HISTORY
- 1986
- ARTDINK CORPORATION was incorporated on 21 April.
The head office was located in Narashino-city,Chiba.
The first title “Take the A Train” was published. - 1990
- Received The Best Hit Software Award for “Take the A Train III”.
- 1991
- Received The Best Hit Software Grand Award for “Take the A Train III”.
The head office was moved to Mihama, Chiba.
The first development division was established in Mihama,Chiba. - 1992
- “Take the A Train” was localized and published in the United States as “A Train”.
“Take the A Train” was localized and published in the United States as “A Train”. - 1993
- Zest Corporation (An advertising agent) was established in April.
Received the Great Excellent Award in the Game Software section of Japanese Software Award For “Take the A Train IV”. - 1994
- Received the LOGIN Award of Japanese Software Award for “Lunatic Dawn”.
- 1995
- Received the NIKKEI Personal Computer Best Software in Windows Game Division for “A.IV for Windows”.
Zest Corporation established publishing division and started to sell strategy guide books. - 1996
- Received the Excellent Award of Japanese Software Award in Entertainment Software Section for “Aquanaut’s Holiday”.
- 1997
- Reformed personnel management system was introduced in October.
- 1998
- The head office was moved to Makuhari, Chiba in August.
- 1999
- Starting Middleware business.
- 2000
- Entry to the PS2 market with “A6”.
PS2 software development support tool “Agatha” was released. - 2001
- Released “TV ware Information Revolution series”.
- 2002
- The head office was moved to Tsukishima, Tokyo in March.
- 2006
- Released “take the A Train HX for Xbox360”.
- 2008
- Released “take the A Train 8 for Windows”.
- 2009
- Released “take the A Train for DS”.
- 2010
- Released “take the A Train 9 for Windows”.
Released “Carnage Heart EXA for PSP”. - 2011
- Started “Carnage Heart for Browser”.
- 2014
- Released “take the A Train for 3DS”.
- 2016
- Released “Neo ATLAS 1469 for PSVita”.
Released “A Train PC Classic”. - 2017
- Released “take the A Train Exp. for PS4”.
- 2018
- Released “Neo ATLAS 1469 for Nintendo Switch”.
Released “take the A Train 9 Version5.0 FINAL EDITION for Windows”. - 2019
- Released “take the A Train Exp.+ for PS4”.
- 2021
- Released “A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism for Nintendo Switch”.