Marvelous Interactive, Inc.
Moby ID: 2830
- Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd (from 1970-08-03 to 1996-09-30)
- Victor Interactive Software, Inc. (from 1996-10-01 to 2003-03-30)
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Pack-In-Video was originally established on March 3, 1970 as a joint venture between Nihon Victor and Tokyo Broadcasting to produce home and TV video content.
Pack-In-Video entered the games market in 1985, operating independently of another Victor subsidiary, Victor Musical Industries. The company initially focused on the MSX computer, but later expanded to the Famicom and a variety of other platforms. Early releases tended to be based on TV or movie licenses, but gradually shifted to original franchises by the early '90s. Pack-In-Video also operated a small studio called Yuu Yuu in the early '90s.
In October 1996, Victor consolidated the games operations of Victor Entertainment into Pack-In-Video, and the new company was renamed Victor Interactive Software. The new company continued to use the Pack-In-Soft brand name for a few years after the change. They would become well-known for their Harvest Moon franchise.
Victor left the games industry in 2003, and Victor Interactive was acquired by Marvelous Entertainment in March of that year. The company was renamed Marvelous Interactive, and all of Marvelous' game operations were consolidated into the newly-acquired company. However, Marvelous Interactive would be merged into its parent company four years later, and ceased to exist as a separate entity on June 30, 2007.
Credited on 168 Games from 1985 to 2019
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- June 30, 2007
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Marvelous Interactive, Inc. is merged into and absorbed by Marvelous Entertainment Inc.
- March 31, 2003
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Company acquired by Marvelous Entertainment Inc. and renamed Marvelous Interactive, Inc.
- October 1, 1996
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The game software business of Victor Entertainment Inc. merged with Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd to establish Victor Interactive Software, Inc.
- March 1994
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After having published videos mainly for TBS throughout the eighties, the video business starts showing red figures. Pack-in-Video pulls out of the video market entirely, in order to concentrate on the more lucrative games business. With TBS having no more interest in the company, Victor takes over all the shares, making Pack-in a fully own subsidiary.
- August 3, 1970
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Company established.
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Address:
Yebisu Garden Place Tower
27F, 4-20-3, Ebisu
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-6027
Starting out as a video company, it comes as no surprise that many of Pack-in-Video's early titles were movie licences such as Predator, Die Hard or Rambo.
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 15 games with Pack-In-Soft
- 13 games with Natsume, Inc.
- 11 games with T's Music Co., Ltd.
- 8 games with Rising Star Games Ltd.
- 7 games with Pole To Win Co., Ltd.
- 7 games with Tose Co., Ltd.
- 6 games with JVC Music Europe, Ltd.
- 5 games with Marvelous Inc.
- 5 games with Arc System Works Co., Ltd.
- 5 games with Dreams Co., Ltd.
- 52 games with Yasuhiro Wada
- 36 games with Seiichi Kizu
- 31 games with Mariko Ishikawa
- 30 games with Tomio Kanazawa
- 29 games with Junichi Kutsuzawa
- 29 games with Yasuo Ono
- 26 games with Hiro Maekawa
- 23 games with Akinori Sekine
- 21 games with Tōru Miyazawa
- 20 games with Hideyuki Mizutani
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