taito corporation

The Taito Corporation (タイトー株式会社) is a Japanese developer of video game software. The word Taito translates to "far east". The company was founded in 1953 by Russian Jew Michael Kogan. Taito started out importing and distribuing vending machines. The following year the began leasing jukeboxes but they eventually manufacturing their own. Taito also importing and distributed American coin-op video games in Japan, but began producing their own. In 1992, Taito showed a CD-ROM-based console system that allowed you to download and play arcade-quality CD-ROM games, but the system was never released. Taito is now part of the Kyocera group. "Taito" means "skill" in Finnish.

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http://www.taito.co.jp/ - Company homepage (in Japanese)

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