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{{Infobox company | title = Banpresto Co., Ltd <br> 株式会社バンプレスト | image = Banpresto.png | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] [[subsidiary]] of [[Namco Bandai Holdings]] | genre = | foundation = 1977 | founder = | location_city = [[Shinagawa, Tokyo|Shinagawa]], [[Tokyo]] | location_country = [[Japan]] | locations = | area_served = [[Japan]] | key_people = | industry = [[Redemption game]] | products = | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = [[Namco Bandai Holdings]] | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.banpresto.co.jp Banpresto] }} {{Nihongo|'''Banpresto Co., Ltd.'''|株式会社バンプレスト|Kabushiki-gaisha Banpuresuto}} ({{tyo|7854}}) is a Japanese game development firm headquartered in the Shinagawa Seaside West Building in [[Shinagawa, Tokyo|Shinagawa]], [[Tokyo]].<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20080218081216/http://www.banpresto.co.jp/japan/company/kigyo/english/gaiyou.html Company Outline]." Banpresto. February 18, 2008. Retrieved on March 16, 2010.</ref> It was founded April 1977 as '''Hoei Sangyo, Co. Ltd.''' The company was renamed '''Coreland''' in 1982, and during the 1980s it worked mainly as a subcontractor for [[Sega]] and its arcade division.<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/company/coreland MobyGames - Coreland]</ref> It has been partially owned by [[Bandai]] since 1989, when it gained its current name.<ref>[http://games.ign.com/objects/025/025015.html IGN.com: Banpresto]</ref> It was purchased by and became a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Namco Bandai Holdings]] in March 2006. Banpresto has created a variety of Japan-only video games, most notably the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series and ''[[Summon Night]]'' series, both of which gained such a fanbase that part of both series were translated and released to the US market. Other projects include anime tie-in games such as the ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' basketball games, ''[[Tenchi Muyo! Game-hen|Tenchi Muyo!]]'' [[Console role-playing game|RPG]], ''[[Panzer Bandit]]'' and several ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' games of differing genres. Banpresto also makes several varieties of mechanical prize-winning games. As Coreland, the company was responsible for the well-known classic arcade game, ''[[Pengo (video game)|Pengo]]'', published in 1982 by Sega. Banpresto's video game operations were absorbed into [[Namco Bandai Games]] on April 1, 2008. As part of the merger, two of Banpresto's subsidiaries, Pleasure Cast Co. Ltd and Hanayashiki Co. Ltd, became [[Namco]] subsidiaries. Banpresto itself now focuses on its prize machines business.<ref>[http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/833/833693p1.html IGN.com UK: Sayonara, Banpresto]</ref> ==References== <references/> ==External links== {{Portal box|Tokyo|Companies}} *[http://www.banpresto.co.jp/ Banpresto Co., Ltd.] (in Japanese) *[http://www.banpresto.co.jp/japan/contents/mainmee.html Banpresto Company Profile] (in English) *[http://www.mobygames.com/company/banpresto-co-ltd ''Banpresto''] profile on [[MobyGames]] {{Japan-videogame-company-stub}} [[Category:Amusement companies of Japan]] [[Category:Companies established in 1977]] [[Category:Japanese video game companies]] [[Category:Video game developers]]
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