didn’t jump ship for just mobile apps makes the verdict legit, in my book. You are correct in saying they are both great companies with great titles. But that Silent Hill debacle still kind of pisses me off.
I love Game Sack. I also love Street Fighter II. It was released in 91 not 92.
Crime Fighters!!!!! Why wasn’t this game ever released, ported, or part of a compilation on home consoles or handhelds???????
Yeah! Even I can decide for one or another, Capcom games got more impact in the industry.
I miss your partner, but life goes on. GAME SACK is STILL the Cats MEOW!! Good information, funny reviews and textbook commentary. Keep it up!!!! ^_^
Capcom was untouchable during the nineties, in the arcade and at home. No other company came even close. Unlike today Capcom back then was in a league of its own. Thanks to yoshiki okamoto who was previously fired by the king of bad decisions, konami.
At first I thought Konami takes this easily, but after seeing this I agree that Capcom wins, I did for some reason forget some of these Capcom games. One of the games I forgot is Saturday Night Slammasters, pretty cool game! Symphony of the Night is one of my all time favorite games though! Along with Metal Gear Solid. Konami has some great games, but Capcom has many, and they actually still make games too! I think I own more Konami games though.. Strange..
I’ve always loved Capcom & Konami. However I have to give my vote to Capcom. I grew up with Streetfighter and MegaMan. The X series had me stunned for years . Resident Evil, Dino Crises, Marvel Vs Capcom, Onimusha , Devil May Cry, and MH. From PS2 to PS4. 😉 Capcom
I suppose at this point Capcom is better since its had more staying power, but still, I feel Konami's back catalog is outstanding.
Tough call but I agree with Capcom winning, and that's without considering Konami's recent change.
What a great episode! Wow... so many childhood memories is it!
I'd really love to consider this match as a draw... but ONLY due to the fact that Konami is not what it used to be back then, while Capcom is still making great games, I'd also choose to give this victory to Capcom...
In* it
Sad that most of us will never get to play Ghosts n' Goblins online (South Korean exclusive)
I agree with you guys! Capcom is great, Konami just really soured me with their recent take on videos games
It is impossible to decide, since there would be a third thing to consider, a sort of model to which both would need to aspire. That said, the only way left for us would be the subjectivism. As I didn't really experienced videogames that much until the 128 bit era (even though there was a nes in my house and I had a gbc), today I find easier to find the influence of metal gear in the way videogames are made, not only stealth games, bit videogames in general. Street fighter and megaman are unquestionable, but street fighter reduces their impact to fighting games. Megaman is incredible too, but there are less games following its steps. We are talking about giants here, and the minimum difference could decide the subjective winner. For metal gear only, I choose Konami.
Pretty weak comment on Monster Hunter, one of the most popular franchises out there. Capcom is still relevant, they win by default.
A more interesting video would not be which is the best but which has the most wasted potential. Each has series which many people want more new games from but they won't produce.
16:28 I think that you meant OVERSTATED not understated
Peaked Konami in the 1990's was superior IMO. However, Capcom came very close at that time AND is still going strong even TODAY. Konami is not even a shadow of it's former self since years. So, survival of the fittest make Capcom win.
Sunsoft v Taito v square (8 bit era )
How about SNK vs Capcom 16 bit era only?
Rip the pants!
RIP THE PANTS!
*_RIP THE PANTS!_*
they had a 5 game per year rule back then? what if... that's why we got quality games?
Little to no GBA and DS love? Missed out on a lot of great games like Capcom's Mega Man Zero series, Magical Quest games, and Konami's 3 awesome GBA and DS Castlevania games, the Boktai series and Lunar Knights... plus many others. Also, what of Sweet Home? The first "RE"-style game? CAPCOM is for me.
Capcom wins for still producing quality games to this day. They support and listen to their fanbase and there's a huge community centered around Street Fighter. I love Castlevania and Contra, but Konami has nothing to even compare to the following of the Street Fighter franchise.
This matchup wasn't even fair
Capcom was terrific at creating memorable games out of a number of titles (like Ducktales). However, I believe Konami has stronger IPs overall. Sure, Final Fight was a good beat 'em up, but it doesn't compare to TMNT the Arcade game, and DEFINITELY doesn't stand up to Turtles in Time. As for 2d platforming, both companies have very strong offerings. A tip of the hat goes to Capcom for truly defining an entire genre with Streetfighter II. However, I would pick Konami.
I gotta pick Konami, but only because Sega Genesis was my main thing when i was young, and i don't feel like capcom delivered for that console in the same way as konami.
if i had had a saturn tho... oh man those capcom games!!!
