Tecmo Koei is a Japanese company known for great Nintendo classic games such as Ninja Gaiden and Tecmo Super Bowl. Originally known as Tehkan Ltd, their name was changed in 1986 to Tecmo, Ltd. 2008 was a major year for Tecmo: Not only did their primary designer, Tomonobu Itagaki, quit due to legal disputes, but in August of the year Square Enix offered to purchase the company, similar to how they did in 2005 with Taito. Tecmo has later opted to merge with the company Koei instead to call it Tecmo Koei and the merge was made official on April 1, 2009. In North America, games from Tecmo or Koei will now be published by Tecmo Koei America Corporation.
Nintendo Titles released by Tecmo
- Fire 'N Ice (Solomon's Key 2) (NES)
- Ninja Gaiden (NES)
- Ninja Gaiden II (NES)
- Ninja Gaiden III (NES)
- Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (SNES)
- Solomon's Club (Nintendo Game Boy)
- Solomon's Key (NES)
- Tecmo Bowl (NES, Nintendo Game Boy)
- Tecmo Super Bowl (NES, SNES)
- Tecmo Super Baseball (SNES)
- Tecmo Super NBA Basketball(SNES)
- Tecmo Super Hockey (Genesis)
- Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff (DS)
Nintendo Titles released by Koei
- Mystic Heroes (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Prey the Stars (Nintendo DS)
- Samurai Warriors (Wii)
- Stop That Roach! (Nintendo Game Boy)
- Winback Stealth (Nintendo 64)
Virtual Console
On November 19, 2006, at the launch of the Wii, the Tecmo game, Solomon's Key was released on the Wii Virtual Console. Currently, no other Tecmo games are planned for release.