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Amusement companies of Japan

  • Polygon MagicPolygon Magic emerged as a Japanese video game developer focused on arcade, console, and mobile platforms. The studio established itself by creating titles…
  • Kojima ProductionsIn April 2005, a new team formed inside the Japanese giant Konami. This group took the name Kojima Productions and operated as a subsidiary of the larger…
  • NintendoOn the 23rd of September 1889, a craftsman named Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a small unincorporated establishment in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto.
  • Nihon FalcomMasayuki Kato established Nihon Falcom in 1981. The name Falcom came from the Millennium Falcon. The final n changed to an m to fit naming trends of that…
  • SNKEikichi Kawasaki stood in a small office in Osaka on the 22nd of July 1978 and signed papers to reorganize Shin Nihon Kikaku into a stock company.
  • KonamiKagemasa Kōzuki opened a small business in Toyonaka, Osaka, on the 21st of March 1969. He rented and repaired jukeboxes for local bars and restaurants.
  • NamcoOn the 1st of June 1955, Japanese businessman Masaya Nakamura founded a company in Ikegami, Tokyo. The son of a shotgun repair business owner, Nakamura…