h.a.n.d.
{{Short description|Japanese video game developer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = h.a.n.d. Inc.
| logo = H.a.n.d. logo.png
| native_name = ハ・ン・ド
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = ha.n.do
| type = Kabushiki gaisha
| foundation = February 26, 1993
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| location_city = Sapporo
| location_country = Japan
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| key_people = Teruaki Matoba, representative and president
Toshinori Imata, director and vice-president
| industry = Video games
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| num_employees = 223{{cite web|url=http://www.hand.co.jp/company/profile/|title=Company Profile|access-date=2019-11-14|publisher=h.a.n.d.}}
| num_employees_year = 2019
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| homepage = {{url|http://www.hand.co.jp/}}
}}
{{nihongo|h.a.n.d. Inc.|ハ・ン・ド|ha.n.do}}, abbreviation of Hokkaido Artists' Network and Development,{{cite web|url=http://www.hand.co.jp/|title=h.a.n.d. Inc. official website|accessdate=March 28, 2014|language=japanese}} is a Japanese video game developer. The company originally started as a service selling Macintosh hardware and software to universities before the Mac platform was widely known. When competition in the field increased, h.a.n.d. reorganized to develop original software.{{cite web|author=Sahdev, Ishaan|date=September 23, 2010|title=Company Profile: A h.a.n.d. In Game Development|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2010/09/23/company-profile-a-h-a-n-d-in-game-development/|work=Siliconera.com|accessdate=2010-10-04}}
h.a.n.d.'s earliest known game is Treasure Strike, developed in collaboration with publisher, Kid, who released the PC follow-up to the Dreamcast original in 2004. The company consists of two other divisions—North Point Inc. for the development of mobile phone apps and other software, and S.N.S. Inc. who work on social games for Facebook and Mixi for external publishers.
List of games
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090813120744/http://www.hand.co.jp/index_eng.html Official English site]
Category:Video game companies established in 1993
Category:Video game companies of Japan
Category:Video game development companies
Category:Companies based in Sapporo
Category:Japanese companies established in 1993
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