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Nihon Telenet

Founded: 1983-10-27

Defunct: 10-25-2007

T-series code: T-49

Headquarters:

Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

Nihon Telenet (日本テレネット) commonly known as Telenet Japan, was a software developer and publisher founded in 1983.

The company built its fortunes developing and publishing for Japanese home computers, before entering the console market at the beginning of the 1990s. Most notably, Telenet owned development studio Wolf Team, which would create several hits in Japan during its existence. For unknown reasons Telenet chose to publish under several brands on home consoles; Renovation Game, Riot, Laser Soft, the North American arm, Renovation Products (bought by Sega in 1993) and the occasional no-frills Telenet Japan release. Any internal development was usually credited solely to Telenet Japan (or Wolf Team).

They ceased developing for Sega systems company-wide in 1993 for unknown reasons, selling Renovation to Sega and establishing their largest success, Wolf Team's Tales series, on the SNES. Telenet Japan themselves would continue to produce games on the SNES, PlayStation, and Game Boy Advance, as well as enter the pachinko business.

Telenet Japan closed down in 2007 after a string of financial mistakes (including the infamous licensing of various properties to Eants, a hentai developer, a few years earlier), and with the exception of Wolf Team's Tales series (owned by Namco, now Bandai Namco) and Tokyo Twilight Busters (owned by Starfish-SD), all their intellectual properties were owned by Sunsoft. Sunsoft sold the IPs to City Connection, which were bought by Edia in January 2020.

Softography

For other labels and subsiduaries, see Laser Soft, Micro World, Renovation Game, Renovation Products or Riot.

LaserDisc hardware

(1984) (as Telenet Japan)

Mega Drive

(1991)
(1991) (as Telenet Japan)
(1991)
(1991)
(1992)
(1992)

Game Gear

(1991) (as Telenet Japan)

Mega-CD

(1992)
(1992)
(1992) (as Telenet Japan)
(1992)
(1992) (as Telenet Japan)
(1993) (as Telenet Japan)
(1993)
(1993)

PC Engine

(1991)

CD-ROM²

(1990) (as Telenet Japan)

FM Towns

(1990)

References

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-[[Image:RIOT logo.png|right|thumb|RIOT logo.]]'''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 company-wide in 1993 for unknown reasons, selling Renovation to Sega and establishing their largest success, Wolf Team's ''Tales'' series, on the SNES.
+'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (日本テレネット) commonly known as '''Telenet Japan''', was a software developer and publisher founded in 1983.
-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]].
+The company built its fortunes developing and publishing for Japanese home computers, before entering the console market at the beginning of the 1990s. Most notably, Telenet owned development studio [[Wolf Team]], which would create several hits in Japan during its existence. For unknown reasons Telenet chose to publish under several brands on home consoles; [[Renovation Game]], [[Riot]], [[Laser Soft]], the North American arm, [[Renovation Products]] (bought by [[Sega]] in 1993) and the occasional no-frills Telenet Japan release. Any internal development was usually credited solely to Telenet Japan (or Wolf Team).
-==Softography==
+They ceased developing for [[Sega]] systems company-wide in 1993 for unknown reasons, selling Renovation to Sega and establishing their largest success, Wolf Team's ''Tales'' series, on the SNES. Telenet Japan themselves would continue to produce games on the SNES, [[PlayStation]], and [[Game Boy Advance]], as well as enter the pachinko business.
-:''For the individual softographies of [[Wolf Team]] and [[Renovation Products]] (in this case, including non-Telenet games), see their respective pages.''
-===[[Mega Drive]]===
-{| class="prettytable"
-|-
-! Game
-! Studio
-! Year
-|-
-|''[[Gaiares]]''
-|Renovation Game (different from Renovation Products)
-|1990
-|-
-|''[[Valis III]]''
-|Renovation Game
-|1991
-|-
-|''[[Jantei Monogatari]]'' (with [[Atlus]])
-|Renovation Game
-|1991
-|-
-|''[[Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation]]''
-|RIOT
-|1991
-|-
-|''[[Ys III: Wanderers from Ys]]''
-|?
-|1991
-|-
-|''[[Beast Warriors]]''
-|RIOT
-|1991
-|-
-|''[[Exile]]''
-|RIOT
-|1991
-|-
-|''[[Mugen Senshi Valis]]''
-|RIOT
-|1991
-|-
-|''[[SD Valis]]''
-|Laser Soft
-|1992
-|-
-|''[[Traysia]]''
-|RIOT
-|1992
-|-
-|''[[GrandSlam: The Tennis Tournament]]''
-|?
-|1992
-|}
-===[[Mega CD]]===
+Telenet Japan closed down in 2007 after a string of financial mistakes (including the infamous licensing of various properties to Eants, a hentai developer, a few years earlier), and with the exception of Wolf Team's ''Tales'' series (owned by Namco, now [[Bandai Namco]]) and Tokyo Twilight Busters (owned by [[Starfish-SD]]), all their intellectual properties were owned by [[Sunsoft]]. Sunsoft sold the IPs to City Connection, which were bought by [[Edia]] in January 2020.
-*''[[Cosmic Fantasy Stories]]'' (RIOT; 1992)
-*''[[Death Bringer: The Knight of Darkness]]'' (RIOT; 1992)
-*''[[Mahou no Shoujo: Silky Lip]]'' (RIOT; 1992)
-*''[[Cyborg 009]]'' (RIOT; 1993)
-*''[[Revenge of the Ninja]]'' (with [[Taito]]; 1993)
-===[[Game Gear]]===
+==Softography==
-*''[[Griffin]]'' (RIOT; 1991)
+''For other labels and subsiduaries, see [[Laser Soft]], [[Micro World]], [[Renovation Game]], [[Renovation Products]] or [[Riot]]''.
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Nihon Telenet|Telenet Japan}}
-[[Category:Companies]]
+==References==
+{{NECRetro}}
+<references />