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Namco Limited (Japanese: 株式会社ナムコ) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo. Namco is currently a part of Bandai Namco Holdings, under the name of Bandai Namco Entertainment since 2006.
Nakamura Seisakusho/Nakamura Manufacturing Company[]
1955–1971[]
On June 1, 1955, Namco was founded by Masaya Nakamura as Nakamura Seisakusho (株式会社中村製作所). The company was reorganized to Nakamura Manufacturing Company in 1959.
Namco[]
1971–present[]
1971–1977[]
In 1971, Nakamura Manufacturing introduced the name Namco, an abbreviation of Nakamura Manufacturing Company. In 1974, the company acquired Atari Japan.
1977–present[]
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In 1977, Nakamura Manufacturing changed its corporate name to Namco.
Although it is not pictured, a variation of this logo with a T (Namcot) was used for the company's domestic home console business from 1984 to 1995 and on Namcot Collection on Nintendo Switch released in June 18, 2020.
On September 29, 2005, Namco was acquired by toy company Bandai to form Namco Bandai Holdings. On March 31, 2006, Namco and Bandai's video game operations were merged into Namco Bandai Games (now Bandai Namco Entertainment) while the amusement center operationes moved to a new dompany under ther Namco name. This logo is still used by Bandai Namco Amusement for their video arcades and other entertainment products, as well as on games until February 2014.
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Digital Business Bandai Namco Entertainment (Bandai Namco Studios | Bandai Namco Online | D3 Publisher | B.B. Studio | Vibe Inc. | Bandai Namco Network Services | Bandai Namco Aces (51%)1 | Bandai Namco Sevens | Bandai Namco Research | Bandai Namco Nexus)
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