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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. 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)). Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Image File history File links Aruze_Logo. ... Image File history File links Aruze_Logo. ... The JASDAQ Securities Exchange ) is a securities exchange headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ... Pachinko parlor Pachinko players Entrance to large pachinko parlor in Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan. ... Slot machines in the Trump Taj Mahal A slot machine (American English), poker machine (Australian English), or fruit machine (British English) is a certain type of casino game. ...

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. Lady Bug was also a successful game. 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 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. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lady Bug is a Pac-Man-like maze-based insect-themed arcade game produced by Universal Games and released in 1981. ... A laserdisc video game is an arcade video game that uses pre-recorded video (either live-action or animation) played from a laserdisc, either as the entirety of the graphics, or as part of the graphics. ... Super Don Quix-ote (sp) was a laserdisc video game released by Universal in 1984. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Super Don Quix-ote (sp) was a laserdisc video game released by Universal in 1984. ...

Relationship with SNK

In 2000, the company bought out the video game company SNK, maker of the Neo-Geo. 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. This article is about the year 2000. ... SNK Playmore (formerly SNK) is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. ... Neo-Geo is the name of a cartridge-based arcade and home video game system released in 1990 by Japanese game company SNK. The system offered comparatively colorful 2D graphics and high-quality sound. ... In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. ... SNK Playmore is a Japanese video game company, successor to SNK. In 2001(found the company), its name is Playmore and changed to current name in 2003. ... This article is about the year 2001. ...

On October 2002, Aruze was sued for copyright infringement over SNK's intellectual properties which was unauthorized by Playmore in which they still owned, for 6.2 billion yen in damages. In January 2004, a preliminary decision was handed down by the Osaka District Court favoring SNK Playmore and was awarded 5.64 billion yen.

External links

• Official website
• Japanese official website
• Company History
• List of games by Universal on the Killer List of Videogames