Namco Limited
Namco Limited - company name until April 2018
Namcot - Trade name used in the development of console titles. (from 1983 to 1994)
Nakamura Manufacturing - Original name (from 1955 to 1958)
Nakamura Amusement Machine Manufacturing Company - Full name before abbreviating (from 1958 to 1970)
Namco Ltd is a Japanese corporation best known as a video game developer and publisher. Its headquarters are located in Ōta, Tokyo.
The company was founded by Masaya Nakamura as Nakamura Manufacturing in 1955. The company started out by running children's rides on the roof of a department store in Yokohama. Nakamura Manufacturing was reorganized in 1958 and underwent a slight name change to Nakamura Manufacturing Co., which would later be used to form the acronym Namco.
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