Tommo Inc. is an American

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based in

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. Founded in 1990, Tommo started out as a small independent distributor of imported video games. Since 2006, Tommo also operates a publishing subsidiary,

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, which is best known for publishing original games, such as several titles in the '' Raiden'' series.

History

In July 2013, Tommo successfully placed a bid on a majority of assets held by

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during the company's bankruptcy sale. The sale included assets related to

Humongous Entertainment Humongous, Inc. (formerly Humongous Entertainment, Inc.) was an American video game developer based in Bothell, Washington. Founded in 1992, the company developed multiple edutainment franchises, most prominently ''Putt-Putt (series), Putt-Putt' ...

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and over one-hundred titles. In January 2014, Tommo relaunched the Humongous brand and began re-releasing the company's Junior Adventure titles onto

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. In October 2014, in conjunction with

Night Dive Studios Night Dive Studios, Inc. (trade name: Nightdive Studios) is an American video game developer based in Vancouver, Washington and a subsidiary of Atari SA. The company is known for obtaining rights to abandonware video games, updating them for co ...

, Tommo launched its Retroism publishing label, which specializes in the re-release of classic video game titles into

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channels. In 2017, Tommo began a partnership with Hong Kong–based investor and intellectual property management company Billionsoft. In the process, Tommo licensed out its Retroism titles over to them, alongside the brand names. Within the process, Billionsoft relaunched the

label with the intention of producing new entries for ex-Accolade franchises, beginning with the ''

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'' series. In March 2020, newly-formed publisher Ziggurat Interactive purchased several of the ex-Atari titles from Tommo and Billionsoft. On April 19, 2023, Atari re-purchased back over one-hundred titles held by the two companies, as well as the

and GT Interactive brands.

Games published

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