Tecmo

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Tecmo, Ltd.
Type
Founded 1967
Headquarters
Key people Tomonobu Itagaki
Industry Video games
Website www.tecmoinc.com

Tecmo, Ltd. (テクモ Tekumo?) TYO: 9650 (formerly known as Tehkan Ltd) is a Japanese video game corporation that is best known for the Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, Deception, Monster Rancher, Rygar, Tecmo Super Bowl, Tecmo World Wrestling, Fatal Frame and Gallop Racer video game series. The game Tecmo Bowl was listed on the 200 Greatest Games of Their Times list.

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[edit] History

The company was founded on July 31, 1967 as a supplier of cleaning equipment.[1] Two years later, in 1969, it started to sell amusement equipment.

On March 1981, a U.S. division was inaugurated as U.S Tehkan Inc. A month later, on April 1981, Tehkan released in Japan its first arcade video game titled Pleiads (which was distributed in America by Centuri). When it was still called Tehkan, the company also released such classic games as Bomb Jack and Tehkan World Cup. On January 8, 1986, Tehkan officially changed its name to Tecmo.

[edit] Games

Main article: List of Tecmo games

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[edit] References

  1. ^ (October 2002). "Ninja Beach Party". Official Xbox Magazine (11): 52.

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