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{{Infobox VG |title = Leading Company |image = LeadingCompanyTitleScreen.png |caption = ''Leading Company'' title screen |developer = [[Koei]]<ref name="camya"/> |publisher = Koei<ref name="gflc"/> |distributor = Koei |series = ''[[Koei#Executive Series|Koei Executive Series]]'' |released = {{vgrelease|JP=February 26, 1993}}<ref name="gflc">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/570914.html| title = Release date | publisher = [[GameFAQs]] | date = | accessdate = 2008-05-23}}</ref> |genre = [[Strategy game|Strategy game involving construction]]<ref name="gflc"/> |modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]] <br> [[multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]] <small>(up to 4 players)</small> |platforms = [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]<ref name="gflc"/> |media = 8-[[megabit]] cartridge<ref name="camya">{{cite web | url = http://www.camya.com/gamedb/platform/nintendo-super-nintendo:snes/game/leading-company-japan:snes_A931C7C9/?&page=1&moduleFormId=96866F46&system=snes&q=Leading+Company| title = Media/publisher information | publisher = Camya | date = | accessdate = 2009-01-02}}</ref> }} {{nihongo|'''''Leading Company'''''|リーディングカンパニー||"Leader"}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://superfamicom.org/info/leading-company/| title = Japanese title | publisher = superfamicom.org | date = | accessdate = 2008-05-23}}</ref> is a Japanese-only [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] video game that challenges young people to create their own empire by researching and marketing better [[VHS]] machines for the [[Demographics of Japan|Japanese consumers]]. The introduction consists of a jazzy instrumental song being played in the background while [[neon]] pictures of various people fly across the screen. As of 2008, there has been no [[English language]] patch created for this game yet. This game is considered to be in Japanese for the full duration of the game, making literacy skills in Japanese mandatory. Only the brand names themselves use the [[Latin alphabet]]; all other words use the [[Japanese alphabet]]. There are only two time periods in the game and [[jazz music]] plays throughout the entire game. [[File:LeadingCompanyJVDCorporateHQScreenshot.jpg|250px|left|thumb|This player is focusing on adjusting the levels of production at his JVD <small>(JVC)</small> corporate headquarters.]] The player can either start in the 1970s when [[Videocassette recorder|VCRs]] were beginning to be researched in Japan or in the [[1980s in Japan|1980s]] when VHS (and video cassette recorders) were beginning to come of age.<ref name="ocn"/> Instead of following a budget, the player has to follow [[stock market]] quotes. It is considered to be the job of the player to try to keep them profitable.<ref name="ocn"/> If they go down to zero or less, then his or her company goes [[bankruptcy|bankrupt]]. At this point, he or she loses the game. Also, each product that he or she manufactures has a separate profit chart. When an older model goes down in profits, research and manufacture a newer one (don't forget to discontinue the older one first) and make more money from willing Japanese customers.<ref name="ocn">{{cite web | url = http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~axl365/Oira_game/Kana/ra/Leading_company.htm| title = Basic game overview (Japanese) | publisher = AXL | date = | accessdate = 2008-11-30}}</ref> ==Other meanings== * A '''leading company''' is a company that is winning the corporate wars. Its [[employee]]s are considered by most people to be winning the "[[rat race]]." ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leading Company}} [[Category:1993 video games]] [[Category:Business simulation games]] [[Category:Japan-exclusive video games]] [[Category:Koei games]] [[Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System games]] [[Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System-only games]] [[Category:Video games set in Japan]] {{strategy-videogame-stub}}
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