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founded in May 1986, based in Mukoujima, Sumida-ku,

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. They were most famous for the '' Wonder Boy/Monster World'' series. Originally called , the company was renamed to Westone as the word Escape made them sound unreliable. The company's name was changed yet again to Westone Bit Entertainment in April 2000. The chief publisher was Ryuichi Nishizawa. The company went bankrupt and entered the liquidation process on October 1, 2014. The Westone name is derived from the first characters of the names of company founders, Ryuuichi Nishizawa (Nishi = West) and Michishito Ishizuka (Ishi = Stone).

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Wonder Boy The series, also known as the series, is a franchise of video games published by Sega and developed by Westone Bit Entertainment (formerly Escape). Beginning with the original ''Wonder Boy (video game), Wonder Boy'' arcade game released in April ...

'' (1986) *''

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'' (1987) *''

Wonder Boy in Monster Land ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'', known by its original arcade release as , is an platform video game developed by Westone Bit Entertainment and released by Sega in Japanese arcades in 1987 and for the Master System in 1988, with a number of oth ...

'' (1987) *'' Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair'' (1988) *''Appare! Gateball'' (1988) *'' Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap'' (1989) *''

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'' (1990) *''

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'' (1990) *'' Aurail'' (1990) *''

Wonder Boy in Monster World ''Wonder Boy in Monster World'', known in Japan as ''Wonder Boy V: Monster World III'', is a side-scrolling action role-playing game originally developed by Westone and published by Sega for the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1991. It is the fifth game i ...

'' (1991) *'' Power Eleven'' (1991) *''

Riot City is a 1991 in video gaming, 1991 2D computer graphics, 2D beat 'em up arcade game developed by Westone Bit Entertainment, Westone and published by Sega. Plot The plot begins when narcotics agents Paul and Bobby are committed to putting an end t ...

'' (1991) *''

Riot Zone ''Riot Zone'', known in Japan as , is a 1992, beat 'em up video game by Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx-CD console. It was re-released on the Virtual Console for North America on January 14, 2008, in the PAL regions on January 18, 2008, and in Japa ...

'' (1992) *''

Monster World IV ''Monster World IV'' is an action-adventure platform game developed by Westone and released in Japan by Sega for the Mega Drive in April 1994. The game title is slightly confusing: It is the sixth game in the ''Wonder Boy'' series and the fourth ...

'' (1994) *''Blood Gear'' (1994) *'' Mega Bomberman'' (1994) *'' Dungeon Explorer'' (1995) *''Kekkon'' (1995) *''Dark Half'' (1996) *''Wolkenkratzer: Shinpan no Tou'' (1996) *''Willy Wombat'' (1997) *'' Soukou Kihei Votoms Gaiden: Ao no Kishi Berserga Monogatari'' (1997) *''Sotsugyou Album'' (1998) *''Sotsugyou III: Wedding Bell'' (1998) *''Sotsugyou M: Male Graduation - Seitokaichou no Kareinaru Inbou'' (1998) *''

Wachenröder is a 1998 Japanese Simulation role-playing game, simulation role playing game. It was developed by TNS Co., Ltd. and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. It was never released outside of Japan. Gameplay ''Wachenröder'' is a Simulation role ...

'' (1998) *''Milano no Arbeit Collection'' (1999) *'' Cyber Team in Akihabara: PataPies!'' (1999) *'' Di Gi Charat Fantasy'' (2001) *'' Reel Fishing: Wild'' (2001) *'' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Raising Project'' (2001) *'' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Raising Project with Asuka Supplementing Project'' (2003) *'' Relaxuma: Ojama Shitemasu 2 Shuukan'' (2005) *'' Secret of Evangelion'' (2006) *'' Clockwork Aquario'' (2021)

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