Kabushiki-gaisha Nihon Terenetto was a Japanese video game and software developer founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima.[
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The company had several video game divisions including: Wolf Team, Laser Soft, Renovation Game, Renovation Products, and Riot.
History
The company was founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima.
The first division created was Wolf Team, which was created in 1986. The Riot division came into existence in 1991 when Telenet Japan was expanding in the country.
However, because Telenet was starting to lose sales in 1993, the company went through extensive restructuring which resulted in the closing of a few subsidiaries. Some staff employed at Laser Soft and Riot were transferred to another subsidiary, Wolfteam. The same year, several key developers of the PC Engine games Tenshi no Uta I & II left Riot to found Media.Vision and work on a new RPG franchise, Wild Arms.
With a debt of , the company ceased operating in late September 2007 and closed its doors on October 25. According to the Tokyo Keizai, the company ran into debt in selling pachinko game software, which made the company get into debt due to the US branches failing.
Sunsoft acquired Telenet's entire software library in December 2009, citing plans to remake or re-release (via Virtual Console) the old titles. The Japanese company Edia acquired Telenet's catalogue from City Connection in January 2020.
Organization
Telenet Japan was formerly made up of the following teams:
Lasersoft
Served as Telenet's publishing arm for optical media, such as PC Engine. It was later merged with Wolf Team.
Micro World
Micro World served as Telenet's publishing arm to localize and market non-Japanese games.
Wolf Team
Renovation Games
Telenet Japan's Japanese publishing arm.
Renovation Products
Telenet Japan's North American subsidiary, Renovation Products, was acquired by Sega of America in 1993.
It was formerly located in California.
Riot
Riot was also known for employing graphic artist and later game director
Eiji Kikuchi, as well as music composer
Michiko Naruke. It's sometimes known as Reno.
Games list
Developed
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Mega Drive/Genesis
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MSX
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Nintendo 64
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GameCube
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Swingerz Golf (released as Ace Golf in Europe and Wai Wai Golf in Japan)
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PlayStation 2
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Eagle Eye Golf (released as Enjoy Golf! in Japan)
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Mahjong Party: Idol to Mahjong Shoubu
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PC
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Super Famicom/Super NES
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Sharp X1/X1 Turbo
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NEC PC-88/PC-8800 series
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PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx
Published
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Game Boy
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Pachinko CR: Daiku no Gen-San GB
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Game Gear
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Mega Drive/Genesis
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Mega-CD
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MSX
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Nintendo 64
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Sharp X1/X1 Turbo
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NEC PC-88/PC-8800 series
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PC
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Albatross
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Albatross 2: Master's History
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Valis X (published by Eants, a hentai developer)
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Zan
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Zan II
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Zan III
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PlayStation
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PlayStation 2
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Super Famicom/Super NES
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Dark Kingdom
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Doomsday Warrior
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Super Valis IV
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Zan II Spirits
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Zan III Spirits
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Psycho Dream
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PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx
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Sharp X68000
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