was a Japanese
video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game 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 generate visual fe ...
and
software developer
Software development is the process of designing and Implementation, implementing a software solution to Computer user satisfaction, satisfy a User (computing), user. The process is more encompassing than Computer programming, programming, wri ...
founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima. The company had several video game divisions including:
Wolf Team
, formerly known as , was a Japanese video game development company founded in 1986. The company was renamed in 2003 when Telenet Japan sold part of its stake and made Namco the majority shareholder. Namco Tales Studio was originally the primary ...
, Laser Soft, Renovation Game (Japanese publishing division), Renovation Products (North America publishing division), Riot, Commseed, and Telenet Jr. Telenet Japan's North American subsidiary, Renovation Products, was acquired by
Sega of America
is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several multi-million-selling game franchises for arcades and consoles, including ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', '' Angry Birds'', '' Phan ...
in 1993. With debt of , the company ceased operating in late September 2007 and closed its doors on October 25.
Sunsoft
, is a Japanese electronics manufacturer, video game developer and publisher. They are known for their video games under the brand name Sunsoft.
History
In April 1971, Sun Electronics Corporation (alternatively called Sun Denshi) was founded i ...
acquired Telenet's entire software library in December 2009, citing plans to remake or re-release (via
Virtual Console
The Virtual Console was a line of downloadable retro video games for Nintendo's Wii and Wii U home video game consoles and the Nintendo 3DS family of handheld systems. The Virtual Console lineup consisted of titles originally released on pa ...
) the old titles. The Japanese company Edia acquired Telenet's catalogue from
City Connection in January 2020.
Riot
The Riot division came into existence in 1991 when Telenet Japan was expanding in the country.
However, because Telenet was starting to lose sales in 1993, the company went through extensive restructuring which resulted in the closing of a few subsidiaries. Some staff employed at Laser Soft and Riot were transferred to another subsidiary,
Wolfteam. The same year, several key developers of the
PC Engine
The TurboGrafx-16, known in Japan as the , is a home video game console developed by Hudson Soft and manufactured by NEC. It was released in Japan in 1987 and in North America in 1989. The first console of the fourth generation, it launched ...
games ''
Tenshi no Uta I & II'' left Riot to found
Media.Vision and work on a new RPG franchise, ''
Wild Arms''.
Riot was also known for employing graphic artist and later game director
Eiji Kikuchi
is a video game director best known as the series director of the ''Tales'' role-playing game series. He presently works for Namco Tales Studio, where he is a minority shareholder
A shareholder (in the United States often referred to as stock ...
, as well as music composer
Michiko Naruke.
Games list
Developed
* Mega Drive/Genesis
** ''
Beast Wrestler''
** ''
XZR II: Kanketsuhen''
** ''
Gaiares
is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Telenet Japan and published by Renovation for the Sega Genesis in 1990. It was one of the first 8Mb cartridge games on the Genesis. Its title combined Gaia (Mother Earth) and the suffix "less" (Re ...
''
** ''
Syd of Valis
is a 1989 action- platform video game originally developed by Laser Soft, published by Telenet Japan and NEC for the PC Engine CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD. A home computer version was released for PC-8801, MSX2, PC-9801 and X68000. A super defo ...
''
** ''
Traysia''
** ''
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier''
** ''
Valis III''
* MSX
** ''
Andorogynus''
** ''
XZR: Hakai no Gūzō''
** ''
XZR II: Kanketsuhen''
** ''
Sa-Zi-Ri''
** ''
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier''
** ''
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier II''
** ''
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei''
* Nintendo 64
** ''Parlor Pro Pachinko''
* GameCube
** ''
Swingerz Golf'' (released as ''Ace Golf'' in Europe and ''Wai Wai Golf'' in Japan)
* PlayStation 2
** ''
Eagle Eye Golf'' (released as ''Enjoy Golf!'' in Japan)
** ''Mahjong Party: Idol to Mahjong Shoubu''
* PC
** ''
Meccha Golf''
* Super Famicom/Super NES
** ''
Ace o Nerae!''
** ''Dark Kingdom''
** ''Edo no Kiba''
** ''
Psycho Dream''
** ''
Super Valis IV''
* Sharp X1/X1 Turbo
** ''
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei''
* NEC PC-88/PC-8800 series
** ''
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei''
* PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx
** ''
Avenger
Avenger(s) or The Avenger(s) may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Marvel Comics universe
* Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes
** Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of "The Infinity Sa ...
''
** ''Babel''
** ''Browning''
** ''
Columns (video game)
is a match-three puzzle video game designed by Jay Geertsen and released in 1990. Originally developed for the Motorola 68000-based HP 9000 running HP-UX, it was ported to Mac and MS-DOS before being released commercially by Sega who ported i ...
''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy
is a series of role-playing video games created by manga artist Kazuhiro Ochi, published by Telenet and developed by subsidiary LaserSoft from 1990 to 1994. It consists of four games (the last one being split in two installments) for the PC Eng ...
