History
Namco was founded around Tokyo in 1955, by Masaya Nakamura under the title Nakamura Manufacturing Ltd. It began by producing mechanical rocking-horses & similar babies's rides, which were installed around the total of emporium inside Yokohama and Nihonbashi. It continued this line of production through a Sixties, & expanded using the addition of rides sculpturesque when Walt Disney characters in 1966.

A company's marque was changed to Namco inside 1972, and acquired a Japanese section of Atari in 1974, thus bringing Namco into a coin-operated streaming game market. Namco Enterprises Asia Ltd. was constituted inside Hong Kong, soon followed by Namco United states of america, Inc. within California. Around 1978, Namco released its number 1 arcade videos game Gee Bee which was designed by Toru Iwatani who also designed ii sequels Bomb Bee and Cutie Q and later went in to project Pac-Man. 1980 saw a introduction of one of the company's best known coin-operated arcade games, Pac-Man. A independent character, Pac-Human, is currently a company's official mascot. After Nintendo began producing its Famicom home console unit, Namco started a development of punt titles for it, beginning sustaining Galaxian, which had 1st been introduced to arcades within 1979.

Namco was a industry's number 1 manufacturer to evolve & release the multi-streaming video player, multi-cabinet competitory stake, Final Lap, in 1987. This game allowed as much as Octad players to compete once 4 Two-streaming video player cabinets were linked within the elementary network. By 1988, the company's capital exceeded 5,500 million Yen. Inside 1989, another racing simulation game, Winning Run, was released; that equivalent month, a company's expertness by owning camping simulation matured using a development of the Eunos Roadster Camping Simulator, a joint venture sustaining the Mazda Motor Corporation, followed by an educational program for traffic safety developed by using Mitsubishi.

In the Nineties, Namco began directly selling coin-operated arcade games in the United States through subsidiary Namco America, & expanded their market into Europe with the foundation of Namco Europe, Ltd. inside London. Sennichimae Plabo was opened inside Osaka, featuring the newly conception of heavy-shell arcade amusement, & Namco Question Eggs, a theme park, was opened around Tokyo. Extra funfair were opened, including Namco Question Park Sagamihara & Namco Question City.

Around 1993, Namco merged its US arcade operation, Namco Operations, Inc., by using a new acquired Aladdin's Castle, Inc. to form Namco Cybertainment, Incorporated, bringing a company to the forefront when the big arcade company in the globe. Inside subsequent years, Namco Cybertainment, Inc. (NCI) purchased several other arcade operators, further strengthening the company's overall arcade operation. NCI at present operates arcades under a list Period Out, CyberStation, Aladdin's Castle, Diamond Jim's, Space Port, & Pocket Vary.

Besides within 1993, Ridge Racer, a camping simulation game, entered arcades, featuring 3D computer graphics; the game was late freed for the Sony PlayStation. An additional of the company's best known games, Tekken, was released around 1994, which was also presently ported to the PlayStation. Subsidiaries around Germany, France, Spain, and Israel were established, and shortly began getting arcade games there. Inside 1995 the game Soul Edge (Soul Blade in Europe) was released. This was the 2nd game to feature weapons within a 3-cubic combat environment (Battle Arena Toshinden was the number 1). By having its Tekken & Soul Calibur franchises, Namco presently dominates a 3D beat 'em up market.

In September 2005, Namco merged by having Bandai to create "Namco Bandai Holdings", a Third big streaming game breathe around Japan after respectively Nintendo Co and "Sega Sammy Holdings".

