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| + | '''Namco''' (ナムコ) was a Japanese company best know for their arcade classics such as ''Pac-Man''. | ||
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| + | The company suffered financial issues between late 1990s and early 2000s due to the struggling Japanese economy and diminishing arcade market, which made it to merged with [[Bandai]] in 2005 to become Bandai Namco Holdings. The company still published games until it was merged into Bandai Namco Games in 2006. | ||
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| Namco | ||
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| Founded: 1955-06-01 | ||
| Defunct: 2006-03-31 | ||
| T-series code: T-14 | ||
| Merged with: Bandai (2006) | ||
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2006-03-31
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Namco (ナムコ) was a Japanese company best know for their arcade classics such as Pac-Man.
The company suffered financial issues between late 1990s and early 2000s due to the struggling Japanese economy and diminishing arcade market, which made it to merged with Bandai in 2005 to become Bandai Namco Holdings. The company still published games until it was merged into Bandai Namco Games in 2006.
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Namco also distributed their own Sega NAOMI and Sega Chihiro systems and was one of the three Triforce partners (along with Sega and Nintendo).
Softography
Electro-mechanical arcade
- Periscope (1966)
NAOMI
- Ninja Assault (2000)
- World Kicks (2000)
- Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Toukon Retsuden 4 Arcade Edition (2000)
- Gun Survivor 2: Biohazard CODE:Veronica (2001)
- Mazan: Flash of the Blade (2002)
Chihiro
- Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune (2003)
- Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 2 (2004)
Triforce
- Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005)
- Star Fox (unreleased)
Arcade
- Gee Bee (1978)
SG-1000
- Sega-Galaga (1984)
Master System
- Pac-Mania (1991)
- Ms. Pac-Man (1991)
Mega Drive
- Phelios (1990)
- Klax (1990)
- Burning Force (1990)
- Megapanel (1990)
- Dangerous Seed (1990)
- Pac-Mania (1991)
- Powerball (1991)
- Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (1991)
- Marvel Land (1991)
- Ms. Pac-Man (1991)
- Kyuukai Douchuuki (1991)
- Quad Challenge (1991) (as Namco Hometek)
- Rolling Thunder 2 (1991)
- Splatterhouse 2 (1992)
- Chibi Maruko-chan: Waku Waku Shopping (1992)
- Splatterhouse 3 (1993)
- Ball Jacks (1993)
- Rolling Thunder 3 (1993) (as Namco Hometek)
- Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (1994) (as Namco Hometek)
- Pac-Attack (1994) (as Namco Hometek)
- Weaponlord (1995) (as Namco Hometek)
- Pac-In-Time (unreleased) (as Namco Hometek)
Game Gear
- Pac-Man (1991)
- Batter Up (1991)
- Mappy (1991)
- Wagyan Land (1991)
- Galaga '91 (1991)
- Pocket Jansou (1992)
- Ms. Pac-Man (1993) (as Namco Hometek)
- Pac-Attack (1994) (as Namco Hometek)
- Gear Stadium Heiseiban (1995)
- Pac-In-Time (unreleased) (as Namco Hometek)
Mega-CD
- StarBlade (1994)
Saturn
- Cyber Sled (unreleased)
Dreamcast
- SoulCalibur Tentou Taikenban (1999)
- SoulCalibur (1999) (as Namco Hometek)
- SoulCalibur Tokubetsu Taikenban (199x)
- Mr. Driller (2000)
- Namco Museum (2000) (as Namco Hometek)
- Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000) (as Namco Hometek)
- Time Crisis II (unreleased)
PlayStation 2
- Vampire Night (2001) (as Namco Hometek)
GameCube
- Nintendo GameCube Preview Disc (2003) (as Namco Hometek)
Gallery
Namcot logo
References
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