Telenet Japan

Telenet Japan Co., Ltd.(株式会社日本テレネット, Kabushiki-gaisha Nihon Terenetto) was a Japanese video game and software developer founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima. The company had several video game divisions including: Wolf Team, Laser Soft, Renovation Game, Renovation Products, and Riot.

History

The company was founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima. The first division created was Wolf Team, which was created in 1986. The Riot division came into existence in 1991 when Telenet Japan was expanding in the country.[citation needed]

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 games Tenshi no Uta I & II left Riot to found Media.Vision and work on a new RPG franchise, Wild Arms.[citation needed]

With a debt of ¥1 billion, the company ceased operating in late September 2007 and closed its doors on October 25. According to the Tokyo Keizai, the company ran into debt in selling pachinko game software, which made the company get into debt due to the US branches failing.

Sunsoft acquired Telenet's entire software library in December 2009, citing plans to remake or re-release (via Virtual Console) the old titles. The Japanese company Edia acquired Telenet's catalogue from City Connection in January 2020.

Organization

Telenet Japan was formerly made up of the following teams:

Lasersoft

Served as Telenet's publishing arm for optical media, such as PC Engine. It was later merged with Wolf Team.

Micro World

Micro World served as Telenet's publishing arm to localize and market non-Japanese games.

Wolf Team

Renovation Games

Telenet Japan's Japanese publishing arm.

Renovation Products

Telenet Japan's North American subsidiary, Renovation Products, was acquired by Sega of America in 1993. It was formerly located in California.

Riot

Riot was also known for employing graphic artist and later game director Eiji Kikuchi, as well as music composer Michiko Naruke.[citation needed] It's sometimes known as Reno.

Games list

External links

• at the Wayback Machine (archived September 11, 2008)