Tengen

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Tengen
Type Former subsidiary of Atari Games
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
Pac-Man 1987 NES Developed by Namcot and published by Tengen.