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Technos Japan Corporation was a defunct
Japanese
video game publisher that had an
American publishing subsidiary called
American Technos. It is known by gamers as the originator of the
Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Kun (including
River City Ransom) and
Double Dragon franchises. It was founded in
1981 by three former members of a video game company called
DataEast, including Kunio Taki, whom the Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Kun
franchise was named after. It was formed from a single-room apartment.
Technos Japan Corporation's earliest games, like
Tag Team Wrestling,
Karate Champ, and
Dog Fight were published by DataEast. In
1987, Technos Japan Corporation started the Double Dragon video game
franchise on the
Arcade. After the success of the Arcade game, the company became
financially able to relocate from an apartment room to an urban plant of
its own. The success of Double Dragon in the United States also gave the
company more confidence on the Western video game market.
Technos goes out of
business
The sun sets on Technos Japan Corporation, because the
Neo-Geo Double Dragon did not do well in the Arcades. Super Dodgeball
for Neo Geo was the last game from the company. The
Playstation port of the Neo-Geo Double Dragon game was the last
product from Technos Japan Corporation. In
1996, Technos Japan Corporation filed for
bankruptcy and went defunct. A few years later, the company's assets
were acquired by
Atlus Games, Inc. The company's former staff (including its president
Kunio Taki) now works for Million, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlus. There have
recently been
enhanced remakes of games from the defunct company.
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