Banpresto

source: wikidataJapanese toy company and video game developer

source: wikipedia_enBanpresto Co., Ltd. (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Banpresto was a partly owned subsidiary of toymaker Bandai from 1989 to 2006, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings from 2006 to 2008. In addition to video games, Banpresto produced toys, keyrings, apparel, and plastic models. Banpresto was founded by Japanese businessman Yasushi Matsuda as Hoei International on April 30, 1977. Its poor reputation led to its name being changed to Coreland Technology in 1982, becoming a contractual developer for companies such as Sega. Coreland was majority-acquired by Bandai in 1989 following severe financial difficulties and renamed Banpresto, becoming Bandai's arcade game division. Banpresto focused primarily on producing games with licensed characters, such as Ultraman and Gundam. Its sharing of Bandai's library of popular characters allowed the company to become one of Japan's largest game publishers in the 1990s. The company's first hit was the Family Computer role-playing game (RPG) SD Batt

source: wikidataバンダイナムコグループのプライズゲーム用景品のブランド、およびかつて存在した日本の企業

source: wikipedia_jaバンプレスト（英: BANPRESTO）は、BANDAI SPIRITSが展開するプライズゲーム向け景品のブランド。名称はバンダイの「バン」とイタリア語の演奏記号「Presto（急速に）」に由来する。 また、株式会社バンプレスト（英: BANPRESTO CO., LTD.）は、2019年3月までこれらの事業を展開していたバンダイナムコグループの企業である。歴史上の源流となる豊栄産業（ほうえいさんぎょう）から法人としてのバンプレスト消滅までは、複雑な変遷をたどっており、本項ではこれらを時系列で解説する。