Gamtec is a video game developer

Video game developer

A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...

 established in June 1989 and based in Taichung City, Taiwan

Taiwan

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 noted for its unlicensed Mega Drive games such as Legend of Wukong

Legend of Wukong

Legend of Wukong, originally known as Wucom Legend is a Chinese role-playing adventure game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis developed by Gamtec. It was originally released in 1996 in Chinese only...

and Squirrel King

Squirrel King

Squirrel King is a platform video game produced, without license from Sega, by the Taiwanese developer Gamtec for the Mega Drive. Gamtec is also responsible for the development of a number of other games, including many for the Gamate handheld system....

.

The company also developed a number of Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...

 and PC

Personal computer

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 games, and claims to have developed for the Gamate

Gamate

The Gamate, known as 超級小子 in Taiwan and 超级神童 in China, is a handheld game console manufactured by Bit Corporation in the early 1990s, and released in Australia, parts of Europe and Asia, Argentina, the USA, and possibly other regions.It never sold in numbers comparable to the...

, Super A'Can

Super A'Can

The Super A'can is a console that was released exclusively in Taiwan in 1995 by Funtech Entertainment. At first glance it appears to be a Super Nintendo clone with the case and controllers bearing a strong similarity to the Japanese version, but inside is a Motorola 68000, similar to the Sega...

, arcade

Video arcade

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, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...

, Game Boy

Game Boy

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, Game Boy Color

Game Boy Color

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 and Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

, although it often acted as a contract developer for other companies so is frequently not credited in games it worked on.

Gamtec currently operates the online gaming site Bingo King.

Games

Games in this list, unless otherwise specified, are those that explicitly credit Gamtec. Because the company is a contract developer, it may have helped develop other titles in which its name does not appear, such as those for the Bit Corporation

Bit Corporation

Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy...

 Gamate

Gamate

The Gamate, known as 超級小子 in Taiwan and 超级神童 in China, is a handheld game console manufactured by Bit Corporation in the early 1990s, and released in Australia, parts of Europe and Asia, Argentina, the USA, and possibly other regions.It never sold in numbers comparable to the...

 handheld system.

Nintendo Entertainment System

• Fire Dragon
• King Tank
• Thunderbolt II (a.k.a. Thunderbolt Fighting Plane)
• The Universe Soldiers
• Wisdom Boy

Sega Mega Drive

• Adventurous Boy
• Bomboy
• Legend of Wukong
  Legend of Wukong
  Legend of Wukong, originally known as Wucom Legend is a Chinese role-playing adventure game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis developed by Gamtec. It was originally released in 1996 in Chinese only...
  
  
• Magic 7 Block
• Magic Girl
• Squirrel King
  Squirrel King
  Squirrel King is a platform video game produced, without license from Sega, by the Taiwanese developer Gamtec for the Mega Drive. Gamtec is also responsible for the development of a number of other games, including many for the Gamate handheld system....
  
  

External links

• Bingo King (Chinese)