Aruze Corp. (アルゼ株式会社 Aruze Kabushiki-gaisha?) (JASDAQ: 6425), formerly Universal Distributing of Nevada (UDN), is a Japanese manufacturer of pachinko, slot machine and other gaming products. The is a Securities exchange headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. JASDAQ is not related to NASDAQ in the United States but operates an electronic trading is a Japanese gaming device used for amusement and prizes Although pachinko machines were originally strictly mechanical modern pachinko machines are a cross between a A slot machine ( American) fruit machine ( British) or poker machine ( Australian) is a Casino gambling machine with three Aruze possesses licenses to both manufacture and distribute casino machines in the American states of Nevada, Mississippi and New Jersey. Aruze Gaming America is a 100%-owned subsidiary based in Las Vegas maintains affiliates in Australia (Aruze Gaming Australia, formerly Pacific Gaming Pty. Ltd. ) and South Africa (Aruze Gaming Africa (Pty) Ltd. (formerly Universal Distributors of Nevada South Africa)).
History
Universal Lease Co. , Ltd was established in December 1969, in January 2005 UDN becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Aruze. Universal's greatest hit was the game Mr. Do! in 1982, which spawned four sequels. Mr Do! is an Arcade game created by Universal in 1982. Remotely similar in gameplay to Namco 's popular Dig Dug Lady Bug was also a successful game. Lady Bug is a Pac-Man -like maze-based Insect -themed Arcade game produced by Universal Games and released in 1981. Cashing-in on the success of laserdisc video games, Universal released Super Don Quix-ote in 1984, on a new standardized laserdisc video game system they called the Universal System 1. A laserdisc video game is an Arcade game that uses pre-recorded video (either Live-action or Animation) played from a Laserdisc, either as the Super Don Quix-ote is a Laserdisc video game released by Universal in 1984. A new game was planned every six months for the Universal System 1, including a laserdisc adventure game based on Mr. Do!, but the company stopped producing arcade games in 1985, and Super Don Quix-ote ended up being the only game released for the system. Mr Do! is an Arcade game created by Universal in 1982. Remotely similar in gameplay to Namco 's popular Dig Dug
Relationship with SNK
In 2000, the company bought out the video game company SNK, maker of the Neo-Geo. The Neo Geo is a cartridge -based arcade and home Video game system released in 1990 by Japanese game company SNK. In exchange for the use of SNK's popular characters on their pachinko and slot machines, and a few sub-par games for the Neo-Geo, Aruze held on to SNK's IPs until SNK reformed as Playmore and bought them back in 2001. Intellectual property ( IP) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as musical literary and artistic works inventions and symbols names
On October 2002, Aruze were later sued by SNK Playmore founder Eikichi Kawasaki for copyright infringement over SNK's intellectual properties which was unauthorized by Playmore. In January 2004, a preliminary decision was handed down by the Osaka District Court favoring SNK Playmore and was awarded 5. 64 billion yen in damages.
External links
- (Japanese) Official website
- (English) English part of official website
- (English) List of games by Universal
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