was a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese company that developed video games. It was founded by Kenichi Nishi

Kenichi Nishi

is a Japanese video game designer. He was born June 20, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan. Over the years, he has helped found a number of notable video game companies and currently develops games at Route24, his own private limited company...

 in 1995

1995 in video gaming

-Events:*May 11 – Introduction of trade magazine GameWeek *May 11-16 — The 1st annual Electronic Entertainment Expo is held in Los Angeles, California...

. Its staff included many former employees of Square

Square (company)

was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It merged with Enix in 2003 and became part of Square Enix...

. After producing three adventure games, the company disbanded in 2000

2000 in video gaming

-Events:* May 11–13 — 6th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo ; the 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³* June 26 — International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association...

, going their separate ways to other small and independent game companies such as skip Ltd.

Skip Ltd.

Skip is a Japanese video game developer that has a close relationship with Nintendo of Japan. Nintendo has published all of their Japanese releases; with the only notable exception being LOL , which Skip Ltd. published independently. The company's staff includes prominent developers from Square...

, Vanpool

Vanpool (company)

Vanpool, Inc. is a Japanese developer of video games, music software, computer software and toys. Its employees include Taro Kudou and Kazuyuki Kurashima, both of which worked for the independent game developer Love-de-Lic.-Games:...

, and Punchline

Punchline (company)

Punchline is a Japanese company that develops video games. It was founded by former Love-de-Lic employee Yoshiro Kimura. The company currently has around 25 employees. Kimura currently works for Marvelous Interactive, leaving Punchline's current status in question.-Games:*Chulip - *Rule of Rose -...

.

The name "Love-de-Lic" derives from Nishi's love for the Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Sakamoto first worked with Hosono as a member of his live band in 1976, while Takahashi recruited Sakamoto to produce his debut solo recording in 1977 following the split of the Sadistic Mika Band...

, specifically the album Technodelic

Technodelic

-Personnel:*Ryuichi Sakamoto: keyboards, vocals*Yukihiro Takahashi: drums, vocals*Haruomi Hosono: Bass, keyboards, vocals*Peter Barakan: Lyrics *Hideki Matsutake: Technical assistance...

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Games

• Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
  Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
  , usually referred to simply as Moon, is a 1997 role-playing game developed by Love-de-Lic and published by ASCII Entertainment. The game was first released on October 16, 1997, and was re-released as part of the PlayStation the Best line on November 5, 1998...
  
  - (1997, PlayStation)
• UFO: A Day in the Life
  UFO: A Day in the Life
  UFO: A Day in the Life is an adventure/puzzle game developed by Love-de-Lic and published by ASCII Entertainment.-Gameplay:UFO: A Day in the Life puts the player in the role of an extraterrestrial attempting to save a group of 50 fellow aliens who have been stranded on Earth...
  
  - (1999, PlayStation)
• L.O.L.: Lack of Love
  L.O.L.: Lack of Love
  L.O.L.: Lack of Love, or simply Lack of Love, is an evolutionary adventure game developed by Love-de-Lic and published by ASCII Entertainment for the Sega Dreamcast...
  
  - (2000, Dreamcast)

Staff

• Kenichi Nishi
  Kenichi Nishi
  is a Japanese video game designer. He was born June 20, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan. Over the years, he has helped found a number of notable video game companies and currently develops games at Route24, his own private limited company...
  
  
• Taro Kudou
  Taro Kudou
  is a Japanese video game designer and video game music composer. He began his career working for Konami and Square in the 1990s, then joined fellow ex-Square designers at Love-de-Lic in 1996, where he designed UFO: A Day in the Life...
  
  
• Akira Ueda
  Akira Ueda
  is a Japanese video game designer, director, and graphical artist. After previously working for several notable companies, he currently designs games from his own company Audio, Inc.-Career:...
  
  
• Yoshiro Kimura
• Keita Eto
• Kazuyuki Kurashima
  Kazuyuki Kurashima
  Kazuyuki Kurashima is Japanese character and monster illustrator for video games. He previously worked for Square, Love-de-Lic, and Vanpool. He is currently a freelance artist....
  
  
• Hirofumi Taniguchi
• Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Ryuichi Sakamoto
  After working as a session musician with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi in 1977, the trio formed the internationally successful electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978. Known for their seminal influence on electronic music, the group helped pioneer electronic genres such as...
  
  
• Hiroshi Suzuki