''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy 2
''Cosmic Fantasy 2'', known in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed and published by Nippon Telenet in Japan in 1991, and localized and published by Working Designs in North America in 1992, for the TurboGrafx CD, TurboGrafx-CD (PC En ...
''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy Visual Collection''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy III''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy IV-Chapter 1''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy IV-Chapter 2''
** ''
Death Bringer
''Death Bringer'', alternatively titled ''Galdregon's Domain'' in Europe, is a 1988 role-playing video game originally developed and self-published by Pandora (Interceptor Software), Pandora and released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, T ...
''
** ''
Dekoboko Densetsu Hashiru Wagamanma''
** ''
Exile
Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...
''
** ''
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon''
** ''
Final Zone II''
** ''
F1 Team Simulation Project F''
** ''
Golden Axe
is a series of side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade video games developed by Sega. The series takes place in a medieval fantasy world where several heroes have the task of recovering the legendary Golden Axe, the mainstay element of the series.
M ...
''
** ''
High Grenadier
High may refer to:
Science and technology
* Height
* High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area
* High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory
* High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift t ...
''
** ''
Jantei Monogatari''
** ''
Kiaidan 00''
** ''
Lady Phantom
''Lady'' is a term for a woman who behaves in a polite way. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the female counterpart of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men.
"Lady" is al ...
''
** ''
Last Alert''
** ''
Legion''
** ''
Maho Shoujo Silky Lip''
** ''
Master of Monsters''
** ''
Meikyu no Elfeene''
** ''
Mirai Shounen Conan''
** ''
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier''
** ''
Valis II''
** ''
Valis III''
** ''
Valis IV''
** ''
Valis Visual Collection''
** ''
Police Connection''
** ''
Pop 'n Magic''
** ''
Psychic Storm''
** ''
Puzzle Boy''
** ''
Sugoroku '92 Nari Tore Nariagari Trendy
(literally 'double six') refers to two different forms of a Japanese board game: ''ban-sugoroku'' (盤双六, 'board-sugoroku') which is similar to western tables games like backgammon, and ''e-sugoroku'' (絵双六, 'picture-sugoroku') which i ...
''
** ''Super Albatross''
** ''
Tenshi no Uta''
** ''
Tenshi no Uta II: Datenshi no Sentaku''
** ''
Travel Epule''
** ''
Xak I & II''
Published
* Game Boy
** ''Pachinko CR: Daiku no Gen-San GB''
* Game Gear
** ''
Zan Gear''
* Mega Drive/Genesis
** ''
Gaiares
is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Telenet Japan and published by Renovation for the Sega Genesis in 1990. It was one of the first 8Mb cartridge games on the Genesis. Its title combined Gaia (Mother Earth) and the suffix "less" (Re ...
''
** ''
Syd of Valis
is a 1989 action- platform video game originally developed by Laser Soft, published by Telenet Japan and NEC for the PC Engine CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD. A home computer version was released for PC-8801, MSX2, PC-9801 and X68000. A super defo ...
''
** ''
The Tennis Tournament: Grandslam''
** ''
Traysia''
** ''
Valis III''
** ''
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier''
** ''
Zan: Yasha Enbukyoku''
** ''
Arcus Odyssey
''Arcus Odyssey'' is a 1991 action game developed by Wolf Team and released by Renovation Products for the Sega Genesis and X68000 and in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game features an isometric perspective and cooperat ...
''
** ''
El Viento
is a 1991 platform game developed and published by Wolf Team for the Sega Genesis. It is the first in a trilogy of games, which includes '' Earnest Evans'' and '' Anett Futatabi''.
Gameplay
''El Viento'' is a platform game. The player has acce ...
''
** ''
Elemental Master''
** ''
Gain Ground''
** ''
Earnest Evans''
** ''
Whip Rush''
** ''
Arrow Flash''
** ''
Dino Land''
** ''
Exile
Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...
''
** ''
Beast Wrestler''
** ''
Master of Monsters''
** ''
Sol-Deace''
** ''
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier''
** ''
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys''
** ''
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
''
** ''
Final Zone''
* Mega-CD
** ''
Cyborg 009''
** ''
Sol-Feace
is a 1990 Shoot 'em up, horizontal-scrolling shooter video game developed by Wolf Team and published by Telenet Japan for the Sharp X68000 computer. Versions for the Sega CD and Sega Genesis were released later on, the latter renaming the game '' ...
''
** ''
Cobra Command''
** ''
Time Gal''
** ''
Road Avenger
is an interactive film game developed by Data East, featuring animation by Toei Animation, originally released in Japan as a laserdisc, LaserDisc-based arcade game in 1985. The player assumes the role of a vigilante who pursues a biker gang resp ...
