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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. | + | '''''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]]. |
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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 Tengen, an American company which made unlicensed video games for the Nintendo NES.
Composers
These composers worked at Namco:
- Ayako Saso
- E. Murakami
- Haruhisa Udagawa
- Haruomi Hosono
- Hiroki Aoyagi
- Hiroyuki Kawada
- Isayan
- Junichi Mizutari
- Junko Ozawa
- K. Okuda
- Masakatsu Maekawa
- Masanobu Endo
- Naoki Higashio
- Norio Nakagata
- Nobuyuki Ohnogi
- Polygome
- Saya-Saya
- Shoichi Fukatani
- Y. Ishida
- Yoshito Tomuro
- Yuriko Keino