Difference between revisions of "Namco"

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Namco

Founded: 1955-06-01
Defunct: 2006-03-31
Merged into: Bandai (2005)
Headquarters: Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Namco Limited (株式会社ナムコ) was a multinational video game company based in Japan. Computer versions of their games were produced by other companies while Namco itself produced games for the PC Engine.^[1] Namco's PC Engine games were re-released digitally and as part of compilations by its successor, Bandai Namco.

Softography

PC-8001

Dig Dug (1983)

PC-8001 mkII

Pac-Man (198x)

PC-8801

Galaxian (198x)
Pac-Man (198x)
Dig Dug (198x)
Alphos (1984)
Xevious (1985)

PC-6001

Tiny Xevious (1984)

PC-6001 mkII

Galaxian (198x)
Pac-Man (198x)
Dig Dug (198x)
Tiny Xevious mkII (198x)
Grobda (198x)
Mappy (1986)

PC-9801

Xevious (1985)

PC-9801 U

Galaga (1985)

PC-9801 M

Gaplus (1985)

PC-8001 mkII SR

Dig Dug (198x)
Grobda (198x)
Pac-Land (198x)
Mappy (1986)

PC-6601

Mappy (1986)

PC-8801 mkII SR

Mappy (1986)
Grobda (1986)
Dragon Buster (1987)

PC-9801 VX

Pac-Man (1992)

References

Sega Retro has more information related to Namco

↑ Namco game list (PC Engine)

[1] Namco game list (PC Engine)

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-'''''Namco Ltd.''''' (株式会社ナムコ, Kabushiki Kaisha Namuko; alternatively ナムコ) is a video game publisher and developer founded in Tokyo, Japan as Nakamura Manufacturing in 1955.
+'''Namco Limited''' (株式会社ナムコ) was a multinational video game company based in Japan. Computer versions of their games were produced by other companies while Namco itself produced games for the PC Engine.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19970505180512/http://www.namco.co.jp/cs/list/pcelist.html Namco game list (PC Engine)]</ref> Namco's PC Engine games were re-released digitally and as part of compilations by its successor, Bandai Namco.
-Initially focused on mechanical toys for children, Namco moved into the video game industry and released their first game, ''Gee Bee'' in 1978. Since then they have been responsible for some of the most revolutionary and successful games released in the last thirty years, including ''Galaxian'', the first full RGB-colour video game and ''[[Pac-Man]]'', one of the most iconic video games of all time. Other big franchises owned by Namco include the ''Ridge Racer'' and ''Tekken'' brands.
+==Softography==
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Namco}}
-For a brief period in the early 1990s Namco operated under the name "Namcot" when dealing with home console video games.
+[[Category:Use CompanyHistoryAll template]]
-On September 29, 2005, Namco's management was merged with that of [[Bandai]] to create Namco Bandai Holdings Inc., the third largest video game entity in Japan.
-==Softography==
-:''Note: incomplete''
 ===[[PC-8001]]===
 *''[[Dig Dug]]'' (1983)
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 ===[[PC-8801]]===
+*''[[Galaxian]]'' (198x)
 *''[[Pac-Man]]'' (198x)
 *''[[Dig Dug]]'' (198x)
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 ===[[PC-6001 mkII]]===
+*''[[Galaxian]]'' (198x)
 *''[[Pac-Man]]'' (198x)
 *''[[Dig Dug]]'' (198x)
 *''[[Tiny Xevious mkII]]'' (198x)
 *''[[Grobda]]'' (198x)
+*''[[Mappy]]'' (1986)
 ===[[PC-9801]]===
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 *''[[Grobda]]'' (198x)
 *''[[Pac-Land]]'' (198x)
+*''[[Mappy]]'' (1986)
+===[[PC-6601]]===
+*''[[Mappy]]'' (1986)
 ===[[PC-8801 mkII SR]]===
+*''[[Mappy]]'' (1986)
 *''[[Grobda]]'' (1986)
 *''[[Dragon Buster]]'' (1987)
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 *''[[Ordyne]]'' (1989)
 *''[[Splatterhouse]]'' (1990)
+*''[[Samurai-Ghost]]'' (1992)
 ===[[PC-9801 VX]]===
 *''[[Pac-Man]]'' (1992)
+==References==
+{{SegaRetro}}
+<references/>
+[[Category:Third-party software developers]]
 [[Category:Third-party software publishers]]
-[[Category:Third-party software developers]]
+[[Category:Licensors]]