SOTN isn't the first Metroidvania. It's the first Castlevania game in that genre. But Metroid did it earlier.
Castlevania wasn't inspired by metroid, it was inspired by Zelda so in a sense, Zelda did it before anyone
@@wowwar2 Not originally. But SOTN was HEAVILY inspired by Super Metroid.
Seems that Dave has played a lot of Konami's library of games... so the billion yen question that need be asked has to be [Has Dave ever played Love Plus or any entry in the TokiMemo series?]
I do honestly really like contra force and I remember being super impressed by it's awesome graphics back then BTW isn't second contra called super contra?
The production value of this episode is outstanding. Congrats guys!
Agreed, everything was solid. Great footage, sound quality, well done!
Better than some professional gaming channels!
You're a virgin!
Almost feel like i was watching a movie style documentary
In terms of retro games, it's hard to compare the two.
In modern era though, Capcom is the best.
MiREK That is a very good summation, Konami seems to have given up on the video game market.
Nah it's easy. Konami wins hands down.
I really like Metal Gear Solid series, especially MGSV.
I'm torn on it but Capcom kept a certain level of quality experimentation aside, they stayed making great games through my entire life.
Drager V have you heard of a game called Umbrella Corps? Or is that what you mean by experimental?
Excellent guys! Incredible the amount of work they dedicated in this episode. Keep in that way!!!
Capcom wins by default because they still matter.
This
Hey....Konami still matters! (If you're a Japanese man with a pachinko addiction)
sad but true, my first game memory is contra on NES 1 tho, nostalgia glasses extreme on that one
Agreed.. current day Konami is dead to me.
Yep. Konami probably owns more iconic IP, but they've been steadily going downhill for a decade or more. Capcom might not have quite as many recognizable properties, but they've consistently been a top-tier dev from the 80s to today without ever even having a major slump. That puts them in the very upper echelon of game devs.
Konami “were” amazing, now they are as popular as a skidmark in a hobo’s 5 year unwashed shorts. That’s not to say Capcom didn’t mess up themselves - who can forget the DLC on the disc debacle - but are a better company than Konami today
Let's not forget Monster Hunter World....a AAA game, WITHOUT a bunch of MicroTransactions and ZERO Lootboxes!!
So true... what is Konami even doing now since they fired Kojima? They used to have a ton of awesome arcade and co-op action games in the 8-16 bit era but I feel like after they hit it HUGE with Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill they started neglecting their other franchises and projects. Honestly, I can't tell you what they have been doing since then or at all lately other than trying to recreate his IP without him or his team which would cause serious backlash and probably not live up anywhere close.
Capcom is still making good games, but they still are doing what they have been since SFII and its ~ a dozen remakes. With them, if you want to play the game with all of the current and potential (guaranteed) future content, don't be surprised if you end up buying the same game 10 times, each with an extra character or 2, a few minor changes to a moveset, or stage backgrounds. You could wait, but if you play competitively at all (fighters being the most likely genre) you are going to be way behind in training your muscle memory and learning the new mechanics, etc. And its not like it was a sudden, unplanned bug that needed to be fixed, new characters added by popular request or buff/nerf them for balance purposes; they systematically roll out these minor changes and market them as entirely new versions of the game that need to be purchased as such. It should be either a free patch to fix if its a bug or let the character be bought on its own.
TBH I don't even really like that second idea -- or expansion DLCs in general either. Devs and pubs should wait to release the game with all the planned content right away instead of forcing customers to gradually pay for "upgrades". Once they've created a dedicated player, of course they are going to want the chance to play the whole game and suddenly a new expansion takes away their 100% completion -- its like pushing drugs on an addict, you know it's hard for them to resist
Yeah, I'm geniunely proud of Capcom for cleaning themselves up.
At least Capcom never got involved in too much controversies unlike Konami
I think the war between Capcom and Konami would continue on even to this day if it weren't for a series of really dumb and often baffling decisions by Konami in recent years. For that reason, I would say Capcom wins, as they at least continue to have working brains. Heck, they've probably been better than most at preserving their old titles in great compilations on current systems.
Yea, both were amazing back in the day, but at least Capcom has managed to stay at least decent, while Konami is absolute crap now.
Yeah why haven’t we got a Castlevania, Bomberman or Metal Gear Compilation Game for modern systems? I’m enjoying my Street Fighter and Megaman X Collections for Switch.
Capcom also made dumb decisions too..
