Tecmo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tecmo, Ltd. (テクモ Tekumo?) TYO: 9650 (formerly known as Tehkan Ltd) is a Japanese video game corporation that is best known for the Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, Deception, Monster Rancher, Rygar, Tecmo Super Bowl, Fatal Frame and Gallop Racer video game series. The company was founded on July 31, 1967. 2 years later, in 1969, it started to sell amusement equipment.
On March 1981, a U.S. division was inaugurated as U.S Tehkan Inc. A month later, on April 1981, Tehkan released in Japan its first arcade video game titled Pleiads (which was distributed in America by Centuri). When it was still called Tehkan, the company also released such classic games as Bomb Jack and Tehkan World Cup. In January 8, 1986, Tehkan officially changed its name to Tecmo.
[edit] Subsidiaries
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Tecmo, Ltd. (Japan)
- Tecmo, Inc. (United States)
- Tecmo entry at MobyGames
 |
This video game corporation or company-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
