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(formerly known as Tehkan Ltd.) is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese video game corporation best known for the Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden

is a series of video games by Tecmo featuring the dragon ninja, Ryu Hayabusa.The series was originally known as in Japan. The word Gaiden in the North American Ninja Gaiden title means "side-story" in Japanese language, even though the Ninja Gaiden series is not a spinoff of a previous series....
, Dead or Alive, Deception
Deception series

The Deception games are a series of console strategy-Computer role-playing game created and published by Tecmo for Sony's line of Sony PlayStation consoles, that have an emphasis on passive combat via the use of traps....
, Monster Rancher
Monster Rancher

is a video game series by Tecmo. Starting in 1997, several sequels have been produced. There is also an anime series based on the video games by the same name....
, Rygar
Rygar

Rygar may be:* Rygar , a video game produced by Tecmo* Rygar , a Nintendo Entertainment System game featuring the same title character as the above...
, Tecmo Bowl
Tecmo Bowl

is an arcade game developed and released in 1987 by Tecmo. While moderately successful in the arcades, the game became and remained widely popular and remembered when it was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988....
, Tecmo World Wrestling
Tecmo World Wrestling

Tecmo World Wrestling is a Nintendo Entertainment System professional wrestling game for one or two players released in 1990 where the player can control one of ten fictional international professional wrestlers....
, Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame

Fatal Frame, known as Project Zero in Europe and Australia, and as in Japan, is a survival horror video game series, so far consisting of four games and a spin-off....
and Gallop Racer
Gallop Racer

Gallop Racer is a horse racing video game, created by Tecmo. Originally for the arcades, it is available on the PlayStation, Playstation 2, and Personal computer platforms....
video game series.

company was founded on July 31, 1967 as a supplier of cleaning equipment. Two years later, in 1969, it started to sell amusement equipment.

On March 1981, a U.S.

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(formerly known as Tehkan Ltd.) is a Japan

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The company was founded on July 31, 1967 as a supplier of cleaning equipment. Two 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
Pleiads

Pleiads was a video game produced by Tehkan and Centuri, and was loosely based on an earlier game called Phoenix which was produced by Amstar in 1980....
(which was distributed in America by Centuri

Centuri

Centuri, based in Hialeah, Florida, was one of the top six suppliers of coin-op video game machinery in the United States. Many of the machines distributed in the US under the Centuri name were licensed from overseas manufacturers, particularly Konami....
). When it was still called Tehkan, the company also released such classic games as Bomb Jack
Bomb Jack

Bomb Jack is an arcade game platform game that was released in 1984 in video gaming by Tecmo . It was followed by two official sequels, the console and computer title Mighty Bomb Jack, and the arcade game Bomb Jack Twin....
and Tehkan World Cup. On January 8, 1986, Tehkan officially changed its name to Tecmo.

On August 29, 2008 Square Enix

Square Enix

is a video game and publishing company based in Japan best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Dragon Quest series, the Final Fantasy series, and the Kingdom Hearts series....
made plans for a friendly takeover of Tecmo by purchasing shares at a 30 percent premium with a total bid of 22.3 billion yen. On September 4, 2008 Tecmo officially declined the takeover proposal. Tecmo has since been in talks with Koei

Koei

Koei Company, Limited , formerly ?? ) is a Japanese video game publisher and video game developer founded in 1978 in video gaming. The company is best known for its historical simulation games based on the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as well as simulation games based on historical events....
about a possible merger between the two companies. They agreed in November 2008 to merge on April 1, 2009 to form Tecmo Koei Holdings. On January 26, 2009 the two companies approved the merger, the holding company will form on April 1, 2009 as planned.

Lawsuits

On the 3rd June, 2008 Team Ninja

Team Ninja

Team Ninja is a video game development studio formerly led by Tomonobu Itagaki which was founded in 1995. They are a subsidiary of Tecmo.Although not one of the oldest developers , Team Ninja is one of many specialized teams that produces consistent entertainment through a certain franchise ....
head Tomonobu Itagaki

Tomonobu Itagaki

is a Japanese people game designer who created the Dead or Alive fighting games and the Ninja Gaiden 3D titles. He also has a reputation for making frank comments, negative and positive, on other developers and video games....
resigned from the company and filed a 145 million yen ($1.3 million) lawsuit for "unpaid completion bonuses" and "emotional distress". This was followed by another lawsuit filed on the 16th of June by two plaintiffs on behalf of Tecmo's 300 employees for unpaid wages amounting to ¥8.3 million.

Games

Subsidiaries

Team Ninja
Team Ninja

Team Ninja is a video game development studio formerly led by Tomonobu Itagaki which was founded in 1995. They are a subsidiary of Tecmo.Although not one of the oldest developers , Team Ninja is one of many specialized teams that produces consistent entertainment through a certain franchise ....

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entry at MobyGames
MobyGames

MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging Video game, both past and present. The site contains an extensive database of video game information....