Dead Publishers.

[whoisKeel]

Tengen, Sunsoft, Data East... these guys made some real sellers on the NES market...what happened to them? Also what other publishers died out and why?

[GaijinPunch]

Tengen got lawsuited to death.
Data East only made a handful of good games (Magic Drop being one of them) and eventually died out about a year ago
Sunsoft... not sure where they are these days.

[Azazel]

I can think of these ones that have died out or haven't released anything past the 32 bit era that I know of.

Telenet(Don't remember them making anything past the 16 bit era)
Masaya(Langrisser Millimium bomed badly)
Datawest
Time Warner(Taromaru was the last game they did which was on the Saturn)
Toaplan
Compile
Technosoft(DOn't remember them making anything after Thunderforce 5)
Macrocabin
Glodia

[EnemyZero]

What about Flying Edge, they did tons of games for for nes , gen, and snes. they werent ALL amazing but they still had some good games

[Rogmeister]

I also remember Sunsoft games during the 16-bit era...especially games featuring WB cartoon characters as in Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage. The last few titles of theirs I remember during that era were developed by them but actually published by Acclaim.

[kainemaxwell]

Temco-Seika: Makers of Shadowgate, Deja Vu and The Uninvitied.
Is Akklaim dead yet?
Vic Tokei

[calthaer]

3DO
Origin
Westwood...

oh wait two of those aren't technically dead - they got ingested by the behemoth.

[GaijinPunch]

Compile

Zanac X Zanac, Madou Monogatari, Puyo Puyo Dungeon are all 32-bit games, as well as a few of the Puyo Puyos they did (1, Tsu, and San, if memory serves). They've obviously got SOME type of presence, as they're licensing Puyo Puyo out to Sega.

Technos Japan is another one that's gone MIA, but is apparently around in some form (again -- in the form of licensing).