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Namco Limited was a company known for developing and publishing video games, most famously developing and releasing the game Pac-Man in 1980. With regard to the Megami Tensei franchise, Namco was the publisher of Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei and Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II, which it did under the subsidiary Namcot, which was responsible for publishing games on home consoles.

History

Namco was founded in 1955 by Masaya Nakamura under the name Nakamura Seisakusho Co., Ltd., and it began developing games under the name Namco in 1977. It was acquired by the toy company Bandai Co., Ltd. on September 29, 2005, and the two companies merged to form Namco Bandai Holdings (now known as Bandai Namco Holdings).

Media Credits

This is a list of each Megami Tensei media Namco was involved.

Title	Platforms	Role	Release Date
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei	Famicom	Publisher	Japan September 11, 1987
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II	Famicom	Publisher	Japan April 6, 1990

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-'''Namco Limited''' was a company known for developing and publishing video games, most famously developing and releasing the game ''Pac-Man'' in 1980. With regard to the [[Megami Tensei (Franchise)|''Megami Tensei'' franchise]], Namco was the publisher of {{Link|Game|MT1}} and {{Link|Game|MT2}}, which it did under the subsidiary '''Namcot'''.
+'''Namco Limited''' was a company known for developing and publishing video games, most famously developing and releasing the game ''Pac-Man'' in 1980. With regard to the [[Megami Tensei (Franchise)|''Megami Tensei'' franchise]], Namco was the publisher of {{Link|Game|MT1}} and {{Link|Game|MT2}}, which it did under the subsidiary '''Namcot''', which was responsible for publishing games on home consoles.
 ==History==
-Namco was founded in 1955 by Masaya Nakamura under the name Nakamura Seisakusho (meaning Nakamura Manufacturing), and it began developing games under the name Namco in 1977. It was acquired by the toy company Bandai Co., Ltd. on September 29, 2005, and the two companies merged to form Namco Bandai Holdings (now known as Bandai Namco Holdings).
+Namco was founded in 1955 by Masaya Nakamura under the name Nakamura Seisakusho Co., Ltd., and it began developing games under the name Namco in 1977. It was acquired by the toy company Bandai Co., Ltd. on September 29, 2005, and the two companies merged to form Namco Bandai Holdings (now known as Bandai Namco Holdings).
 ==Media Credits==