Line #15 Creator/Jaleco


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3	Jaleco was a long-lived but underappreciated Japanese video game company.
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5	The company was originally founded in 1973 by Yoshiaki Kanazawa under the name '''Ja'''pan '''Le'''isure '''Co'''mpany,[[note]]Because of this, the name can be pronounced as either "JA-leh-co" or "Ja-LEE-co".[[/note]] and produced electromechanical games in its early years. The company produced its first video UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame in 1982, and soon after that shortened its name to Jaleco. In the mid-1980s, Jaleco began releasing home video games on the {{Platform/MSX}} and [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]], focusing mainly on ports of arcade games, ports and localizations of various Western-developed games, and the ''Moero!!'' series of {{Sports Game}}s. Thus began Jaleco's most prolific period, though many of the games they released on arcades and 8-bit and 16-bit consoles, including original titles, had their developed outsourced to Creator/{{TOSE}}, Creator/{{Natsume}}, Creator/{{Arc\|SystemWorks}} and many lesser-known independent companies.
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7	An American subsidiary, Jaleco USA, began doing business in 1988. Jaleco USA went to unusual lengths to modify Japanese games to appeal to American tastes.
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9	In October 2000, several years after unceremoniously quitting the arcade business, Jaleco was acquired by the Hong Kong company Pacific Century [=CyberWorks=] (PCCW). Then the Japanese division was operated as PCCW Japan before turning back to Jaleco around 2005, while the American division still retain the Jaleco label. Both sides of the Pacific branch of Jaleco at the time produced some of the most strangely misconceived games for various consoles at the time.
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11	PCCW sold Jaleco in 2005 to Sandringham Fund SPC, who in 2006 incorporated a new video game company called Jaleco Ltd. so that the shell of the old Jaleco could be converted into a holding company for unrelated businesses. Jaleco's video game releases began to dwindle away, and in 2009, Jaleco Ltd. was sold for one yen to their online partner company Game Yarou (with Game Yarou soon afterwards had to inherit a massive amount of debt thanks to Jaleco's failures, in particular their final game ''Ougon no Kizuna'' costing roughly 4 million dollars to produce and only selling 12,000 units.). Jaleco eventually ceased to exist in 2014 with the rights to their game assets now currently owned by a Japanese indie company called City Connection.
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14	!!Games published by Jaleco include:
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16	[[index]]
17	* ''VideoGame/SixtyFourthStreetADetectiveStory''
18	* ''VideoGame/ArmChamps'' (and its sequel, ''Arm Champs II'')
19	* ''VideoGame/{{Astyanax}}''
20	* ''VideoGame/AvengingSpirit''
21	* ''Bases Loaded'' series
22	* ''Bio Senshi Dan''
23	* ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' (JP publisher)
24	* ''B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System'' (3D game from the early 1990s developed by Creator/MicroProse; involves HumongousMecha, [[FunWithAcronyms hence the name]])
25	* ''Big Run''
26	* ''Big Striker''
27	* ''VideoGame/BRAHMAForceTheAssaultOnBeltlogger9''
28	* ''Butasan''
29	* ''VideoGame/{{Carrier}}''
30	* ''VideoGame/ChimeraBeast'' (unreleased)
31	* ''Cisco Heat''
32	* ''VideoGame/CityConnection''
33	* ''VideoGame/{{Cybattler}}''
34	* ''Cyberball'' (NES version)
35	* ''VideoGame/{{Darius}} R'' (published by PCCW Japan)
36	* ''Desert War''
37	* ''VideoGame/DragonSeeds''
38	* ''EDF: Earth Defense Force'' (including the {{Platform/SNES}} version)
39	* ''Exerion''
40	* ''VideoGame/GameTengoku''
41	* ''Gratia: Second Earth''
42	* ''VideoGame/{{Hachoo}}''
43	* ''The Ignition Factor''
44	* ''Ikari no Yosai'' (''Fortified Zone'' / ''Operation Logic Bomb'')
45	* ''[[VideoGame/IrritatingMaze Irritating Stick]]'' (US publisher)
46	* ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' (GBA version)
47	* ''Karnaaj Rally'' (US publisher)
48	* ''King Arthur's World''
49	* ''VideoGame/KingdomUnderFireTheCrusaders'' (JP publisher)
50	* ''Legend Of Makai''
51	* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' (NES/Famicom versions)
52	* ''VideoGame/Momoko120Percent''
53	* ''[[VideoGame/MontyMole Monty on the Run]]'' (Famicom Disk System port)
54	* ''VideoGame/{{Nectaris}}: Military Madness'' ([=PlayStation=] remake, US publisher)
55	* ''VideoGame/{{Nightcaster}} II: Equinox''
56	* ''Ninja Jajamaru-kun'' series
57	** ''VideoGame/MarusMission''
58	* ''Ougon no Kizuna'' ([[Main/CreatorKiller Final game]])
59	* ''VideoGame/P47ThePhantomFighter''
60	* ''VideoGame/P47Aces''
61	* ''VideoGame/PinballQuest''
62	* ''VideoGame/PizzaPop''
63	* ''Pop Flamer''
64	* ''VideoGame/Psychic5''
65	* ''VideoGame/PunkySkunk'' (US Publisher)
66	* ''Racket Attack''
67	* ''Videogame/RagingBlades''
68	* ''VideoGame/{{Rampart}}'' (NES version)
69	* ''VideoGame/RoboWarrior'' (US publisher)
70	* ''VideoGame/RodLand''
71	* ''VideoGame/RType III'' (US publisher)
72	* ''VideoGame/RushingBeat'' trilogy (''Rival Turf'', ''Brawl Brothers'', and ''The Peace Keepers'')
73	* ''Saint Dragon''
74	* ''VideoGame/{{Shatterhand}}''
75	* ''Splash Down: Rides Gone Wild'' (Japan-only Jetski arcade game which included Shibayama from ''Arm Champs II'') (port of the North American ''Creator/{{THQ}}'' Platform/PlayStation2 game of the same name)
76	* ''Super Bubble Pop''
77	* ''VideoGame/TakedaShingen'' a.k.a ''Samurai Fighter Shingen''
78	* ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Plus''
79	* ''[[VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer Tokyo Highway Battle]]'' (US publisher)
80	* ''VideoGame/TotallyRad''
81	* ''VideoGame/TuffENuff''
82	* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura: Lum no Wedding Bell'' ("Lum's Wedding Bell"; Japan-only Famicom game[[note]]This is what Momoko 120% was supposed to have been in the first place, but for the arcade game, they were only able to secure the rights to "Lum no Love Song" ("Lum's Love Song"), the anime's first opening theme, which is why [[RealSongThemeTune it appears]] in the arcade game, even though it features original characters.[[/note]])
83	* ''Whomp 'Em''
84	* ''Wild Pilot''
85	* ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors'' (JP publisher)
86	* ''World PK Soccer (and its sequel, V2)''
87	[[/index]]

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