Namco Hometek
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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 Manufacturing (1955 - 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 Manufacturing. 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 Manufacturing 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 Manufacturing underwent in 1958 a name change to Nakamura Manufacturing Company (or Nakamura Manufacturing Co, Ltd) which would later be used in 1977 to form the acronym "NAMCO". In 1970, the company produced a coin-operated mechanical driving simulator called Racer.
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