Westone Bit Entertainment

Westone Bit Entertainment Inc. (株式会社ウエストン·ビット·エンタテインメント, Kabushiki-gaisha Uesuton Bitto Entateinmento) was a video game developer founded in May 1986, based in Mukoujima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo. They were most famous for the Wonder Boy/Monster World series. Originally called Escape (エスケープ, Esukēpu), the company was renamed to Westone as the word Escape made them sound unreliable.[1] The company's name was changed yet again to Westone Bit Entertainment in April 2000.[2] The chief publisher was Ryuichi Nishizawa. The company went bankrupt and entered liquidation process on October 1, 2014.[3]

The Westone name is derived from the first characters of the names of company founders, Ryuuichi Nishizawa (Nishi = West) and Michishito Ishizuka (Ishi = Stone).[1]

Games

References
  1. "Monster World Complete Collection manual extracts".
  2. "Developer Table" (in Japanese).
  3. "ゲーム開発の（株）ウエストンビットエンタテインメントほか1社が破産開始決定".
  4. Lopes, Gonçalo (2 February 2016). "Dark Half Review (SNES)". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  5. "Clockwork Aquario, cancelled Westone Bit Entertainment arcade game from 1992, coming to PS4 and Switch in 2020". Gematsu. Retrieved September 26, 2020.


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