Westone
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| Founded: 1986-05[1][2] | ||
| Defunct: 2014-09-24[2] | ||
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Westone Bit Entertainment (ウエストン ビット エンタテインメント), founded as Escape, and later known as simply Westone, was a Japanese video game developer which often did uncredited contract work for publishers such as Sega and Hudson Soft. The company is most notable for developing a number of entries in the Wonder Boy series.
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Company
The Tokyo-based developer was founded in May 1986 as Escape (referring to a computer keyboard's Esc key.) Because it was felt that name didn't reinforce the image of a reliable company, it was later changed to Westone, a contraction derived from the first characters of founders Ryuuichi Nishizawa (西澤龍一) and Michishito Ishizuka's (石塚路志人) names: Nishi, meaning West, and Ishi, meaning stone.[2] It was created as an original equipment manufacturer for both arcades and home consoles.[3]
Softography
System 1
- Wonder Boy (1986) (as Escape)
System 2
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1987)
System 16
- Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1988)
- Riot City (1991)
Master System
Mega Drive
- Wonder Boy in Monster World (1991)
- Mega Bomberman (1994)
- Monster World IV (1994)
Game Gear
Mega-CD
- Dungeon Explorer (1995)
- The Space Adventure (1995)
Pico
Saturn
- Kekkon: Marriage (1995)
- Willy Wombat (1997)
- Sotsugyou III Wedding Bell (1998)
- Sotsugyou Album (1998)
Dreamcast
- Akihabara Dennou-gumi Pata Pies! (1999)
- Reel Fishing: Wild (2001) (as Westone Bit Entertainment)
- Di Gi Charat Fantasy (2001) (as Westone Bit Entertainment)
- Shinseiki Evangelion: Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku (2002) (as Westone Bit Entertainment)
PlayStation 2
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection (2007) (as Westone Bit Entertainment)
Xbox 360
- Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (2012) (as Westone Bit Entertainment)
PlayStation 3
- Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (2013) (as Westone Bit Entertainment)
PlayStation 4
- Arcade Archives Wonder Boy (2014) (as Westone Bit Entertainment)
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
References
- ↑ http://www.westone.co.jp/ir.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-07-08 20:42)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Westone_Bit_Entertainment
- ↑ Sega Consumer History, Enterbrain, page 90
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