Bandai

Bandai
Type	Brand of Bandai Namco Entertainment
Founded	July 5, 1950 (Bandai-ya) 1961 (Bandai)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Naoharu Yamashina, founder
Industry	video games
Products	Video games
Number of people	not disclosed
Website	http://www.bandai.com/

Bandai is a brand name of Bandai Namco Entertainment.

Bandai-ya

Bandai-ya (番台ーや) was formed on July 5, 1950 by Naoharu Yamashina.

Bandai

Bandai-ya was renamed Bandai (番台ー) in 1961.

Bandai Namco Holdings

In February 2005, Bandai merged with Namco forming Bandai Namco Holdings. The two companies operated independently under the holding company until March 31, 2006, when the development divisions of the two companies were merged into Namco Bandai Games.

Computers and consoles manufactured by Bandai

Title	Designer	Released	Notes
TV Jack 1000	Bandai	1977
TV Jack 1200	Bandai	1977
TV Jack 1500	Bandai	1977
TV Jack 2500	Bandai	1977
TV Jack 3000	Bandai	1977
TV Jack 5000	Bandai	1977
Super Vision 8000	Bandai	1979
Arcadia	Emerson Radio	1982
RX-78	Bandai	1983
Digi Casse	Bandai	1984
Video Communication System TV Kid	Bandai	1988
Playdia	Bandai	1994
Design Master Soldier	Bandai	1995
Design Master Electronic Manga School	Bandai	1995
Pippin	Apple	1995
Bandai Gamepad	Timetop	1997
Go! Go! Connie! Let's Play Mouse	Timetop	1997
WonderSwan	Koto Laboratory	1999
WonderSwan Color	Koto Laboratory	2000
Even More! Magical Cooking on TV with Ojamajo Doremi	Bandai	2001
Beast Squadron Gaoranger DX Soul Bird	Bandai	2001
Swan Crystal	Koto Laboratory	2002
Kamen Rider Ryuki: Survival Fight	Beijing Dejin Software Technology	2002

Digital Bandai games owned by WEC Museum

Title	Year	System	Notes
Saint Saya: Golden Legend	1987	Famicom	The Famicom version is on the Nintendo Classic Mini: Weekly Shonen Jump 50th Anniversary Version owned by the WEC Museum.
Saint Saya: Golden Legend - Final Chapter	1988	Famicom	The Famicom version is on the Nintendo Classic Mini: Weekly Shonen Jump 50th Anniversary Version owned by the WEC Museum.