Namco

Namco was founded in Tokyo in 1955 under the name Nakamura Manufacturing Ltd as a producer of mechanical rocking-horses and similar children's rides. However, in 1971, the company changed its name to Namco and acquired the Japanese division of Atari in 1974, thus bringing Namco into the coin-operated video game market.

In September 2005, Namco merged with leading Japanese toymaker Bandai to form Namco Bandai Holdings Inc, one of the largest entertainment companies in Japan.

Some of the company's most famous arcade games include:

• Bosconian
• Dig Dug
• Galaga
• Galaxian
• Mappy
• Pac-Man
• Pole Position
• Rally-X
• Ridge Racer
• Soul Calibur
• Soul Edge
• Tekken
• Time Crisis
• Xevious