TECMO

(formerly known as 'Tehkan Ltd') is a Japanese video game corporation that is best known for the ''Ninja Gaiden'', ''Dead or Alive'', ''Deception'', ''Monster Rancher'', ''Rygar'', ''Tecmo Super Bowl'', ''Fatal Frame'' and ''Gallop Racer'' video game series. The game Tecmo Bowl was listed on the 200 Greatest Games of Their Times list. The company was founded on July 31, 1967 as a supplier of cleaning equipment.^[1] 2 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'' (which was distributed in America by Centuri). When it was still called Tehkan, the company also released such classic games as ''Bomb Jack'' and ''Tehkan World Cup''. In January 8, 1986, Tehkan officially changed its name to Tecmo.

Contents

Games

Subsidiaries

References

External links

Games

List of Tecmo games

Subsidiaries

★ Team Ninja

References

1. (October 2002). "Ninja Beach Party". ''Official Xbox Magazine'' (11): 52.

External links

★ Tecmo, Ltd. (Japan)

★ Tecmo, Inc. (United States)

★ Tecmo entry at MobyGames