Epoch Co. Explained
| Epoch Co., Ltd. |
| Industry: | Video games, toy industry |
| Founded: | in Komagata, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Num Employees: | 220[1] |
| Hq Location City: | Taitō, Tokyo |
| Hq Location Country: | Japan |
is a Japanese toy and computer games company founded in 1958 which is best known for manufacturing Barcode Battler and Doraemon video games, Aquabeads, and the Sylvanian Families series of toys. Its current Representative President is Michihiro Maeda.
They also made Japan's first successful programmable console video game system, the Cassette Vision, in 1981.
History
Founded in May 1958 by Maeda Taketora and three others in Tokyo with ¥1 million, Maeda Taketora is made president, eleven months later, it had increased its capital to ¥2.5 million. Epoch participated in the first Japanese international toy trade fair in 1962. It moved to its headquarters to its current location in Tokyo in 1963. After 20 years of its founding in 1978, Epoch had increased to ¥200 million - 200 times the original startup cost. It also had a United States office, which sold imported English versions of its products. In September 2001 it founded an international branch. It acquired International Playthings of the United States in 2008.[2] It is most famous for its Doraemon and Sylvanian Families toy and video game productions.
Video game consoles
LCD handheld electronic games
Epoch also created many LCD handheld electronic games. Some of these were made in cooperation with ITMC, Gama-Mangold, Tomy and other companies.[3] [4]
Games produced
Doraemon games
- Doraemon: Giga Zombie no Gyakushuu
- Doraemon
- Doraemon 2
- Doraemon 3
- Doraemon 4
- Doraemon: Nobita to Fukkatsu no Hoshi
- Doraemon 2: SOS! Otogi no Kuni
- Doraemon
- Doraemon Kart
- Doraemon no GameBoy de Asobou yo DX10
- Doraemon 2
- Doraemon Kart 2
- Doraemon: Aruke Aruke Labyrinth
- Doraemon Memories: Nobita no Omoide Daibouken
- Doraemon: Nobita to 3-tsu no Seirei Ishi (N64)
- Doraemon 2: Nobita to Hikari no Shinden (N64)
- Doraemon 3: Nobita no Machi SOS! (N64)
- Doraemon 3: Makai no Dungeon
- Doraemon no Study Boy: Kuku Game
- Doraemon no Study Boy: Gakushuu Kanji Game
- Doraemon Kimi to Pet no Monogatari
- Doraemon Board Game
- Doraemon no Quiz Boy 2
- Doraemon no Study Boy: Kanji Yomikaki Master
Sylvanian Families games
Licensed games
- Chibi Maruko-chan: Harikiri 365-Nichi no Maki
- Lupin III: Densetsu no Hihō o Oe!
- Donald Duck no Mahō no Bōshi
- St Andrews: Eikō to Rekishi no Old Course
- Alice no Paint Adventure
- Chibi Maruko-Chan: Go-Chōnai Minna de Game da yo!
Other games
- Famicom Yakyuuban
- Kiteretsu Daihyakka
- Cyraid
- Dragon Slayer I
- Parasol Henbee
- Dai Meiro: Meikyu no Tatsujin
- Dragon Slayer (Game Boy)
- Dragon Slayer Gaiden (Game Boy)
- Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes (Super Famicom)
- Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II (Super Famicom)
- Panel no Ninja Kesamaru
- Lord Monarch
- Metal Jack
- Barcode Battler Senki
- Hatayama Hatch no Pro Yakyuu News! Jitsumei Han
- Oha Star Yamachan & Reimondo
- Hole in One Golf
- Meisha Retsuden: Greatest 70's
- J.League Excite Stage '94
- J.League Excite Stage '95
- J.League Excite Stage '96
- J-League Excite Stage GB
- J-League Excite Stage Tactics
- International Soccer Excite Stage 2000
- R-Type DX
- Ling Rise
- Pocket Pro Yakyuu
- Macross 7: Ginga no Heart o Furuwasero!!
- Gauntlet Legends
- DaiaDroids World
- Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Barcode Battler II)
- Magi Nation
- Daia Droid Daisakusen
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 会社概要 | エポック社公式サイト .
- Web site: International Playthings Officially Sold to Epoch Company, Ltd . https://web.archive.org/web/20081211114558/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1691884.htm . dead . December 11, 2008 .
- Epoch LCD handheld electronic games
- Web site: GAMAtronic Handheld Games. www.handheldmuseum.com. 2019-05-19.
