Tengen
From WE Computers Museum
Tengen | |
Type | Former subsidiary of Atari Games |
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Founded | 1987 (consolidated into Time Warner Interactive in 1994) |
Headquarters | Milpitas, California, US |
Key people | Masaya Nakamura, founder |
Industry | video games |
Products | Video games |
Number of people | not disclosed |
Website | N/A |
Tengen was the video game development and publishing subsidiary of Atari Games.
It handled releases on computer and video game console platforms.
Foundation
Tengen was established as the home video game development and publishing subsidiary of Atari Games on December 21, 1987. It was named Tengen, as Atari Corporation retained the rights to the Atari name for home releases.
Consolidation into Time Warner Interactive
After Time Warner regained a controlling interest in Atari Games, Tengen was consolidated into Time Warner Interactive on June 28, 1994.
Tengen games owned by WEC Museum
Title | Year | System | Notes |
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Pac-Man | 1987 | NES | Developed by Namcot and published by Tengen. |