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Agetec Games
Agetec Inc. ("ASCII Game Entertainment Technology") was an American video game publishing company that was best known for bringing Japanese titles to the United States. The company was formed through ASCII Corporation, spinning off their American distribution subsidiary as an independent corporation in 1998, and became a standalone publisher one year later. Notable games published by Agetec include ''R-Type Delta'', ''Armored Core'' series, and the King's Field series, as well as the "designer series" ''RPG Maker'' and ''Fighter Maker''. Other titles ''Magic Pengel'' and ''Cookie & Cream'', the best selling fishing titles ''Bass Landing'' and ''Fisherman's Bass Club'', ''Disaster Report'' and its sequel, ''Raw Danger!''. Their last published title was Touch Battle Ninja for the Nintendo 3DS, released in 2014. Around approximately May 2018, all Agetec titles for Nintendo platforms were delisted the Nintendo eShop in North America. Also around this time, their web site became a "serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASCII Corporation
was a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It became a subsidiary of Kadokawa Group Holdings in 2004, and merged with another Kadokawa subsidiary MediaWorks on April 1, 2008, becoming ASCII Media Works. The company published '' Monthly ASCII'' as the main publication. ASCII is best known for creating the '' Derby Stallion'' video game series, the MSX computer, and the '' RPG Maker'' line of programming software. History 1977–1990: Founding and first projects ASCII was founded in 1977 by Kazuhiko Nishi, Akio Gunji and Keiichiro Tsukamoto. The name was taken from the ASCII code that was referred to a computer character set. Originally the publisher of a magazine with the same name, ''ASCII'', talks between Bill Gates and Nishi led to the creation of Microsoft's first overseas sales office, ASCII Microsoft, in 1978.Quote from Bill Gates' ''The Road Ahead'', found in In 1980, ASCII made 1.2 billion yen of sales from licensing Microsoft BASIC. It was 40 percen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |