Tekken (1994)

Tekken (1994)

SCEE
Release date: 1994-12-09 | Platforms: IOS, ANDROID, PLAYSTATION1.

Tekken is a fighting video game developed and published by Namco. It was released in arcades in December 1994 and on the PlayStation in 1995. It was the first entry in the popular Tekken series, succeeded by Tekken 2 in August 1995. The arcade game features eight playable characters, while the PlayStation version features 17 playable characters in the roster.

Background

DEVELOPERS

Background for Yoshie Arakawa
Yoshie Arakawa

Yoshie Arakawa

composer

Yoshie Arakawa is a games composer. Arakawa has been working with Sony Interactive Entertainment, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America, Bandai Namco Entertainment and NAMCO. Arakawa's first game was Tekken (1994) published by SCEE for iOS, Android and PlayStation in 1994. Next, Yoshie Arakawa worked on Tekken 2 (1995) taking on the role of composer. Later, Arakawa also was part of the team who developed Star Fox Assault (2005) published by Nintendo for GameCube. The latest work of Yoshie Arakawa was Tekken Arena, published in 2014.

Background for Yoshie Takayanagi
Yoshie Takayanagi

Yoshie Takayanagi

composer

Yoshie Takayanagi is a games composer. Takayanagi has been working with Sony Interactive Entertainment, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America, NAMCO and Milestone. Takayanagi started in 1994 as the composer of Tekken (1994). After that, Yoshie Takayanagi took part as the composer of Tekken 2 (1995). Later, Takayanagi also was part of the team who developed MotoGP published by Capcom for Wii. Most lately, Yoshie Takayanagi worked on Tekken Arena.

Background for Hajime Nakatani
Hajime Nakatani

Hajime Nakatani

producer

Hajime Nakatani is a games producer. Nakatani has been working with Sony Interactive Entertainment, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America, NAMCO and Project Soul. Nakatani's first published game was Tekken (1994) released in 1994. Then, Hajime Nakatani went on to work on Tekken 2 (1995) as the producer. Afterwards, Hajime Nakatani worked on Tekken 3 developed by NAMCO in 1997. Most recently, Hajime Nakatani was involved in the development of Tekken Arena.

Background for Seiichi Ishii
Seiichi Ishii

Seiichi Ishii

director,designer

Seiichi Ishii is a games writer, director and designer. Ishii has been working with Sony Interactive Entertainment, SEGA, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America and Bandai Namco Entertainment. Ishii's first published game was Virtua Fighter released in 1993. Then, Seiichi Ishii went on to work on Tekken (1994) as the director. Afterwards, Seiichi Ishii worked on Tekken 2 (1995) developed by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America in 1995. Most recently, Seiichi Ishii was involved in the development of Tekken 8.

Background for Shinji Hosoe
Shinji Hosoe

Shinji Hosoe

composer

Shinji Hosoe is a games composer. Hosoe has been working with Sony Interactive Entertainment, Spike Chunsoft, Aksys Games and NAMCO. Hosoe started in 1987 as the composer of Dragon Spirit (1987). Then, Shinji Hosoe went on to work on StarBlade as the composer. Afterwards, Shinji Hosoe worked on Street Fighter EX2 developed by Arika in 1998. Most recently, Shinji Hosoe was involved in the development of Quester. Currently, Hosoe is developing Street Fighter EX3. The release date is yet to be announced.