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Agetec

Logo: Agetec, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American video game publisher

Agetec Inc. ("ASCII Game Entertainment Technology") was an American video game publishing company that was best known for bringing Japanese titles to the United States. Notable games published by Agetec include R-Type Delta, Armored Core series, and the King's Field series, as well as the "designer series" RPG Maker and Fighter Maker. Other titles Magic Pengel and Cookie & Cream, the best selling fishing titles Bass Landing and Fisherman's Bass Club, Disaster Report and its sequel, Raw Danger!.2 It ceased to exist in 2018.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1

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Agetec Inc. ("ASCII Game Entertainment Technology") was an American video game publishing company that was best known for bringing Japanese titles to the United States.2

The story

The company was formed through ASCII Corporation, spinning off their American distribution subsidiary as an independent corporation in 1998, and became a standalone publisher one year later. ASCII announced that Agetec will handle game publishing for the North American and European markets from April 2000.

Around approximately May 2018, all Agetec titles for Nintendo platforms were delisted from the Nintendo eShop in North America. Also around this time, their web site became a "server default" page. These events indicate the company has quietly become defunct.

From Wikipedia’s article on Agetec, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2018Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1998Founded Founded1

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