was a Japanese

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and

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founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima. The company had several video game divisions including:

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, Laser Soft, Reno, Renovation Products, Riot, Commseed, and Telenet Jr. Telenet Japan's North American subsidiary, Renovation Products, was acquired by

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in 1993. With debt of , the company ceased operating in late September 2007 and closed its doors on October 25.

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acquired Telenet's entire software library in December 2009, citing plans to remake or re-release (via

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) the old titles. The Japanese company Edia acquired Telenet's catalogue from

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in January 2020.

Riot

The Riot division came into existence in 1991 when Telenet Japan was expanding in the country. However, because Telenet was starting to lose sales in 1993, the company went through extensive restructuring which resulted in the closing of a few subsidiaries. Some staff employed at Laser Soft and Riot were transferred to another subsidiary,

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. The same year, several key developers of the

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games '' Tenshi no Uta I & II'' left Riot to found

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and work on a new RPG franchise, ''

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''. Riot was also known for employing graphic artist and later game director

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, as well as music composer

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Games list

Developed

* Mega Drive/Genesis ** ''

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'' ** '' XZR II: Kanketsuhen'' ** ''

Gaiares is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Telenet Japan and published by Renovation for the Sega Genesis in Japan and North America in 1990. It was one of the first 8Mb cartridge games on the Genesis. Its title combined Gaia (Mother Ear ...

'' ** ''

Syd of Valis is a 1989 action-platform video game originally developed by Laser Soft, published by Telenet Japan and NEC for the PC Engine CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD. A home computer version was released for PC-8801, MSX2, PC-9801 and X68000. A super deformed ...

'' ** '' Traysia'' ** '' Valis: The Fantasm Soldier'' ** '' Valis III'' * MSX ** '' Andorogynus'' ** '' XZR: Hakai no Gūzō'' ** '' XZR II: Kanketsuhen'' ** '' Sa-Zi-Ri'' ** '' Valis: The Fantasm Soldier'' ** '' Valis: The Fantasm Soldier II'' ** '' Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' * Nintendo 64 ** ''Parlor Pro Pachinko'' * GameCube ** ''

Swingerz Golf ''Swingerz Golf'' (''Ace Golf'' in Europe and in Japan) is a sports video game released by Telenet Japan in 2002. It is a golf simulation game that allows the player to choose from 14 different characters, each with different strengths and weakne ...

'' (released as ''Ace Golf'' in Europe and ''Wai Wai Golf'' in Japan) * PlayStation 2 ** ''

Eagle Eye Golf ''Eagle Eye Golf'' is a golf video game developed by Telenet Japan for the PlayStation 2. It was originally released in Japan in 2005, as ''Enjoy Golf!'' The following year, it was published in the US and UK as ''Eagle Eye Golf''. It received "mi ...

'' (released as ''Enjoy Golf!'' in Japan) ** ''Mahjong Party: Idol to Mahjong Shoubu'' * PC ** '' Meccha Golf'' * Super Famicom/Super NES ** ''

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'' ** ''Dark Kingdom'' ** ''Edo no Kiba'' ** '' Psycho Dream'' ** '' Super Valis IV'' * Sharp X1/X1 Turbo ** '' Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' * NEC PC-88/PC-8800 series ** '' Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' * PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx ** ''

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'' ** ''Babel'' ** ''Browning'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy 2'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy Visual Collection'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy III'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy IV-Chapter 1'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy IV-Chapter 2'' ** '' Death Bringer'' ** '' Dekoboko Densetsu Hashiru Wagamanma'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Exile: Wicked Phenomenon'' ** '' Final Zone II'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

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'' ** '' High Grenadier'' ** '' Jantei Monogatari'' ** '' Kiaiden 00'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

Last Alert ''Last Alert'' (known as ''Red Alert'' in Europe and Japan) is a single-player top down shooting game developed by Sin-Nihon Laser Soft. It was released in Japan in 1989 and North America in 1990 for the TurboGrafx-CD. The story is that of a lone s ...

