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Native name
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株式会社ナムコ |
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Romanized name
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Kabushiki gaisha Namuko |
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Formerly called
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Nakamura Seisakusho (1955-1959) Nakamura Manufacturing (1959-1977) |
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| Industry | Video arcade, amusement park |
| Founded | June 1, 1955 (original, now Bandai Namco Entertainment) March 31, 2006 (current company) |
| Founder | Masaya Nakamura |
| Headquarters | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Products | List of Namco games |
| Parent | Bandai Namco Holdings |
| Subsidiaries | Namco Enterprises Asia Shanghai Namco Namco America Namco Cybertainment Namco Operations Europe |
| Website | http://www.namco.co.jp/ |
Namco Limited (株式会社ナムコ Kabushiki gaisha Namuko) is a Japanese corporation that operates game centers and theme parks, but is best known for its previous identity as a video game developer and publisher. Its headquarters are located in Minato, Tokyo. The company's English name is often officially written as NAMCO (in all capital letters).
The original Namco Ltd. was founded in 1955 as Nakamura Seisakusho. In 2006, Namco absorbed the video game division of its sister company Bandai and formally renamed itself Namco Bandai Games. The same day, its existing amusement division split to form a new company called Namco Ltd.
Namco was a front-runner during the golden age of arcade video games. Pac-Man went on to become the best-selling arcade game in history and an international popular culture icon. Namco is also known for creating successful franchises such as Galaxian, Dig Dug, Xevious, Ridge Racer, Ace Combat, Tekken, Soul and Tales.
Masaya Nakamura founded the company as Nakamura Seisakusho Co., Ltd. in 1955. Based in Tokyo, the company started out by running children's rides on the roof of a department store in Yokohama. The business eventually expanded throughout the Tokyo area. Nakamura Seisakusho underwent in 1959 a name change to Nakamura Manufacturing Co, Ltd.Nakamura Manufacturing Company would later be used to form the acronym "NAMCO" as a brand name in 1971 which eventually became the company's own corporate name in 1977. In 1970, the company produced a coin-operated mechanical driving simulator called Racer.
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