is a
Japanese
music
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and
video game
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company. They also had a subsidiary in America called Meldac of America before it became defunct in the 1990s.
Meldac has produced albums for
Jennifer Love Hewitt
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(''
Love Songs
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''), Christopher Sluka,
and
J-Walk
J-Walk (Hangul: 제이워크) is a South Korean musical duo formed by two Sechs Kies members. As of 2016, they are under YG Entertainment after reunited with their group Sechs Kies in the label.
Members
* Jang Suwon (장수원) - vocals
* Ki ...
. In addition to music albums, the company also published video games such as ''
Zombie Nation'' for the
Nintendo Entertainment System
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. They also made
Heiankyo Alien
, known as ''Digger'' in North America, is a maze video game created by the University of Tokyo's Theoretical Science Group (TSG) in 1979.Translation The game was originally developed and released as a personal computer game in 1979, and was then ...
and
Mercenary Force for the
Game Boy
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in addition to Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go! for the
Super Famicom
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. These games have been distributed by
Tokuma Japan Communications
is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, m ...
through its ''TRI-M'' sublabel.
Video games
* ''
U.S. Championship V'Ball
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'' (1989)
* ''
Heiankyo Alien
, known as ''Digger'' in North America, is a maze video game created by the University of Tokyo's Theoretical Science Group (TSG) in 1979.Translation The game was originally developed and released as a personal computer game in 1979, and was then ...
'' (1990)
* ''
Mercenary Force'' (1990 –
Game Boy
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Only)
* ''
Zombie Nation'' (1990 –
NES
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Only)
* ''Battle of Kingdom'' (1991)
* ''The King of Rally'' (1992)
* ''Yomihon Yumegoyomi: Tenjin Kaisen 2'' (1992) – Japan only Game Boy sequel to ''Tenjin Kaisen'' (''Mercenary Force'')
* ''
Super Pinball: Behind the Mask'' (1994)
* ''
Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go!'' (1994)
References
External links
Meldac (Japanese)MobyGames
Mass media companies established in 1990
Video game companies of Japan
Japanese record labels
Video game publishers
Video game companies established in 1990
Japanese companies established in 1990
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