There will never be another war.What games would you compare today Metal Gear Survive vs Monster Hunter World??Konami is pretty much done unless somehow slot machines started to fade?
Street Fighter II came out in arcades in 1991 NOT 1992.
The famous console versions came out in 1992 in America so that's why everyone commonly gets that mixed up, lol. 1992 is usually the year people think of (when you mention something like "SF2 release"), so I can understand why they made that small error not thinking of the original arcade version which did release in 1991 like you said ;)
But people bought the console version because of the arcade, I choose the SNES mainly because of the SFII (then) exclusive.
delta8t8
You beat me to this fact, I was there too man. I lived it and it was a glorious time to be a kid.
@@joekerr1763 I still sometimes visit the gas station where we played many many hours of SF2 as a kid. When I use the atm I pretend it's still the SF2 cabinet lol
Revz8bit
Same here, I still frequent the local pizza parlor where I first experienced SF2 and while they still have a few arcade cabinet games it's never been the same. Seldom do you even see anyone playing them, the claw machine gets more action than the video games and that's actually kinda sad. The good old days are well behind us unfortunately.
Capcom wins cause they're not preoccupied with slot machines
Capcom has a huge slot machine division as well. Most of the major Japanese publishers are heavily invested in the gambling sector.
1903tx i mean far enough but they just producing shitty collections
1903tx Capcom, Sega, and Bandai Namco all have their own divisions like that as well. But Konami yes is one of the only one that does make machines for outside of Japan as well. In fact when I last went to the Casino I noticed quite a few Konami machines there.
Zesanactor Over-5 Silent Hill fans would disagree with you there.
Mr. Reality Jim Sterling does suck but there are plenty of others that started the Konami hate train like Alphaomegasin too so how do you know they're a fan of Jim's?
Like choosing between Mom and Dad :)
@Lilltroll yeah, sort of. you have one who basically drove the breadwinner they relied on to abandon them (Konami), and the other parent who makes you do all of your chores only to tell you there is another chore to do.... 10 more times (Capcom releasing the same game with the smallest changes a dozen times calling them all totally new so you buy something you already own 95% of). That being said, they have probably made more games on my all time top fav than any other devs/publishers. Just said to see what happened to Konami and tired of Capcom's marketing strategies (not that they're alone but sine SFII ' they seem to have really made a habit out of that)
Yeah you're right both of you. Capcom sure have had the bigger impact on the industry, but I also agree with Dave. Konami are responsible for some of my alltime favourite games 😃 It's impossible for me to choose a winner. Strider and Mega Man are my Capcom favourites, but I also love CastleVania and Contra (Probotector over here). It's like the console wars of the 80s and 90s. I'm stuck in the middle and can't pick a side 😅 I'm glad I don't have to though 😊
Capcom obviously won this battle at the end of the day.
Now back in the day, they were neck and neck; no reason to choose between those two greats. R.I.P. Konami... 😑
idk why you say rip konami when capcom has made profit 1 year out of the last 16 in their gaming division, they are floating off their own slot division and the owner hiding his wine money in the compny. konami makes 10x as much as them off yugioh cards alone lol. konami could buy and sell capcom for fun
It seems like no one ever mentions Konami's 3D racing games. Most were arcade exclusives and victims of suicide batteries but they made really great stuff. They had Midnight Run, Winding Heat, the GTI Club series, the Thrill Drive series and best of all, the Racing Jam series. In fact I'd call the Racing Jam games the greatest forgotten racing games of all time.
Vectrex4Life Gamers just associated arcade racing games to Sega, Namco, and Midway/Atari Games. So much so that I didn't even know any of those Konami racing games existed until your comment.
Exactly, they never really had the foothold that the others had. But they were making some pretty unique stuff. Thrill Drive was an inspiration for the Burnout series and Racing Jam 1 was really the only arcade racer that ever had Gymkhana courses.
This requires some TH-cam research. Be right back!
EDIT: I have returned with additional knowledge in arcade racers. Can definitely see where Burnout got its inspiration in Thrill Drive. It's a shame Konami's racing games aren't mentioned in the same breaths as the other companies I mentioned. They just arrived too late to the party while Sega and co. were wowing arcade goers for many years prior with their titles.
Konami has way too many arcade games that never got a home port
Konami had some pretty cool sprite-based racers as well, like WEC Le Mans, Over Drive, and Racin' Force. Those last two aren't currently emulated, but WEC Le Mans is super underrated. It's pretty hard to get used to at first (at least for me) but once you know how to play it it's a really fun and intense game.