Takeru (company)

Takeru, also known as Sur Dé Wave, was a Japanese video game developer.^[1]

Takeru Co., Ltd.

Trade name	Takeru
Native name	株式会社タケル
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Takeru
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Video games
Defunct	1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Fate	Bankruptcy
Headquarters	Taitō, Tokyo
Area served	Japan
Products	Video games
Subsidiaries	Sur Dé Wave

History

Takeru published Cocoron, developed by K2 in 1991.^[2] The game was directed by Akira Kitamura, creator of the Mega Man series.^[3]

Takeru developed Little Samson, which was published by Taito.^[4]

Takeru's 1991 adventure game Nostalgia 1907 sold poorly, and financially hurt the company.^[5]

A port of Cocoron to the PC-Engine, titled PC Cocoron was announced, however, it was unreleased.^[6][7]

As Sur dé Wave they also released a Game Boy car adapter power cable^[8] and a game controller by the name of Mega Blaster.^[1]

Games

Year	Title(s)	Original platform(s)	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
1991	Nostalgia 1907	X68000, Mega-CD, PC-98, FM Towns	Takeru	Sur Dé Wave	[9][10][11]
	Cocoron	Family Computer	K2	Sur Dé Wave	[12]
1992	Little Samson	Nintendo Entertainment System	Takeru	Taito	[12][13]
	Presence	PC-98, FM Towns	Great	Sur Dé Wave	[10][14]
	Dennō Shōjo Rejection	FM Towns	Techno Grard	Sur Dé Wave	[14][15]
1993	Hard Shot	PC-98	Takeru	Sur Dé Wave	[10]
	The Golem Master	PC-98	Great, Green System	Sur Dé Wave	[10]

Cancelled

Title(s)	Notes	Platform(s)	Developer(s)	Publisher	Ref.
Imperial Force	Conversion of the PC-98 original	PC Engine Super CD-ROM²	SystemSoft	Sur Dé Wave	[16][17]
PC Cocoron	Conversion of the Famicom game Cocoron	PC Engine Super CD-ROM²	Takeru	Sur Dé Wave	[18][19][20]
Pop'n Land	Conversion of the Famicom game Cocoron	Mega-CD	Takeru	Sur Dé Wave	[21]
Presence: Nostalgia II	Sequel to Nostalgia 1907 for the Mega-CD	Mega-CD	Takeru	Sur Dé Wave	[22]