Westone Bit Entertainment

Westone Bit Entertainment (ウエストン·ビット·エンタテインメント, Uesuton Bitto Entateinmento) was a video game developer founded in May 1986, based in Mukoujima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo. They were most famous for the Wonder Boy/Monster World series. Originally called Escape, the company was renamed to Westone as the word Escape made them sound unreliable.[1] The company's name was changed yet again to Westone Bit Entertainment in April 2000.[2] The chief publisher was Ryuichi Nishizawa. The company went bankrupt and entered liquidation process in October 1, 2014.[3]

The Westone name is derived from the first characters of the names of company founders, Ryuuichi Nishizawa (Nishi = West) and Michishito Ishizuka (Ishi = Stone).[1]

List of games

Arcade

Dreamcast

Famicom/NES

  • Jaws (developed under subcontract with Atlus) (US Publisher: LJN)
  • Majin Eiyuuden Wataru Gaiden (JP Publisher: Hudson)

Game Gear

Mark III/Master System

Mega-CD/Sega CD

Mega Drive/Genesis

Other

  • Victory Shooter (prize machine)
  • What If? (Win/Win CE/Java)

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

  • Aoi Blink (JP Publisher: Hudson)
  • Appare! Gateball (JP Publisher: Hudson)
  • Blood Gear (JP Publisher: Hudson)
  • Power Eleven (developed under subcontract with Atlus) (JP Publisher: Hudson)
  • Dynastic Hero (JP Publisher: Hudson)

Pico

  • Minna de Odorou: Ozu no Mahoutsukai

PlayStation

  • Kekkon: Marriage (JP Publisher: Shogakukan Production)
  • Milano no Arbeit Collection (JP Publisher: Victor)
  • Sotsugyou III: Wedding Bell (JP Publisher: Shogakukan Production)
  • Sotsugyou M: Male Graduation: Seitokai Naga no Kareinaru Inbou (JP Publisher: E3 Staff)
  • Soukou Kihei Votoms Gaiden: Ao no Kishi Velzelga Monogatari (JP Publisher: Takara)
  • Wolkenkratzer: Shinpan no Tou (JP Publisher: Asmik)

PlayStation 2

  • Princess Maker 4 (JP Publisher: CyberFront; KR Publisher: Gainax)
  • Relaxuma: Ojama Shitemasu 2 Shuukan (JP Publisher: Interchannel)
  • Secret of Evangelion (JP Publisher: Jinx)
  • Shinseiki Evangelion: Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku with Asuka Hokan Keikaku (JP Publisher: Broccoli)

Sega Saturn

  • Kekkon: Marriage (JP Publisher: Shogakukan Production)
  • Sotsugyou III: Wedding Bell (JP Publisher: Shogakukan Production)
  • Sotsugyou: Album (JP Publisher: Shogakukan Production)
  • Wachenröder (JP Publisher: Sega)[4]
  • Willy Wombat (JP Publisher: Hudson)

Super Famicom/Super NES

  • Dark Half (JP Publisher: Enix)

Toys

  • BowLingual (Takara)
  • Dennou Meikyuu Labyrinth (Takara Tomy)
  • Himitsu Kichi o Tsukurou (Takara Tomy)
  • Myawlingual

Vodafone (mobile)

  • Bowlingual Connect

Windows

  • Chicchana Yukitsukai Sugar Desktop Accessories (JP Publisher: Broccoli)
  • Galaxy Angel Desktop Accessories (JP Publisher: Broccoli)
  • Pita-Ten Desktop Accessories (JP Publisher: Broccoli)
  • Renai Typing: Salad Days (JP Publisher: Shogakukan Production)
  • Tsuri Baka Nisshi: Baku Tsuri Typing (JP Publisher: Shogakukan Production)
  • Waku Waku Joyland (NTT)

References

  1. 1 2 "Monster World Complete Collection manual extracts".
  2. "Developer Table" (in Japanese).
  3. "ゲーム開発の(株)ウエストンビットエンタテインメントほか1社が破産開始決定".
  4. "Wachenröder (1998) SEGA Saturn release dates". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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