History -
NAMCO ※バンダイナムコ統合前となる2005年までの歴史を記載

Shigeichi Ishimura was appointed president and representative director.

Opened Tokyo Panya Street in Funabashi City,Chiba Prefecture.

Opened Kobe Sweets Harbor in Kobe City,Hyogo Prefecture.

Opened Kaikaya day service center in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Introduced Wangan Midnight MAXIMUM TUNE, a racing game machine.

Namco Hometek and Flagship Studios concluded a partnership agreement for the development and sales of PC games.

Launched Katamari Damashii for the PlayStation 2.

Opened Naniwa Gyoza Stadium in Umeda, Osaka.

Introduced Dragon Chronicle, a multiplayer fighting video game machine.

Opened Jiyugaoka Sweets Forest in Meguro-ku, Tokyo.

Launched Tales of Symphonia for the Nintendo GameCube.

Introduced Big Sweet Land, a large-size-prize game that could be played by up to six players at once.

Simultaneously launched versions of the Soulcalibur 2 home video game for three different platforms.

Established NAMCO TALES STUDIO LTD., a home video game development company.

Launched Tales of Destiny 2 for the PlayStation 2.

Kyushiro Takagi was appointed president and representative director.

Opened Namco Wonder Park Sapporo.

Business tie-up with Nintendo Co., Ltd., in the home video game business.

Launched Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan, a home video game.

In collaboration with Benesse Corporation,opened Shima-Shima Town, a communication park for preschool children, in Kawasaki City.

Formed Team Namja, a group of producers of commercial spaces.As the first project, opened Yokohama Curry Museum (operator:Matahari Co., Ltd.).

Launched MotoGP for the PlayStation 2.

Opened the Chi-Kou-Raku Internet facility in Nagoya(closed in 2011).

Opened Namco Entertainment World Tokyo Pitan City in Daiba, Tokyo.

Obtained license to distribute PAC-MAN for Sharp Corp.’s Zaurus.

In cooperation with Sony Computer Entertainment, jointly developed the System 246 board, which was based on PlayStation 2 technology.

Established Namco Ecolotec Limited to conduct development of environmental machines.

Opened the Namco Digital Hollywood Game Lab school in collaboration with Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd.

Launched Ridge Racer V for the PlayStation 2 at the same time as the hardware launch.

Began to supply LCD units for pachinko machines.

Launched Namco Station, a mobile phone site for i-mode service. Expanded content business.

Proposed barrier-free entertainment designs. Entered nursing care business with the aim of combining the themes of “play” and “welfare.”

Established Monolith Software Inc., a home video game development company.

Launched Soulcalibur, a weapon-based fighting game for the Dreamcast.

Three CG works selected for prizes by SIGGRAPH,a CG conference in the U.S.

Opened Namco Station at the County Hall, a large-scale entertainment facility in a former county hall building in London, U.K.rizes by SIGGRAPH,a CG conference in the U.S.

Established XS ENTERTAINMENT INC. to manage multipurpose amusement facilities in the North American market.

Capital tie-up with Nikkatsu Corporation(canceled in 2005).

Opened Namco Wondertower Kyoto, an urban comprehensive amusement facility.

Established subsidiaries in Spain, France, Germany,and Israel.

Launched Tales of Phantasia, the first product in the Tales of... series for the Super Famicon.

Developed Alpine Racer, an experience game machine.

Established NAMCO CYBERTAINMENT INC. through the merger of two NAMCO Group companies in the U.S.

Opened Yokohama Creative Center, a development base, in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama City.

Launched Ridge Racer for the PlayStation at the same time as the hardware launch.

Opened Tamago Teikoku, which offered a land of entertainment alchemy, on a site adjacent to Namco Wonder Eggs.

Established Shanghai Namco Ltd. as a joint venture in China.

Acquired Aladdin’s Castle, Inc., the largest amusement facility operator in the U.S.

Opened Namco Wonder City Tsurumi, a comprehensive amusement facility in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, with NAMCO acting as developer for the first time.

Established NAMCO OPERATIONS EUROPE LTD., in the U.K.

Established Brent Leisure Ltd. to strengthen manufacturing in Europe and sales in the U.K.

Opened Plabo Sennichimae, a large-scale amusement facility.

Established NAMCO EUROPE LTD., in London, U.K.

Stock listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Capital: ¥6,984 million.

Developed the Cosmo Gangs action game machine.

At the International Garden and Greenery Exposition, exhibited and operated Galaxian3 and The Tower of Druaga—large-scale amusement facilities based on the hyper-entertainment concept.

Established Namco Hometek Inc. as a U.S. base for home video games.

NAMCO AMERICA INC. acquired Atari Operations Inc. Commenced amusement facility operations in the U.S.

Established Namco Hometek Inc. as a U.S. base for home video games.

Jointly developed Eunos Roadstar Driving Simulator in cooperation with Mazda Motor Corp.

Presented first original video product, Mirai Ninja: Keiunkiningaiden,at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival. Also launched as an amusement machine.

Tie-up with JCGL, a computer graphics (CG) production company.Entered a wide range of CG video business areas, from acceptance of production orders to the provision of videos.

Established Yokohama Future Laboratory in Yokohama City.

NAMCO stock listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Capital: ¥5,550 million.

Main sponsor of the Japan performance of the musical Starlight Express.

Introduced Sweet Land, a candy prize machine.

Established the New Technology Foundation with the objective of fostering the development of science and technology.

Capital participation in Italian Tomato Ltd.

Developed Talking Aid, a mobile communication device.

New headquarters building completed in Ota-ku, Tokyo.

Introduced the first product in the Tower of Druaga series of RPG game machines.

Developed robot for Cosmo Hoshimaru,the mascot character for the International Science Technology Exposition.

Introduced the Pole Position racing game machine.

Established the IP Rights Department. Began full-scale initiatives to protect in-house copyrights.

Introduced the Mappy maze-solving robot.

NAMCO sponsored the micromouse national tournament, which was participated in by amateur robot enthusiasts.

Developed Pitch In, a machine that measured the speed of a pitched ball.

Developed Submarine, a submarine game machine.

Established NAMCO AMERICA INC. in California, U.S.

Developed Shoot Away, a mirror-projection-type gun hooting game.

NAMCO ENTERPRISES ASIA LTD. established.

Changed company name to NAMCO LIMITED.

Acquired Atari (Japan) Corp. from Atari Corp., of the U.S. Entered the video game business.

Use of NAMCO brand name began.

Established Yaguchi plant in Yaguchi, Ota-ku, Tokyo.

Opened Osaka office in Namba, Osaka.

Established main production facility in Ota-ku, Tokyo. Expanded activities of development and production departments.

Established the Production Department. Periscope, eveloped by the Production Department, became a major hit.

Reorganized to form Nakamura Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Capital:¥5 million.

Headquarters office established in Ginza, Tokyo. Started sales of amusement machines.