Panasonic Corporation
Moby ID: 7182
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (from 1918 to 2008-09-30)
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Founded by Konosuke Matsushita in Osaka, Japan, in 1918, Panasonic Corporation's original name was Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI)
On October 1, 2008, the company name was officially changed to Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC). Non-audio/visual products were once branded with the word "National" in Japan, but are now marketed under the Panasonic name also. The President of Panasonic Corporation in 2010 is Fumio Ohtsubo.
The name "Panasonic" has become synonymous with quality in electric and electronic consumer electronics, home appliances, information and communications equipment and factory automation equipment.
Brands belonging to Matsushita Electric group were:* JVC * National * Panasonic * Quasar * Technics
The company was involved during the early 1980s in the theater of video gaming, publishing and distributing games for the MSX system in Japan. Its North American division, Panasonic Interactive Media Company, a division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (Panasonic Corporation of North America as of January 1, 2005), was more active in the gaming industry later.
Credited on 33 Games from 1977 to 2013
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| Wii Fit U (2013 on Wii U) |
| Blue Forest Story: Kaze no Fūin (1996 on 3DO, PlayStation) |
| Autobahn Tokio (1995 on 3DO) |
| Moon Cradle (1995 on SEGA Saturn, 3DO) |
| Scramble Cobra (1995 on 3DO) |
| The Daedalus Encounter (1995 on Windows 3.x, 3DO, Macintosh) |
| Bust-A-Move (1995 on Windows, SNES, Game Gear...) |
| Nontan to Issho: Hoshino Okurimono (1995 on 3DO) |
| Battle Pinball (1994 on 3DO) |
| Super Street Fighter II Turbo (1994 on DOS, Dreamcast, Amiga...) |
| Trip'd (1994 on 3DO) |
| Puppet Tale (1994 on 3DO) |
| Burning Soldier (1994 on Windows, 3DO) |
| Guardian War (1994 on 3DO) |
| Nontan to Issho: Nohara de Asobo (1994 on 3DO) |
| Kurokishi no Kamen (1994 on 3DO) |
| Toki o Koeta Tegami (1994 on Windows, 3DO) |
| Buichi Terasawa's Takeru: Letter of the Law (1994 on Windows, Windows 3.x, Macintosh...) |
| Doctor Hauzer (1994 on 3DO) |
| Iron Angel of the Apocalypse (1994 on 3DO) |
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History +
- December 21, 2009
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Panasonic Corporation acquires Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
- October 1, 2008
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company changes its name to Panasonic Corporation
- December 1935
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company incorporated
- 1918
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company founded
Trivia +
The former company website was located at http://www.matsushita.jp/
Location and contact information (2010):
Panasonic Corporation
1006, Oaza Kadoma
Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501
Japan
Tel. 81-6-6908-1121
Website: http://panasonic.net
Related Web Sites +
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Panasonic Corporation
official site
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 5 games with Micro Cabin Corp.
- 4 games with Marvelous Interactive, Inc.
- 3 games with Panasonic U.K. Ltd.
- 3 games with Panasoft
- 2 games with Victor Entertainment Inc.
- 2 games with Japan DataWorks Inc.
- 2 games with Genki Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with Nintendo EAD
- 1 game with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with Cyan Worlds, Inc.
- 4 games with Hiroshi Yamada
- 4 games with Akiko Okada
- 3 games with Katsuya Nagai
- 3 games with Hideji Tanaka
- 3 games with Seiichi Kizu
- 3 games with Yasufumi Fukuda
- 2 games with Takashi Isoko
- 2 games with Manami Kuroda
- 2 games with Yasuhiko Nakatsu
- 2 games with Mariko Ishikawa
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