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'''''Namco''''' (known as Namcot in Japan) is a Japanese game developer and publisher. They are best known for their arcade classics such as the Pac-Man series. In 1981, Masanobu "Évezoō End" Endō joined and later formed a division of Namco called Game Studio.
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'''''Namco''''' (known as Namcot in Japan) is a Japanese game developer and publisher. They are best known for their arcade classics such as the Pac-Man series. In 1981, Masanobu "Évezoō End" Endō joined and later formed a division of Namco called Game Studio. When they first started developing NES titles, the company did not yet have a division in the United States. Therefore, they licensed their games from [[Atari|Tengen]], an American company which made unlicensed video games for the Nintendo NES.
  
 
* [[:Category: Games Developed By Namco|Games developed by Namco]].
 
* [[:Category: Games Developed By Namco|Games developed by Namco]].

Revision as of 10:18, 21 August 2012

Namco
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Founded
Headquarters Japan
Other Names
  • Namcot
  • Namco, Ltd.
  • Game Studio

Namco (known as Namcot in Japan) is a Japanese game developer and publisher. They are best known for their arcade classics such as the Pac-Man series. In 1981, Masanobu "Évezoō End" Endō joined and later formed a division of Namco called Game Studio. When they first started developing NES titles, the company did not yet have a division in the United States. Therefore, they licensed their games from Tengen, an American company which made unlicensed video games for the Nintendo NES.

Composers

These composers worked at Namco:

Links

  • Development of Metro-Cross (Japanese): [1]
  • Development of Xevious NES (Japanese): [2]