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Tengen

1984 / 1987 1986 / 1987 1988 / 1987 tot 4 1989 / 1987 tot 21 1990 / 1987 tot 35 1991 / 1987 tot 69 1992 / 1987 tot 84 1993 / 1987 tot 97 1994 / 1987 tot 101 1995 / 1987 tot 102 2007 / 1987 tot 103
Founded in 1987-12-21 closed in 1994-06-28
Status: bought
Country: USA

107
games
21
active years
4.9
per year

In 1994 Tengen was consolidated into Time Warner Interactive.

It is known for After Burner, Aleste, Alien Syndrome, Crush Pinball, Fantasy Zone, Gauntlet, Pac-Man, Paperboy, Rolling Thunder, Shinobi, Snow Bros., Tetris

Releases per year

19841
19861
19884
198917
199014
199134
199215
199313
19944
19951
20071

105 video games with valid date were considered (98.1%)

Overall rankings

3
43
28
7
0

Common gametypes

action/reflex24%racing/driving16%shooter11%sport10%maze8%other28%

Top platforms

NES 28
Mega Drive 27
Game Gear 10
GB 8
Master System 5
Amstrad CPC 5
SNES 5
Lynx 4
Amiga 3
MS-DOS 3
C64 2
Atari ST 2
PC Engine 1
Mega-CD 1
Apple IIGS 1
TETЯIS (Nintendo Entertainment System)
TETЯIS
NES 1989
Pac-Man (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Pac-Man
NES 1984-11-02
Gauntlet IV (Mega Drive)
Gauntlet IV
GEN 1993-03-18
Gauntlet (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Gauntlet
NES 1988
Pit-Fighter: The Ultimate Competition (Atari Lynx)
Pit-Fighter: The Ultimate Competition
LYNX 1991-12-31
Marble Madness (Master System)
Marble Madness
SMS 1992
Robo Aleste (Sega-CD/Mega-CD)
Robo Aleste
SCD 1992
Snow Bros. Nick & Tom (Mega Drive)
Snow Bros. Nick & Tom
GEN 1993
Airball (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Airball
NES 2007
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium
NES 1986-12-10
Paperboy (Atari Lynx)
Paperboy
LYNX 1990
Klax (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Klax
NES 1990-06

Tengen best rated games

Devil Crash MD1991gen
F1 World Championship1993gen
Klax1990lynx
Popils1991gg
Klax1990pce
Klax1991gg
Davis Cup World Tour1993gen
Chuck Rock 2: Son of Chuck1994gg
World Cup Soccer1993gg
Hard Drivin'1989st

Tengen worst games

Paperboy 21991snes
Pit-Fighter1991cpc
Paperboy 21991nes
Pit-Fighter: The Ultimate Competition1991lynx
Fantasy Zone1989nes

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