List of games (selection)
Air Combat (The original Ace Combat) Ace Combat 2 Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War A Dangerous undertaking of Valkyrie: Legend of the Key of Instance (ワルキューレã?®å†’険: 時ã?®é?µä¼?説; WarukyÅ«re there are there are no BÅ?ken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu) Alpine Racer Assault Assault Plus Baby Pac-Man (unauthorized game created by Midway; a pinball/video back hybrid) Baraduke Baraduke II (爆çª?機銃艇; Bakutotsu Kijuutei) Baten Kaitos Battle City (Famicom Version of Tank Batallion) Blast Off (sequel to Bosconian) Blazer The Blue Crystal Rod (2nd sequel to The Tower of Druaga) Bomb Bee (sequel to Gee Bee) Bosconian Bravoman (超絶倫人ベラボーマン; Chou Zetsurinjin BerabÅ? Man) Burning Force Cosmo Gang the Video (video game version of "Cosmo Gang", the redemption machine) Cosmo Gang the Puzzle (basis for "Pac-Attack") Crisis Zone (part of the "Time Crisis" series) Cutie Q (2nd sequel to Gee Bee) Cyber Cycles Cyber Sled Dangerous Seed Dig Dug Dig Dug II Dirt Fox Dead to Rights Death By Degrees Donkey Konga (developer) Donkey Konga 2 (developer) Donkey Konga 3 (developer) Dragon Buster Dragon Saber (sequel to Dragon Spirit) Dragon Spirit Dragon Spirit: The New Legend (Famicom version of Dragon Spirit) Dragon Valor (sequel of sorts to Dragon Buster) Emeraldia Exvania F/A ("Fighter and Attacker") Family Stadium series Final Lap Final Lap 2 Final Lap 3 Galaga ''Galaga '88 Galaxian Gaplus Gee Bee'' (Namco's first computer game) The Genji and the Heike Clans (æº?平討魔ä¼?; Genpei Toumaden) Grobda (Xevious spinoff) Hopping Mappy Idol Master (アイドルマスター; AidÅ?ru Masutaa) I-Ninja (Namco release of a game developed by Argonaut Software) Jr. Pac Man (unauthorized title created by Midway) Katamari Damacy Kill.Switch King & Balloon Klonoa Klonoa 2 The Legend of Valkyrie (ワルキューレã?®ä¼?説; WarukyÅ«re no Densetsu) (sequel to "The Adventure of Valkyrie") Libble Rabble Mappy Marchen Maze (pronounced "Mare-hen" Maze) (inspired by Alice in Wonderland) Mario Superstar Baseball (Developer) Marvel Land Metro-Cross Motos Mr. Driller Mr. Driller 2 Mr. Driller G Ms. Pac-Man (made by Midway without Namco's authorization) Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness Namco Classic Collection Volume 1 (arcade) Namco Classic Collection Volume 2 (arcade) Namco Museum (series) Namco X Capcom (pronounced "Namco Cross Capcom") Nebulasray New Rally-X (updated version of Rally-X) Ordyne Pac-Attack (adapted from "Cosmo Gang the Puzzle") Pac-Land Pac-Man Pac-Man Plus (unauthorized upgrade created by Midway) Pac-Mania ''Pac 'N Roll Pac-Man World Pac-Man World 2 Pac-Man World 3 (upcoming) Pac-Pix Pac & Pal Phelios Phozon Pistol-Shogun (ピストル大å??ã?®å†’険; Pisutoru DaimyÅ? no BÅ?ken) (Bravoman Spinoff) Pole Position Pole Position II Quester The Quest of Ki (prequel to "The Tower of Druaga") Rage Racer (3rd game inside console version of Ridge Racer series) Rally-X Rave Racer (3rd game around arcade version of Ridge Racer series) The Return of Ishtar (イシターã?®å¾©æ´»; Ishitaa no Fukkatsu) (sequel to "The Tower of Druaga") Ridge Racer Ridge Racer 2 Ridge Racer Revolution Ridge Racer Type 4 Ridge Racer V Ridge Racer (Sony PSP) Rolling Thunder Rolling Thunder 2 Rompers Shadowland (妖怪é?“中記; YÅ?kai DÅ?chÅ«ki) Sky Kid Sky Kid Deluxe Solvalou (sequel to Xevious) Souko Ban Deluxe Soul Calibur Soul Calibur II Soul Calibur III Soul Edge (Soul Blade in Europe) Splatterhouse Star Fox: Assault (developer) Star Luster Super Pac-Man Super Sky Kid Super World Stadium Super World Stadium '92 Super World Stadium '93 Super Xevious Suzuka 8 Hours Suzuka 8 Hours 2 Tales of the Abyss Tales of Destiny Tales of Destiny 2 (Japan) (not to exist as confused by having "Tales of Eternia") Tales of Eternia (released in the U.S. when "Tales of Destiny II") Tales of Legendia Tales of Phantasia Tales of Rebirth Tales of Symphonia Tank Battalion Tank Force (sequel to Tank Battalion) Tekken (鉄拳) Tekken 2 Tekken 3 Tekken 4 Tekken 5 Tekken Advance Tekken Tag Tournament Time Crisis Time Crisis 2 Time Crisis 3 Tinkle Pit Tokyo Wars Tower of Druaga (ドルアーガã?®å¡”; Doruaga no TÅ?) Toy Pop Warp & Warp (relased as "Warp Warp" in the U.S.) Warpman (Famicom version of Warp & Warp) Wangan Midnight Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Weaponlord We ♥ Katamari (Japanese title: Minna Daisuki Katamari Damashii, "Everybody Loves Katamari") Winning Run Wonder Momo (ワンダーモモ; Wandaa Momo) World Court World Stadium ''World Stadium '89 World Stadium '90 Xenosaga Xenosaga Episode II Xevious Xevious 3D/G''