Jaleco

Jaleco at a Glance

Jaleco has been active in the video game industry from 1981 through at least 2025. Founded in Japan in 1974 as Japan Leisure Company, the entity went through several corporate changes including an acquisition by PCCW in 2000 and a later split of its operations into a new company in 2006. The data shows they released 136 games on PlayPile, with 122 listed as publisher credits and 75 as developer credits. Their output peaked heavily in the 1990s with 70 titles, followed by 43 releases in the 1980s. Production slowed significantly after that decade, dropping to 17 games in the 2000s, 3 in the 2010s, and only one entry in the 2020s as of this data collection. The company focused heavily on arcade hardware with 44 releases on that platform, followed by 26 titles for the Family Computer. They also developed for systems like the PlayStation, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Super Famicom. Genre-wise, Arcade games were their most frequent output at 31 titles, with Shooter and Sport games rounding out the top three categories. Their catalog spans many types of gameplay including Platform, Adventure, Puzzle, Racing, Role-playing, Fighting, and Strategy games. Quality metrics suggest a mixed to average performance record across their history. The company holds an average IGDB rating of 56.4 out of 100 based on 22 rated titles. This score reflects a distribution where no games reached the great tier above 80 points. They produced nine good-rated titles, eleven mixed-rated ones, and two poor-rated entries. Some of their highest scoring works include Avenging Spirit from 1991 which scored 73.2, followed by 64th Street: A Detective Story at 69.6 and The Peace Keepers at 69.0. More recent releases like Puchi Puchi Virus in 2009 managed a score of 64. While they released titles as recently as May 2025 with P-47 II MD: The Freedom Star, their overall volume has become very small compared to their peak years in the 80s and 90s.

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