Jaleco

Jaleco
Type	Brand name of City Connection
Founded	October 3, 1974 (Japan Leisure Co.) ~1980 (Jaleco) 1988 (Jaleco USA) 1993 (VR-1) 2000 (VR1 Entertainment, PCCW Japan) 2002 (Jaleco Entertainment) July 3, 2006 (Jaleco Holding) 2008 (Jaleco Japan) April 2009 (Encom Holdings) Closed in 2008 (Jaleco Entertainment) Closed on May 21, 2014 (Encom)
Headquarters	Kyoto, Japan
Key people	not disclosed
Industry	video games
Products	Video games
Number of people	not disclosed
Website	N/A

Jaleco is a brand name owned by City Connection.

Japan Leisure Company

Japan Leisure Company was founded in 1974.

Jaleco

Around 1980, the company was renamed Jaleco.

Jaleco USA

Jaleco USA, Inc., the North American division of Jaleco, was founded in 1988.

VR-1

VR-1, Inc. was founded in 1993.

VR1 Entertainment

In 2000, VR1, Inc. was renamed to VR1 Entertainment, Inc.

PCCW Japan

Jaleco and VR1 Entertainment were acquired by Hong Kong-based PCCW (Pacific Century CyberWorks) in 2000 and was rebranded PCCW Japan.

Jaleco Entertainment

In 2002, PCCW Japan merged Jaleco USA and VR1 Entertainment into Jaleco Entertainment, Inc.

Jaleco Limited

PCCW Japan was renamed Jaleco Limited in 2002.

Jaleco Holding

In August 2005, Jaleco Limited was sold to Sandringham Fund SPC and was made a subsidiary of Hyperlink Investments Group, itself a subsidiary of Sandringham Fund SPC.

In 2006, Jaleco Limited was renamed Jaleco Holding, while the company's video game operations were spun off into a company named Jaleco, which became a subsidiary of Jaleco Holding.

Acquisition by Game Yarou

In October 2007, Hyperlink Investments sold Jaleco Holding to Game Yarou.

Closure of Jaleco Entertainment

Jaleco Entertainment, the American division of Jaleco, closed in 2008.

Encom Holdings

In April 2009, Jaleco Holding left the video game industry and was renamed Encom Holdings.

Encom Holdings ceased operations after Game Yarou went bankrupt on May 21, 2014.

Acquisition by City Connection

In 2014, after the bankruptcy of Game Yarou, City Connection, a company named after one of Jaleco's games, purchased the intellectual property of Jaleco.

Video games by Jaleco by the WEC Museum

Title	System	Release	Notes
Banishing Racer	Game Boy	1991
Bases Loaded	Game Boy, NES	1987
Battle Unit Zeoth	Game Boy	1990
Brawl Brothers	SNES	1992
Burn!! Jūdō Warriors	NES	1990
City Connection	Arcade, NES	1985
The Day the Demon King Crashes	Feature phone	2005
Exerion	Arcade, NES	1983
Formation Z	Arcade, NES	1984
Fortified Zone	Game Boy	1991
The Fortress of Fury 2	Game Boy	1992
Game Tengoku: The Game Paradise	Arcade	1995
Hero Pinball Party	Game Boy	1990
The Ignition Factor	SNES	1994
JaJaMaru's Big Adventure	NES	1986
Jaleco Rally: Big Run - The Supreme 4WD Challenge	SNES	1989
Monster Club	NES	1987
Ninja JaJaMaru-kun - Ranbu	Mobile (BREW, DoJa, J2ME)	2003
Operation Logic Bomb: The Ultimate Search & Destroy	SNES	1993
The Peace Keepers	SNES	1994
Plasma Ball	NES	1992
Rival Turf!	SNES	1992
Rod Land	Game Boy, NES	1990
Sky Fox	Arcade	1987
Soldam	Game Boy	1993
Super Earth Defense Force	SNES	1991
Tetris Plus 2	Arcade	1997