Difference between revisions of "Nihon Telenet"
From Sega Retro
(→Mega Drive: I'm starting to think RIOT was just another Renovation) |
|||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
| tseries=T-49 | | tseries=T-49 | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | '''Telenet Japan''' (日本テレネット) was a software developer and publisher founded in 1983. They are best known for their software development teams [[Wolf Team]] (which was sold to [[Namco]] in 2003) and [[RIOT]] (fate unknown) and US publishing house [[Renovation Products]] (which was acquired by [[Sega]] in 1993), however they have also developed various games in other, unknown studios. They closed down in 2007 after a string of financial mistakes (including the infamous licensing of various properties to a hentai developer a few years earlier), and with the exception of Wolf Team's ''Tales'' series (owned by Namco), all their intellectual properties are now owned by [[Sunsoft]]. | + | '''Telenet Japan''' (日本テレネット) was a software developer and publisher founded in 1983. They are best known for their software development teams [[Wolf Team]] (which was sold to [[Namco]] in 2003) and [[RIOT]] (fate unknown) and US publishing house [[Renovation Products]] (which was acquired by [[Sega]] in 1993), however they have also developed various games in other, unknown studios. They ceased developing for [[Sega]] systems in 1993 for unknown reasons. |
| + | |||
| + | They closed down in 2007 after a string of financial mistakes (including the infamous licensing of various properties to a hentai developer a few years earlier), and with the exception of Wolf Team's ''Tales'' series (owned by Namco), all their intellectual properties are now owned by [[Sunsoft]]. | ||
==Softography== | ==Softography== | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 22 March 2011
Telenet Japan (日本テレネット) was a software developer and publisher founded in 1983. They are best known for their software development teams Wolf Team (which was sold to Namco in 2003) and RIOT (fate unknown) and US publishing house Renovation Products (which was acquired by Sega in 1993), however they have also developed various games in other, unknown studios. They ceased developing for Sega systems in 1993 for unknown reasons.
They closed down in 2007 after a string of financial mistakes (including the infamous licensing of various properties to a hentai developer a few years earlier), and with the exception of Wolf Team's Tales series (owned by Namco), all their intellectual properties are now owned by Sunsoft.
Softography
- For the individual softographies of Wolf Team, RIOT, and Renovation Products (in this case, including non-Telenet games), see their respective pages.
Mega Drive
- Gaiares (1990)
- Valis III (1991) (NOTE: the Japanese box says this game was developed by a studio "Renovation Game" within Telenet that used a "RENO" logo — whether or ont this is actually a short-lived team within Renovation Products themselves or not is unknown.)
- Jantei Monogatari (either developer or publisher; unknown, but Atlus had involvement too) (1991)
- Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation (porting and publishing) (1991)
- Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (publishing; whether or not they also ported is unknown) (1991)
- SD Valis (1992)
- GrandSlam: The Tennis Tournament (1992)