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3 | Tecmo, Ltd. was a Japanese video game developer, known primarily for ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' and ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' games. Before 1986, it was known as Tehkan Ltd--mainly because its name when it was founded in 1967 was '''Tei'''koku '''Kan'''zai (lit. Imperial Management) and was originally a property management company that expanded to video game arcades. Several games during its 8, 16, and 32-bit eras had a habit of [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt including their company name]] within the title. |
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5 | In 2010, following significant financial difficulties and several lawsuits (chief among which is a lawsuit filed by ex-Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki), Tecmo considered a takeover by Creator/SquareEnix before choosing to instead merge with Creator/{{Koei}}, founding [[Creator/KoeiTecmo Tecmo Koei Holdings]] (later Koei Tecmo). Tecmo as a whole was dissolved and merged into Koei Tecmo by 2011. The standalone "Tecmo" branding would continue to be used on Koei Tecmo products until 2016. |
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7 | Tecmo organized two internal development divisions between the 1990s and 2000s: |
8 | * '''Team Ninja''': Founded by 1995, the team was led by the famous game designer Tomonobu Itagaki, and developed the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' and ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' video games. After the Koei Tecmo merger, Team Ninja became one of the major Koei Tecmo development studios. |
9 | * '''Team Tachyon''': Founded in 2007, the team developed some high-profile Tecmo titles like ''VideoGame/UndeadKnights'' and ''Quantum Theory''. After the Koei Tecmo merger, most of Team Tachyon was merged into Team Ninja in 2016. |
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11 | [[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas Not to be confused with]] Technos Japan Corp., the now defunct developers of the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' and ''[[VideoGame/KunioKun Kunio-kun]]'' games. |
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14 | !!Games developed |
15 | [[index]] |
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17 | ->Games are divided into folders based on their development studio credits, then sorted under headings based on whether they are published by Tecmo. |
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19 | ->Only games developed/published before Tecmo's dissolution are listed here. For later games, see Creator/KoeiTecmo. |
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23 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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25 | [[folder:Tecmo]] |
26 | %% Games that are credited to Tecmo (or its predecessor Tehkan), rather than Team Ninja or Team Tachyon |
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28 | [[AC:Published by Tecmo]] |
29 | * ''VideoGame/BombJack'' |
30 | * ''VideoGame/CaptainTsubasa'' series (some game entries developed by Tecmo) |
31 | * ''VideoGame/{{Deception}}'' series (1996-2005) |
32 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Trapt}}'' |
33 | * ''VideoGame/FatalFrame'' series (2001-2008; series includes games not published by Tecmo) |
34 | ** ''VideoGame/FatalFrameI'' |
35 | ** ''VideoGame/FatalFrameII'' |
36 | ** ''VideoGame/FatalFrameIII'' |
37 | * ''VideoGame/FlameGunner'' (developed with GAPS Inc.) |
38 | * ''VideoGame/{{Legionnaire}}'' (developed with TAD Corporation) |
39 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' series (series includes games not developed by Tecmo) |
40 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterRancherEVO'' |
41 | * ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' series (series includes games developed by Team Ninja, and games not developed by Tecmo) |
42 | ** ''VideoGame/NinjaGaidenArcade'' |
43 | ** ''VideoGame/NinjaGaidenNES'' |
44 | ** ''VideoGame/NinjaGaidenIITheDarkSwordOfChaos'' |
45 | ** ''VideoGame/NinjaGaidenIIITheAncientShipOfDoom'' |
46 | * ''VideoGame/RadiaSenkiReimeihen'' |
47 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'' |
48 | * ''VideoGame/SecretOfTheStars'' |
49 | * ''VideoGame/SolomonsKey'' |
50 | * ''VideoGame/StarForce'' |
51 | * ''VideoGame/TecmoBowl'' |
52 | * ''VideoGame/TecmoKnight'' |
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54 | [[AC:Published by Others]] |
55 | * ''VideoGame/FatalFrameMaskOfTheLunarEclipse'' (published by Creator/{{Nintendo}} on the Wii; non-Wii versions published post-merger by Koei Tecmo) |
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57 | [[/folder]] |
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59 | [[folder:Team Ninja]] |
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61 | [[AC:Published by Tecmo]] |
62 | * ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series (1996-2010; series includes games not developed by Team Ninja) |
63 | * ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' series (2004 game, ''Dragon Sword'', and ''II'' only) |
64 | ** ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden2004'' |
65 | ** ''VideoGame/NinjaGaidenDragonSword'' |
66 | ** ''VideoGame/NinjaGaidenII2008'' |
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68 | [[AC:Published by Others]] |
69 | * ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' (developed with Nintendo SPD; published by Nintendo) |
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71 | [[/folder]] |
72 | |
73 | [[folder:Team Tachyon]] |
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75 | [[AC:Published by Tecmo]] |
76 | * ''VideoGame/UndeadKnights'' |
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78 | [[/folder]] |
79 | |
80 | [[/index]] |
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