'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Maho Shoujo Silky Lip'' ** ''

Master of Monsters ''Master of Monsters'' is a turn-based strategy game developed by SystemSoft for the MSX and NEC PC8801. It was ported to a variety of consoles and PCs including the PC Engine CD, NEC PC9801, and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. While it never had ...

'' ** '' Meikyu no Elfeene'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Valis: The Fantasm Soldier'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Valis III'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Valis Visual Collection'' ** '' Police Connection'' ** '' Pop 'n Magic'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Sugoroku '92 Nari Tore Nariagari Trendy'' ** ''Super Albatross'' ** '' Tenshi no Uta'' ** '' Tenshi no Uta II: Datenshi no Sentaku'' ** '' Travel Apple'' ** ''

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Published

* Game Boy ** ''Pachinko CR: Daiku no Gen-San GB'' * Game Gear ** '' Zan Gear'' * Mega Drive/Genesis ** ''

'' ** ''

'' ** '' The Tennis Tournament: Grandslam'' ** '' Traysia'' ** '' Valis III'' ** '' Valis: The Fantasm Soldier'' ** '' Zan: Yasha Enbukyoku'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Earnest Evans'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Arrow Flash'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

'' ** '' Sol-Deace'' ** '' Valis: The Fantasm Soldier'' ** '' Ys III: Wanderers from Ys'' ** ''

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Final Zone ''Final Zone'' (known in Japan as ''FZ Senki Axis (ＦＺ戦記ＡＸＩＳ)'') is an isometric projection, isometric scrolling shooter created by Wolf Team for Telenet Japan and its Renovation Products subsidiary in 1990. Players take on the r ...

'' * Mega-CD ** ''

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'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Road Avenger'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy Stories'' ** '' Earnest Evans'' * MSX ** '' Sa-Zi-Ri'' ** ''

'' ** ''Albatross Tournament Golf'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' * Nintendo 64 ** ''Parlor Pro Pachinko'' * Sharp X1/X1 Turbo ** '' Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' * NEC PC-88/PC-8800 series ** '' Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' * PC ** ''Albatross'' ** ''Albatross 2: Master's History'' ** ''

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'' (published by Eants, a

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developer) ** ''Zan'' ** ''Zan II'' ** ''Zan III'' * PlayStation ** '' Cybernetic Empire'' * PlayStation 2 ** '' Enjoy Golf!'' ** '' Mahjong Party: Idol to Mahjong Shoubu'' * Super Famicom/Super NES ** ''

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'' ** '' Doomsday Warrior'' ** '' The Journey Home'' ** '' Super Valis IV'' ** ''

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'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Psycho Dream'' * PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx ** '' Andre Panza Kick Boxing'' ** ''

'' ** ''

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'' ** ''Browning'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy II'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy Visual Collection'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy III'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy IV-Chapter 1'' ** '' Cosmic Fantasy IV-Chapter 2'' ** '' Death Bringer'' ** '' Dekoboko Densetsu Hashiru Wagamanma'' ** ''

'' ** '' Exile: Wicked Phenomenon'' ** '' Final Zone II'' ** ''

'' ** ''

'' ** '' High Grenadier'' ** '' Jantei Monogatari'' ** '' Kiaiden 00'' ** ''

'' ** ''

'' ** '' Maho Shoujo Silky Lip'' ** '' Meikyu no Elfeene'' ** ''

'' ** ''Super Albatross'' ** '' Valis: The Fantasm Soldier'' ** ''

'' ** '' Valis III'' ** ''

'' ** '' Valis Visual Collection'' ** '' Police Connection'' ** '' Pop 'n Magic'' ** ''

'' ** ''

'' ** '' Sugoroku '92 Nari Tore Nariagari Trendy'' ** '' Super Albatross'' ** '' Tenshi no Uta'' ** '' Tenshi no Uta II: Datenshi no Sentaku'' ** '' Travel Apple'' ** ''

'' * Sharp X68000 ** '' Death Bringer'' ** ''

References

External links

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