, formally known as , was a

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production company headquartered in

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, Japan. It was founded in 1972 as a subsidiary of Universal Entertainment. On November 1, 1983, the company was renamed to "UPL Co. Ltd". UPL filed for bankruptcy in March 4, 1992. Near the end of UPL's business, Tsutomu Fujisawa later established a new video game company called ''Scarab'', which renamed itself several years later as

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. Fujisawa died in February 28, 1998.

Notable works

Arcade Arcade most often refers to: * Arcade game, a coin-operated game machine Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade game's hardware Arcade system board, a standardized printed circuit board * Amusement arcade, a place with arcade games * ...

* Mouser (released in North America by Cosmos) * Nova 2001 (released in North America by

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) * Ninja-kun Ma-jou no Bouken (released by

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) * Penguin-kun Wars * Raiders5 * XX Mission (released in North America by United Artists Theatre Amusements) *

Ark Area ''Ark Area'' is a multidirectional scrolling shooter released in arcades by UPL in 1987. The player uses futuristic spacecraft A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. A type of artificial satellite, spacecraf ...

* Mutant Night * Ninja-Kid II (released in the USA by World Games as Rad Action, and by United Amusements as JT-104) * Atomic Robo-Kid (released in North America by Nikom) *

Omega Fighter is a vertical scrolling shooter developed for the arcades by UPL and released in 1989. While similar to most other scrolling shooters, ''Omega Fighter'' was unique in its gameplay, level and enemy focus: rather than flying over multiple levels, ...

(released in North America by American Sammy Corporation) * Otogizoushi Urashima Mahjong * Task Force Harrier (released in North America by American Sammy Corporation) *

Bio-ship Paladin ''Bio-ship Paladin'', known in Japan as , is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game. It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive. While the game is essentially a standard horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, it has an innovation ...

(released in North America by American Sammy Corporation) * US-AAF Mustang * Vandyke * Acrobat Mission * Black Heart *

Koutetsu Yousai Strahl ''Koutetsu Yousai Strahl'' (鋼鉄要塞シュトラール, ''Steel Fortress Strahl'') is a horizontal scrolling Shoot 'em up Shoot 'em ups (also known as shmups or STGs ) are a sub-genre of action games. There is no consensus as to wh ...

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* Ninja Taro (published outside of Japan by American Sammy)

Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis

* Atomic Robo-Kid (ported by

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) *

(ported by

)

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* Atomic Robo-Kid (ported by System Sacom)

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* Acrobat Mission (ported by Teichiku) * Super Ninja-kun (published by Jaleco)

TurboGrafx-16 The TurboGrafx-16, known as the outside North America, is a home video game console designed by Hudson Soft and sold by NEC Home Electronics. It was the first console marketed in the fourth generation, commonly known as the 16-bit era, thoug ...
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* Atomic Robo-Kid Special * Gomola Speed

References

External links

UPL-Grave Digger: The legend begins once more...
- a grave website created by UPL employees dedicated to the company. {{in lang, ja
''UPL Co., Ltd'' profile
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