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Namco
株式会社ナムコ
Established June 1, 1955 (as Nakamura Seisakusho)
Product(s) Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei series
Subsidiaries Namcot (1984-1995)

Namco Limited[a] 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.,[b] and began developing games under the name Namco in 1977.[1] The company moved into its longtime headquarters at 2-1-21 Yaguchi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, in 1985.[2]

Namco 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). On January 11, 2006, it was announced that Namco would become the base company for the group's arcade and amusement park division.[3] This division continued as Namco Limited until April 1, 2018, when it was renamed to Bandai Namco Amusement Inc.[c][4] The company remained in its Yaguchi headquarters until 2014, when the building was vacated and a new headquarters was established at 3-13-16 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo.[5][2] The company relocated again to 3-1-35 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, in 2019.[6]

Media Credits

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

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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Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 株式会社ナムコ, romanized Kabushiki-gaisha Namuko
  2. ↑ Japanese: 株式会社中村製作所, romanized Kabushiki-gaisha Nakamura Seisakusho
  3. ↑ Japanese: 株式会社バンダイナムコアミューズメント, romanized Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai Namuko Amyūzumento

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181210202633/https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/corporate/history/namco/index.html
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Its most recent Ota-ku office departure took place in September 2014 when Namco moved out of its Yaguchi office that was once prominently featured on the Japanese cover of “We Love Katamari.” Namco’s Yaguchi office was built in 1985 and previously served as Namco’s long-time headquarters." John Andersen, The demolition of Japan’s videogame history. Archived: Archive. Published March 24, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2024. .
  3. ↑ "Following this reorganization however, Bandai will be the base company for the Toys & Hobby SBU, NAMCO for the Amusement Facility SBU, and NAMCO BANDAI Games for the Game Contents SBU." NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc., Reorganization of the Japanese Operations of the BANDAI NAMCO Group. Archived: Archive. Published January 11, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2024. .
  4. ↑ https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/file/view/6083?entry_id=5501
  5. ↑ Press Release for headquarter move (Dead link). Published September 8, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2024. .
  6. ↑ https://bandainamco-am.co.jp/documents/company/NEWS/others_facillty/15/20190401_15-C-001.pdf
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