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Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by former Apple Inc., Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry ...

and

Victor Entertainment is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Entertainment operates the RC ...

. It published various

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s games for the

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. Some other sports concepts include

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. The company's former HQ was in Jingumae,

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History

The company was founded in 1990. EA Victor has participated in various PC World expos. In December 1997, Electronic Arts acquired Victor's 35% stake in the venture. In May 1998, EA signed a similar joint-venture deal with

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to publish EA titles in Japan, called Electronic Arts Square. VRARA's Japanese branch was established in April 2016 by ex-EA Victor General Manager Ariro Nagayama.https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000036.000019341.html

Games developed / published

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Battle Garegga is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up arcade game developed by Eighting, Raizing and published by Eighting in 1996. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn in 1998, and an updated version, ''Battle Garegga Rev.2016'' was released in 2016. It was ...

'' * '' Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' * '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'' * ''

Little Big Adventure ''Little Big Adventure'' is a 1994 action-adventure game developed by Adeline Software International. It was published in Europe by Electronic Arts, and by Activision in North America, Asia and Oceania under the name ''Relentless: Twinsen's Adven ...

'' * '' Fade to Black'' * ''

Alone in the Dark 2 ''Alone in the Dark 2'' is a 1993 survival horror video game developed and published by Infogrames. It is the second installment in the ''Alone in the Dark'' series. It was ported to the PC-98 and FM Towns in 1994 and to the 3DO Interactive Mul ...

'' * '' NHL Pro Hockey '94'' * '' F-117 Night Storm'' * ''

J-League Winning Goal is a soccer game released for the Game Boy and Family Computer that revolves around the J-League. The game's objective is to win the championship so that the player's chosen team can be called the greatest in all of Japan. There is an exhibitio ...

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Zico Soccer from Electronic Arts is a Super Famicom football management video game that allows players to become the head coach of an international football team; it was named after the Brazilian midfielder Zico, who at the time was playing for Japanese ...

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Mutant League Football ''Mutant League Football'' is a video game that was originally released in 1993 for the Sega Genesis. The game was designed using the ''John Madden Football '93'' engine, and features a different take on American football, where it resembles a w ...

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Soukyugurentai , also known as ''Terra Diver'', is a vertical-scrolling shooting game by Raizing originally released as an arcade game for the ST-V platform in 1996. The game was ported to the Sega Saturn and PlayStation in 1997, with neither port being rele ...

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Ultima Underworld ''Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss'' is a 1992 action role-playing game developed by Blue Sky Productions (later Looking Glass Studios) and published by Origin Systems. Set in the fantasy world of the ''Ultima'' series the story takes pla ...

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Tactical Soccer was a joint-venture between Electronic Arts and JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, Victor Entertainment. It published various sports games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom, ...

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J. League Live 64 ''FIFA Soccer 64'', known in Europe as ''FIFA 64'' and in Japan as ''J. League Live 64'', is an association football video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo 64. The cover features Manchester United midf ...

'' * '' Deadlock: Planetary Conquest'' ''(Deddorokku - デッドロック)'' * ''

NASCAR 98 ''NASCAR '98'' is a racing simulator video game developed by Stormfront Studios, published by EA Sports, and released in 1997 for Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn. This was the first game in the EA Sports NASCAR series. Gameplay The original ...

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PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists ...

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References

Defunct video game companies of Japan Electronic Arts Victor Entertainment Video game companies disestablished in 1998 {{Japan-videogame-company-stub