Epoch Co.
Epoch Co., Ltd. is a Japanese toy and computer games company founded in 1958 which is best known for manufacturing Barcode Battler and Doraemon video games. Its current Representative President is Michihiro Maeda.
They also made Japan's first successful programmable console video game system, the Epoch Cassette Vision, in 1981.
History
Founded in May 1958 by Maeda Taketora and three others in Tokyo with ¥1000000, Maeda Taketora is made president, eleven months later, it had increased its capital to ¥2500000. Epoch participated in the first Japanese international toy trade fair in 1962. It moved to its headquarters to its current location in Tokyo in 1963. After 20 years of its founding in 1978, Epoch had increased to ¥200000000 - 200 times the original startup cost. In the 1980s it briefly had a United States office in Englewood, New Jersey, which sold imported English versions of its products. In September 2001 it founded an international branch. It is most famous for its Doraemon and Sylvanian Families toy and video game productions.
LCD handheld electronic games
Epoch created some LCD handheld electronic games in cooperation with ITMC, Tomy and other companies.[1]
Computer games produced
Doraemon Games
- Doraemon: Giga Zombie no Gyakushuu
- Doraemon
- Doraemon 2
- Doraemon 3
- Doraemon 4
- Doraemon: Nobitaito Fukkatsu no Hoshi
- Doraemon 2: SOS! Otogi no Kuni
- Doraemon
- Doraemon Kart
- Doraemon no GameBoy de Asobouyo DX10
- Doraemon 2
- Doraemon Kart 2
- Doraemon: Nobi Futo to Fukkatsu no Hoshi (Saturn)
- Doraemon: Aruke Aruke Labyrinth
- Doraemon Memories: Nobi Dai no Omoi Izaru Daibouken
- Doraemon: Nobita to 3-tsu no Seirei Ishi (N64)
- Doraemon 2: Nobita to Hikari no Shinden (N64)
- Doraemon 3: Nobita no Machi SOS! (N64)
- Doraemon 3: Makai no Dungeon
- Doraemon no Study Boy: Kuku Game
- Doraemon no Study Boy: Gakushuu Kanji Game
- Doraemon Kimito Pet no Monogatari
- Doraemon Board Game
- Doraemon no Quiz Boy 2
- Doraemon no Study Boy: Kanji Yomikaki Master
Sylvanian Families Games
- Sylvanian Families: Otogi no Kuni no Pendant (Game Boy)
- Sylvanian Families 2: Irozuku Mori no Fantasy (Game Boy)
- Sylvanian Families 3: Hoshifuru Yoru no Sunatokei (Game Boy)
- Sylvanian Families 4: Meguru Kisetsu no Tapestry
- Sylvanian Families: Yosei no Stick to Fushigi no Ki - Maron-Inu no Onna no Ko
- Sylvanian Families: Fashion Designer ni Naritai! - Kurumi-Risu no Onna no Ko
Licensed Games
Other games
External links
References
- ^ (French)Epoch LCD handheld electronic games