Technōs Japan
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| Public (Defunct) | |
| Industry | Video games industry |
| Fate | Bankrupt |
| Successor | Million Co., Ltd Arc System Works (Intellectual Properties) |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
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Technōs Japan Corporation (株式会社テクノスジャパン Kabushiki-gaisha Tekunosujapan?) was a Japanese video game developer, best known for the Double Dragon Franchises and Kunio-kun (which includes Renegade, Super Dodge Ball and River City Ransom). As of June 2015, Arc System Works owns the intellectual properties of Technōs Japan.
Initially operating from a single-room apartment, Technōs was founded in 1981 by three staff members of Data East. Their first game was Minky Monkey, released in 1982. Many of Technōs Japan's earlier games were often published or distributed by other companies, particularly Data East (as was the case with Karate Champ) and Taito, as Technōs at the time did not have the economical resource to distribute their own games.
Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun ("Hot Blooded Tough Guy Kunio"), a side-scrolling beat-em-up released in 1986 about a high school student who fought thugs and delinquents from other schools, was the company's first big hit in Japan. Kunio-kun was released in the west as Renegade with the game's graphics changed to make the game marketable in the overseas market. Technōs would then produced an Nintendo Entertainment System version of the game, which would be Technōs' first game for the home console market. Technōs Japan's subsequent arcade beat-em-up, Double Dragon, was a big success worldwide when it was released in 1987, which also resulted in an NES version of the game produced, as well as licensed versions produced by other companies for various platforms.
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