Fabtek

Fabtek Inc. was a thriving video kit company founded in Bellevue, Washington, United States and started its operations there in 1987. Fabtek's name was derived from the initials of its founder Frank Ballouz (F.A.B.-tek), a former Atari and Nintendo of America executive who later also founded Irem America.^[1] Fabtek was known for licensing arcade games mostly from two manufacturers for distribution: Seibu Kaihatsu and TAD Corporation. Around 1990, Fabtek moved to Redmond, Washington^[2] and continued its business there until closing its business in 1999.

Fabtek Inc.

Company type	Video game distributor
Industry	Video games
Founded	1987; 38 years ago (1987)
Founder	Frank Ballouz
Defunct	1999 (1999)
Headquarters	Bellevue, Washington, U.S. (1987–1989) Redmond, Washington, U.S. (1990–1999)
Key people	Frank Ballouz (president)[1] Drew Maniscalco (national sales manager)[1]
Products	Arcade

The Fabtek Inc. also worked, alongside Source Research & Development and Montague-Weston, on the "Workboy" a Game Boy accessory that could transform the Game Boy in to a portable workstation, which was planned for a summer 1992 release, but never materialized.^[3][4]

List of games distributed by Fabtek

Licensed from Seibu Kaihatsu

• Dead Angle (1988)
• Dynamite Duke (1989)
• Raiden (1990)
• Seibu Cup Soccer (1992)
• Zero Team USA (1993)
• Raiden II (1993)
• Raiden DX (1994)
• Viper Phase 1 (1995)
• Battle Balls (1996)
• Raiden Fighters (1996)
• Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive (1997)
• Raiden Fighters Jet (1998)

Licensed from TAD Corporation

• Cabal (1988)
• Toki (1989)
• Blood Bros. (1990)
• Legionnaire (1992)
• Heated Barrel (1992)

Other

• Sports Match (1989) (produced by Dynax)
• Super Space Fortress Macross (1992) (produced by Banpresto)
• Jungle Joggers (redemption game) (1992)
• Super Mario World (redemption game) (1993) (licensed by Nintendo)
• Gotcha Gotcha (1997) (produced by Dongsung Wonder Park and Para)