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ASCII Corporation
株式会社アスキー
TypeKabushiki kaisha
FoundedJune 24, 1991
HeadquartersChiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key peopleKiyoshi Takano, President
IndustryComputer magazines, Video games
Revenue433 million yen (as of March 31, 2004)[1]
Websiteascii.co.jp

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History

ASCII was founded by Kazuhiko Nishi Nishi partnered with NEC executive Kazuya Watanabe to create the MSX, the most popular 8-bit home computer standard in the Japanese market. worked for Microsoft during the 1980s as Vice President of the Far East operations is a Japanese multinational IT company headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan. MSX was the name of a standardized Home computer architecture in the 1980s ASCII's early work was mainly in hardware development and creation. Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical artifacts of a Technology. As the popularity of home videogame systems soared 1980s ASCII turned its attention towards the development and publishing of software for popular consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis. The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 ASCII became so popular in the software market that it branched out and created an American satellite in 1991 known as ASCII Entertainment. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. was a Publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan, and was one of the key players in the creation of the MSX standard home computer in Japan

Soon though ASCII's market in Japan declined while improving in the U.S.. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the To focus on supporting the interactive entertainment channel in America, startup company Agetec (for "Ascii Game Entertainment TEChnology") was spun off as an independent corporation in 1998 and later became a fully independent publisher one year later. Agetec ("Ascii Game Entertainment TEChnology" is a US based Video game Publishing company that is best As of March 2002, ASCII ceased all videogame development and publication in Japan. The company now focused on IT and computer magazine publishing. Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Before it stopped its tie to videogames, however, the gaming branch broke off into its own independent development and publishing house known as Media Leaves. ASCII was merged with MediaWorks on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works. was a Japanese Publishing company in the Kadokawa Group known for their brand magazines and book labels Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common is a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group which formed on April 1 2008 as a result of a merger between ASCII [2][3]

References

  1. ^ English corperate information page for ASCII. ASCII. Retrieved on 2007-12-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life
  2. ^ a b Announcement of the merger between ASCII and MediaWorks (Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. ( is a well-known Japanese Publisher, based in Tokyo. Kadokawa has published many Manga titles as well as magazines such as Newtype Retrieved on 2007-12-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe.
  3. ^ a b Kadokawa Group to Merge ASCII, MediaWorks Subsidiaries. Anime News Network (October 2, 2007). Anime News Network (ANN is an Anime industry News Website that reports on the status of Anime, Manga, Japanese popular Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

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