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{{Company
|name=UPL
|image=UPL logo.png
|founded=Pre-[[1984]]
|founder=Tsutomu Fujisawa<br>Ryuichi Nishizawa
|closed=March [[1992]]
|location=Oyama, Tochigi, Japan
|website=
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{{nihongo|'''UPL Corporation'''|株式会社ユーピーエル}}, also known as '''UPL Co. Ltd''' and formally known as {{nihongo|'''Universal Play Land'''|ユニバーサルプレイランド}}, was a video game production company headquartered in Oyama, Tochigi, Japan. It was founded as a subsidiary of [[Universal Entertainment]]. None of the staff remember when exactly it was founded. In [[1984]], it was renamed as "UPL Co. Ltd". The company went bankrupt in March of [[1992]] after producing a number of arcade games, and dabbling directly in the home market on occasion.
 
Near the end of UPL's business, Tsutomu Fujisawa later established a new video game company called Scarab, which renamed itself several years later as feelplus.
 
==Games==
===[[Arcade]]===
* [[Mouser]]
* [[DoRoDon]]
* [[NOVA2001]]
* [[Ninja-Kid]] (published outside of Japan by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]])
* [[Penguin Wars]] (published by [[ASCII (company)|ASCII]])
* [[Raiders5]]
* [[Super Wing]]
* [[Strahl]]
* [[XX Mission]]
* [[Ark Area]]
* [[Mutant Night]]
* [[Ninja-Kid II]] (known outside of Japan as ''Rad Action'')
* [[Atomic Robo-Kid]]
* [[Omega Fighter]]
* [[Otogizoushi Urashima Mahjong]]
* [[Task Force Harrier]]
* [[Bio-ship Paladin]]
* [[US-AAF Mustang]]
* [[Uchuu Senkan Gomorrah]]
* [[Vandyke]]
* [[Vandyke Fantasy]]
* [[Video Action]]
* [[Video Action 2]]
* [[Acrobat Mission]]
* [[Black Heart]]
* [[Koutetsu Yousai Strahl]]
* [[Zool]]
 
===[[Game Boy]]===
* [[Ninja Taro]] (published outside of Japan by [[Sammy Corporation|American Sammy]])
 
===[[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis]]===
* [[Atomic Robo-Kid]] (ported by [[Treco]])
* [[Bio-ship Paladin]] (ported by [[Treco]])
 
===[[Sharp X68000]]===
* [[Atomic Robo-Kid]] (ported by [[System Sacom]])
 
===[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]===
* [[Acrobat Mission]] (ported by [[Teichiku]])
* [[Super Ninja-kun]] (published by [[Jaleco]])
 
===[[TurboGrafx-16]]/[[TurboGrafx-16#TurboGrafx-CD|TurboGrafx-CD]]===
* [[Atomic Robo-Kid Special]]
* [[Gomola Speed]]
 
 
[[Category:1992]]

Revision as of 17:35, 2 December 2014

UPL
UPL's company logo.
Founder(s)Tsutomu Fujisawa
Ryuichi Nishizawa
Founded[[Pre-1984]][[Category:Pre-1984]]
Closed[[March 1992]]
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UPL Corporation (株式会社ユーピーエル?), also known as UPL Co. Ltd and formally known as Universal Play Land (ユニバーサルプレイランド?), was a video game production company headquartered in Oyama, Tochigi, Japan. It was founded as a subsidiary of Universal Entertainment. None of the staff remember when exactly it was founded. In 1984, it was renamed as "UPL Co. Ltd". The company went bankrupt in March of 1992 after producing a number of arcade games, and dabbling directly in the home market on occasion.

Near the end of UPL's business, Tsutomu Fujisawa later established a new video game company called Scarab, which renamed itself several years later as feelplus.

Games

Arcade

Game Boy

Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis

Sharp X68000

Super NES

TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx-CD