Agetec Inc. ("ASCII Game Entertainment Technology") was an American

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company that was best known for bringing Japanese titles to the United States. The company was formed through

ASCII Corporation was a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It became a subsidiary of Kadokawa Group Holdings in 2004, and merged with another Kadokawa subsidiary MediaWorks on April 1, 2008, becoming ASCII Media Works. The company published ' ...

, spinning off their American distribution subsidiary as an independent corporation in 1998, and became a standalone publisher one year later. Notable games published by Agetec include ''

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'', ''

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'' series, and the

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series, as well as the "designer series" ''

RPG Maker ''RPG Maker'', known in Japan as , is a series of programs for the development of role-playing video games (RPGs) with genre-driven varieties as well as machinima, originally created by the Japanese group ASCII. The Japanese name, ''Tsukūru'', ...

'' and ''

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''. Other titles ''

Magic Pengel ''Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color'', known as in Japan, is a 2002 role-playing video game developed by Garakuda-Studio and Taito for the PlayStation 2, published by Agetec in North America. The music was composed by Zuntata. The game had a s ...

'' and '' Cookie & Cream'', the best selling fishing titles ''

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'' and ''Fisherman's Bass Club'', ''

Disaster Report ''Disaster Report'', known in Japan as and in the PAL region as ''SOS: The Final Escape'', is a PlayStation 2 survival action-adventure video game created by Irem. It was released in Japan in 2002 by Irem, and in North America and Europe in 2003 ...

'' and its sequel, ''

Raw Danger! ''Raw Danger!'', known in Japan as is an action adventure survival game for the PlayStation 2. It was released on March 30, 2006 in Japan by Irem, and later internationally in 2007 by Agetec and 505 Games. The game follows six characters as t ...

''. Their last published title was Touch Battle Ninja for the

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, released in 2014. Around approximately May 2018, all Agetec titles for Nintendo platforms were delisted the

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in North America. Also around this time, their web site became a "server default" page. These events indicate the company has quietly become defunct.

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