was a Japanese

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founded in

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Kenichi Nishi is a Japanese video game designer. He has helped found a number of notable video game companies and develops games at Route24, his own private limited company. The number 24 in the title comes from its founder's name: "Ni" (2) and "Shi" (4). Car ...

. Its staff included many former employees of

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. After producing three

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, the company disbanded in

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. Many staff members joined other small and independent game companies, such as

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, and

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. Former staff members Yoshiro Kimura, Kurashima Kazuyuki and Hirofumi Taniguchi now run the game studio Onion Games which ported '' Moon: Remix RPG Adventure'' to

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, and

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, as well as releasing it in

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for the first time. The name "Love-de-Lic" derives from Nishi's love for

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, specifically the album ''

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''.

Games

* '' Moon: Remix RPG Adventure'' (1997,

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) * '' UFO: A Day in the Life'' (1999,

) * '' L.O.L.: Lack of Love'' (2000,

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)

Staff

Taro Kudou is a Japanese video game designer and video game music composer. He began his career working for Konami and Square in the 1990s, then joined fellow ex-Square designers at Love-de-Lic in 1996, where he designed '' UFO: A Day in the Life''. Kudo no ...

* Akira Ueda *Yoshiro Kimura *Keita Eto *Kurashima Kazuyuki *Hirofumi Taniguchi *Hiroshi Suzuki

References

External links

* (web archive
Vanpool Games
(in Japanese)
Punchline Games
(web archive) (in Japanese) Defunct video game companies of Japan Video game companies established in 1995 Video game companies disestablished in 2000 Video game development companies Japanese companies disestablished in 2000 Japanese companies established in 1995 {{Japan-videogame-company-stub