Company:T&E Soft
 T&E Soft logo | |
Native name | 株式会社ティーアンドイーソフト |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Kabushiki-Gaisha Tīandoīsofuto |
| Type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Fate | Merged with Spike Chunsoft |
| Founded | October 14, 1982[1] ("old company") January 21, 2008[2] ("new company") |
| Defunct | January 2013 ("new company") |
| Headquarters | Nagoya, Japan |
| Website | www.tes.co.jp (archived) www.tandesoft.co.jp (archived) daikokuya-ghd |
T&E Soft Incorporated (株式会社ティーアンドイーソフト Kabushiki-Gaisha Tīandoīsofuto) was a Japanese-based video game developer founded in 1982.[3] Although they have made games with a wide variety of genres, they are primarily known for their action role-playing, golf and puzzle video games.[4]
The original company exists today under the name of Daikokuya Global Holding Co., Ltd but is not currently engaged in game development.[5] A company named Deep Co., Ltd. acquired T&E Soft's trademark rights on April 22, 2005, to continue game development which would go on until January 2013.
History
Founded in 1982, T&E Soft Co., Ltd was initially named after the founder's older brother Toshiro Yokoyama and his younger brother Eiji Yokoyama, but later changed the abbreviation to "Tri & Exciting" and eventually "Technology & Entertainment".
T&E Soft started activities by selling games for NEC's PC-6001 series. Beginning in 1983, it developed games for multiple models other than the PC-6001. In December 1983, T&E Soft published its own magazine to promote its products and by January 1985 launched its newsletter that would last until July 1990. In October 1990, Xtalsoft was merged with T&E Soft and became T&E SOFT Osaka Development Department.
The company became famous for its 8-bit personal computer games including the Hydlide series. It entered the home video game console in March 1986 with the in-house development of the Family Computer software Hydlide Special which was released by Toshiba EMI. Since the success of the Super Famicom software Harukanaru Augusta, released in April 1991, T&E Soft gradually moved away from personal computers to focus on its titles for video game consoles. At some point, Square founder Masafumi Miyamoto was the majority shareholder of T&E Soft.[6]
In May 2002, T&E Soft Corporation changed its name to D Wonderland Inc.[3]
In April 2005, Deep Co., Ltd. acquired the trademark rights of the T & E Soft name. In January 2006, Digital Golf Co., Ltd. absorbed Deep Co., Ltd. and established a game development branch in Nagoya under the brand name of T&E Soft.
The development department of Digital Golf in Nagoya was eventually split off into its own company T&E Soft Co. , Ltd on January 21, 2008. The following week on January 30, Games Arena Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Dwango Co., Ltd.) announced that it would acquire all issued shares of T&E Soft Co., Ltd.
Chunsoft and Spike, which Games Arena had both previously acquired on individual basis, merged in April 2012 to form Spike Chunsoft. The new T&E Soft Co., Ltd was absorbed and merged with Spike Chunsoft in January 2013. (Games Arena had itself dissolved in June 2012).
In January 2015, D Wonderland (the "old" T&E Soft) changed its company name to Daikokuya Global Holding Co., Ltd.[7][8]
On March 4, 2019, D4 Enterprise announced that it has acquired the intellectual property rights of the T&E Soft game content.[9]
Games published
3DO
- Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Slayer (Japanese release)
- Pebble Beach Golf
- Devil's Course, known in US as True Golf Classics
- True Golf Classics
- Shadow: War Of Succession (Japanese release)
Computers
- Hydlide
- Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness
- Hydlide 3
- Legend of Star Arthur
- Legend of Star Arthur II
- Legend of Star Arthur III: Terra 4001[10]
Game Boy
Mega Drive/Genesis
- New 3D Golf Simulation: Harukanaru Augusta
- Undead Line
MSX
- 3-D Golf Simulation
- Pyramid Warp
- Battle Ship Clapton II
- Daiva Story 4
- Daiva Story 5
- Ashguine Story 2
- Greatest Driver
- Hydlide
- Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness
- Hydlide 3
- Laydock
- Rune Worth
- Laydock 2 Last Attack
- Super Laydock
- Butaporc
- Psy-o-blade
- Undead Line
PlayStation
- Cu-On-Pa
- Sonata
Super NES/Super Famicom
- BUSHI Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha
- Cu-On-Pa
- Pebble Beach no Hatou New: Tournament Edition, known in the US as True Golf Classics
- New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki, known in the US as True Golf Classics
- Devil's Course, known in the US as True Golf Classics
- Lode Runner Twin: Justy to Liberty no Daibouken
- The Lost Vikings, (Super Famicom version)
- Sword World SFC
- Sword World SFC 2: Inishie no Kyojin Densetsu
Virtual Boy
Games developed
3DO
- Pebble Beach Golf
Game Boy
Genesis/Mega Drive
- New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki
- Pebble Beach Golf Links
- Undead Line
- Super Hydlide A different name for this port of Hydlide 3.
MSX
- Hydlide
- Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness
- Hydlide 3: The Space Memories
- Undead Line
- Rune Worth
- Daiva Story 4: Asura's Bloodfeud
- Daiva Story 5: The Cup of Soma
- Greatest Driver
- Laydock
- Pyramid Warp
- Super Laydock
- Laydock 2
- Ashguine Story II
- Trick Boy
- Battle Ship Clapton II
Famicom/NES
- Hydlide Special on the Famicom. Hydlide on the NES.
- Hydlide 3: 闇からの訪問者
- Daiva Story 6: Imperial of Nirsartia
Nintendo 64
- Waialae Country Club
- Masters '98: Haruka Naru Augusta
Nintendo DS
PC
PlayStation
- Blaze and Blade
- Cu-On-Pa
- Sonata
PlayStation 2
Saturn
- Virtual Hydlide
- Waialae no Kiseki: Extra 36 Holes
Super NES/Super Famicom
- Cu-On-Pa
- New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki, known in US as True Golf Classics
- Pebble Beach no Hatou New: Tournament Edition
- Power Lode Runner
- Rise of the Robots
- True Golf Classics
Virtual Boy
References
- ↑ "T&E Soft Company Overview". http://tes.co.jp/company/index.htm.
- ↑ "T&E Soft Company Profile". http://www.tandesoft.co.jp/company/profile.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kyodo News International, Inc. (2002-04-01). "Insider trading complaint filed over Disney software deal". TheFreeLibrary.com. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Insider%20trading%20complaint%20filed%20over%20Disney%20software%20deal.-a084532107.
- ↑ "T&E Soft Games". IGN. https://www.ign.com/companies/te-soft.
- ↑ "会社情報 | 大黒屋グローバルホールディング - Daikokuya Global Holding 公式サイト". http://www.daikokuya-ghd.jp/wp/?page_id=49.
- ↑ "Disney, T&E in online games tieup". 16 January 2001. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/01/16/business/disney-te-in-online-games-tieup/#.XpyZdM17kdU.
- ↑ "当社の商号変更に関するお知らせ". September 6, 2016. http://www.daikokuya-ghd.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/151228_dw-shogo.pdf.
- ↑ "D Wonderland Inc". December 27, 2015. http://dwonderland.co.jp/top.html.
- ↑ "株式会社D4エンタープライズ、地位継承済ゲームソフトウェア・コンテンツのご案内". D4エンタープライズ. 2019-03-04. http://www.d4e.co.jp/20190304/2946.
- ↑ Koyama, Yusuke (2023-06-02). History of the Japanese Video Game Industry. Springer Nature. pp. 35. ISBN 978-981-99-1342-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=uITCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA35.
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