was a video game developer founded in May 1986, based in Mukoujima, Sumida-ku,

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. They were most famous for the '' Wonder Boy/Monster World'' series. Originally called , the company was renamed to Westone as the word Escape made them sound unreliable. The company's name was changed yet again to Westone Bit Entertainment in April 2000. The chief publisher was Ryuichi Nishizawa. The company went bankrupt and entered the liquidation process on October 1, 2014. The Westone name is derived from the first characters of the names of company founders, Ryuuichi Nishizawa (Nishi = West) and Michishito Ishizuka (Ishi = Stone).

Games

*'' Wonder Boy'' (1986) *'' Jaws'' (1987) *''

Wonder Boy in Monster Land ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'', known by its original arcade release as , is an platform video game developed by Westone Bit Entertainment and released by Sega in Japanese arcades in 1987 and for the Master System in 1988, with a number of other ...

'' (1987) *'' Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair'' (1988) *''Appare! Gateball'' (1988) *'' Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap'' (1989) *'' Mashin Eiyuden Wataru Gaiden'' (1990) *'' Aoi Blink'' (1990) *''

Aurail ''Aurail'' is a scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Westone and released by Sega in 1990. The player pilots a tank mecha and shoots enemies (it can fire in 8 directions), collects power-ups to increase shields, operates the remote a ...

'' (1990) *'' Wonder Boy in Monster World'' (1991) *''

Power Eleven is a 1991 Japan-exclusive football video game with top-down perspective, published by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine. It was part of the '' Power Sports Series'', a series of sports games released between 1988 and 1998. The game was also release ...

'' (1991) *'' Riot City'' (1991) *'' Riot Zone'' (1992) *'' Monster World IV'' (1994) *''Blood Gear'' (1994) *'' Mega Bomberman'' (1994) *'' Dungeon Explorer'' (1995) *''Kekkon'' (1995) *''Dark Half'' (1996) *''Wolkenkratzer: Shinpan no Tou'' (1996) *''Willy Wombat'' (1997) *'' Soukou Kihei Votoms Gaiden: Ao no Kishi Berserga Monogatari'' (1997) *''Sotsugyou Album'' (1998) *''Sotsugyou III: Wedding Bell'' (1998) *''Sotsugyou M: Male Graduation - Seitokaichou no Kareinaru Inbou'' (1998) *'' Wachenröder'' (1998) *''Milano no Arbeit Collection'' (1999) *'' Cyber Team in Akihabara: PataPies!'' (1999) *''

Di Gi Charat Fantasy Di or DI may refer to: Arts and media Music * Di, a tone in the solfège ascending chromatic scale existing between Do and Re * dizi (instrument) or di, a Chinese transverse flute * D.I. (band), ''D.I.'' (band), a punk band from Southern Califor ...

'' (2001) *'' Reel Fishing: Wild'' (2001) *'' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Raising Project'' (2001) *'' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Raising Project with Asuka Supplementing Project'' (2003) *'' Relaxuma: Ojama Shitemasu 2 Shuukan'' (2005) *'' Secret of Evangelion'' (2006) *''

Clockwork Aquario is a platform game developed by Westone Bit Entertainment, Westone and published by ININ Games for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox Series X/S and Microsoft Windows. The gameplay involves defeating w ...

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