''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy Stories''
** ''
Earnest Evans''
** ''
Anett Futatabi''
* MSX
** ''
Sa-Zi-Ri''
** ''
Valis II''
** ''Albatross Tournament Golf''
** ''
American Truck''
** ''
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei''
* Nintendo 64
** ''Parlor Pro Pachinko''
* Sharp X1/X1 Turbo
** ''
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei''
* NEC PC-88/PC-8800 series
** ''
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei''
* PC
** ''Albatross''
** ''Albatross 2: Master's History''
** ''
Valis X
is a platform game series created by Telenet Japan. A magical girl plot, the games tell the story of a Japanese schoolgirl who is fated to protect three realms by wielding a mystical sword known as Valis.
The original game, ''Valis: The Fantasm ...
'' (published by Eants, a
hentai
Hentai () is a style of Pornography in Japan, Japanese pornographic anime and manga. In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exist in a variety of media, including artwork and video games (commonly known as ''eroge'').
The developme ...
developer)
** ''Zan''
** ''Zan II''
** ''Zan III''
* PlayStation
** ''
Cybernetic Empire
Cybernetics is the transdisciplinary study of circular causal processes such as feedback and recursion, where the effects of a system's actions (its outputs) return as inputs to that system, influencing subsequent action. It is concerned with ...
''
* PlayStation 2
** ''
Enjoy Golf!''
** ''
Mahjong Party: Idol to Mahjong Shoubu''
* Super Famicom/Super NES
** ''
Dark Kingdom
The is a group of fictional characters in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. They are the chief villains of the first story arc in every version of the series, and were first introduced in the first chapter of the manga, "Usagi ...
''
** ''
Doomsday Warrior''
** ''
The Journey Home: Quest for the Throne''
** ''
Super Valis IV''
** ''
Zan II Spirits''
** ''
Zan III Spirits''
** ''
Psycho Dream''
* PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx
** ''
Andre Panza Kick Boxing''
** ''
Avenger
Avenger(s) or The Avenger(s) may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Marvel Comics universe
* Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes
** Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of "The Infinity Sa ...
''
** ''
Babel''
** ''Browning''
** ''
Columns
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member ...
''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy
is a series of role-playing video games created by manga artist Kazuhiro Ochi, published by Telenet and developed by subsidiary LaserSoft from 1990 to 1994. It consists of four games (the last one being split in two installments) for the PC Eng ...
''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy II''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy Visual Collection''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy III''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy IV-Chapter 1''
** ''
Cosmic Fantasy IV-Chapter 2''
** ''
Death Bringer
''Death Bringer'', alternatively titled ''Galdregon's Domain'' in Europe, is a 1988 role-playing video game originally developed and self-published by Pandora (Interceptor Software), Pandora and released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, T ...
''
** ''
Dekoboko Densetsu Hashiru Wagamanma''
** ''
Exile
Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...
''
** ''
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon''
** ''
Final Zone II''
** ''
F1 Team Simulation Project F''
** ''
Golden Axe
is a series of side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade video games developed by Sega. The series takes place in a medieval fantasy world where several heroes have the task of recovering the legendary Golden Axe, the mainstay element of the series.
M ...
''
** ''
High Grenadier
High may refer to:
Science and technology
* Height
* High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area
* High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory
* High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift t ...
''
** ''
Jantei Monogatari''
** ''
Kiaiden 00''
** ''
Lady Phantom
''Lady'' is a term for a woman who behaves in a polite way. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the female counterpart of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men.
"Lady" is al ...
''
** ''
Last Alert''
** ''
Legion''
** ''
Maho Shoujo Silky Lip''
** ''
Meikyu no Elfeene''
** ''
Mirai Shounen Conan''
** ''Super Albatross''
** ''
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier''
** ''
Valis II''
** ''
Valis III''
** ''
Valis IV''
** ''
Valis Visual Collection''
** ''
Police Connection''
** ''
Pop 'n Magic''
** ''
Psychic Storm''
** ''
Puzzle Boy''
** ''
Sugoroku '92 Nari Tore Nariagari Trendy
(literally 'double six') refers to two different forms of a Japanese board game: ''ban-sugoroku'' (盤双六, 'board-sugoroku') which is similar to western tables games like backgammon, and ''e-sugoroku'' (絵双六, 'picture-sugoroku') which i ...
''
** ''
Super Albatross''
** ''
Tenshi no Uta''
** ''
Tenshi no Uta II: Datenshi no Sentaku''
** ''
Travel Apple''
** ''
Xak I & II''
* Sharp X68000
** ''
Death Bringer
''Death Bringer'', alternatively titled ''Galdregon's Domain'' in Europe, is a 1988 role-playing video game originally developed and self-published by Pandora (Interceptor Software), Pandora and released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, T ...
''
** ''
Sol-Feace
is a 1990 Shoot 'em up, horizontal-scrolling shooter video game developed by Wolf Team and published by Telenet Japan for the Sharp X68000 computer. Versions for the Sega CD and Sega Genesis were released later on, the latter renaming the game '' ...
''
References
External links
*{{webarchive , url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911204058/http://www.telenet.co.jp/ , date=September 11, 2008 , title=Official website
Giant Bomb ProfileMobyGames Profile
Defunct video game companies of Japan
Video game companies established in 1983
Video game companies disestablished in 2007
Video game development companies