On March 1981, a U.S. division was inaugurated as U.S Tehkan Inc. A month later, on April 1981, Tehkan released in Japan its first arcade video game titled Pleiads (which was distributed in America by Centuri). When it was still called Tehkan, the company also released such classic games as Bomb Jack and Tehkan World Cup. In January 8, 1986, Tehkan officially changed its name to Tecmo.

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	Super Swing Golf: Season 2 Developer: Tecmo Japan Publisher: Tecmo USA	Savegames: 0 View all Savegames for this Game
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