- Jaleco
Jaleco was founded as Japan Leisure Corporation on
October 3 1974 . In 1982, the company started developing and manufacturing arcade video games; as a result Japan Leisure Corporation shortened its name to Jaleco the same year. Jaleco was avideo game company whose focus lay in arcade titles, as well as titles for the NES and other popular computer andvideo game console s of the 1980s and 1990s, most notably the "Bases Loaded" series and "Carrier". TheU.S. arm of Jaleco was Jaleco USA based nearChicago in the town ofWheeling, Illinois .By the year 2000, Jaleco, still active in the development of arcade and console video games, hadn't produced any hit title in years and was in a struggling state. Its American division Jaleco USA had already left the arcade industry in 1993. On
November 1 ,2000 , Jaleco was acquired byHong-Kong company PCCW. Jaleco, renamed PCCW Japan, gave the PCCW Group a foothold inJapan . PCCW heavily restructured the company, shutting down Jaleco's arcade division and other non-profitable departments in order to focus on video games for consoles of thesixth generation era . PCCW Japan itself acquired on April 2001 the VR-1 Group which includedVR-1 Entertainment , aU.S. developer ofmassively multiplayer online role playing game s, in order to bring a more global focus to its current and futuresoftware endeavors. On October 2002, PCCW Japan merged Jaleco USA and VR-1 Entertainment to form Jaleco Entertainment, its new U.S. division that would be based inBuffalo, New York instead ofWheeling, Illinois . PCCW Japan reverted its name back to Jaleco in 2004.Jaleco is today a highly active publisher of video games for
Microsoft 'sXbox , PC games, andSony 'sPlayStation 2 . Jaleco is the official subsidiary of the whole PCCW Group in Japan which includes many activities unrelated to videogaming such asmusic ,web application andmobile phone content .On
May 31 2006 , Jaleco's board of directors opted for a change of name from Jaleco Ltd to Jaleco Holding Ltd (jasdaq|7954) and, in the process, spun off the video game division into a separate company that would take the name of Jaleco Ltd. As such, Jaleco Holding is now the name of the company that has existed since 1974, while Jaleco Ltd is the new company that was established onJuly 3 2006 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Jaleco Holding.Other than Jaleco Ltd, Jaleco Holding's subsidiaries are
Japan Central Real Estate Co andPantaRhei Securites Co .Video games
*"Argus"
*"The Astyanax " (Originally "The Lord of King") (arcade version)
*"Astyanax" (Originally "The Lord of King") (NES version)
*"Avenging Spirit "
*"Bases Loaded"
*"Bases Loaded II "
*"Bases Loaded 3 "
*"Big Striker "
*"Brawl Brothers /Rushing Beat Ran "
*"Butasan "
*"Carrier"
*"Cisco Heat "
*"City Connection "
*"Dead Dance "
*"Desert War"
*"Dragonseeds "
*"Exerion "
*"Field Combat "
*"Fighter Ace "
*"Ginga Ninkyoden
*"Goal!
*"
*"Hammerlock Wrestling "
*"Tuff-E-Nuff
*"The Ignition Factor "
*"Illbleed "
*"Juggernaut "
*"King Arthur's World "
*"Kizuna"
*"Maniac Mansion "
*"Metal Mech "
*"Momoko 120% " (renamed as "" for theFamicom port)
*"Monty On the Run "/Monty no DokiDoki Daissou (Famicom Disk System)
*"Operation Logic Bomb "
*"Peace Keepers "/"Rushing Beat Shura "
*"Peek-A-Boo !" (Arcade erotica)
*"Pinball Quest "
*"Pizza Pop !" (NES)
*"Psychic 5 "
*"Rival Turf "/"Rushing Beat "
*"Robowarrior "
*"Rodland "
*"Saint Dragon "
*"Shatterhand "
*"Speed Racer "
*"Stepping Stage " (arcade version)
*""
*"Super Bases Loaded "
*"Super Earth Defense Force "
*"Tetris Plus "
*"Totally Rad " ("Magic John" in Japan)
*"Trailer Park Tycoon "
*"Uo Poko "
*"Utopia"
*"Utopia " (SNES version)
*"Whomp 'Em "
*"Wild Pilot "
*"World Championship Pool 2004 " (publisher)
*"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles "External links
* [http://www.jaleco.co.jp/ Jaleco Holding Ltd.] (formerly Jaleco Ltd and PCCW Japan)
* [http://www.jalecogames.co.jp/ Jaleco Ltd.]
* [http://www.jaleco.com/ Jaleco Entertainment]
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