is a

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...

production company headquartered in

Shinagawa, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total a ...

, Japan. It was founded on August 14, 1985 by former

Namco was a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company, headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo. It held several international branches, including Namco America in Santa Clara, California, Namco Europe in London, Na ...

employee Masanobu Endō, who continued to develop projects for Namco through his company. The company later made a subsidiary company called , while the goodwill was transferred.

Notable works

Arcades

* '' Hopping Mappy'' * '' The Return of Ishtar''

GBC

* '' DT: Lords of Genomes''

NES

* ''

Family Circuit is a top-down racing video game released for the Family Computer in 1988 by Namco in Japan only. The game was developed by Masanobu Endō, who previously developed '' Xevious'' and '' The Tower of Druaga'', and his company Game Studio. A s ...

'' * '' Family Circuit '91'' * '' Itadaki Street: Watashi no Omise ni Yottette'' * '' Kidō Senshi Z-Gundam: Hot Scramble'' * '' Kai no Bōken: The Quest of Ki'' * ''

Tenkaichi Bushi Keru Nagūru is a fighting video game developed by Game Studio and published by Namco. It was released for the Famicom on July 21, 1989, only in Japan. It is one of the earliest versus fighting games with role-playing video game A role-playing v ...

'' * '' Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord'' * '' Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds''

Nintendo DS

* '' Ōkamiden''

Turbografx-16

* '' Tower of Druaga'' (original arcade and Famicom versions were developed by Namco.) * '' World Circuit''

Super NES The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), commonly shortened to Super NES or Super Nintendo, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in E ...

* ''

The Blue Crystal Rod ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

'' * '' Super Family Circuit'' * '' Wizardry V' * ''

Wizardry VI ''Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge'' (originally known as ''Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge'') is the 6th title in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. It was the first in the trilogy surrounding the ''Dark Savant'', which wa ...

Sega Saturn The is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe. Part of the fifth generation of video game consoles, it was the successor to the succ ...

* ''

Airs Adventure AIRS may refer to: * Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, a weather and climate instrument flying on NASA's Aqua satellite * Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere, a guidance system designed for use in the LGM-118A Peacekeeper ICBM * Artificial Intelligence ...

External links

Official Game Studio website

MobyGames profile
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