Tradewest

Tradewest, Inc.
IndustryVideo games
Founded1985 (1985)
Defunct1994 (1994)
FateMerged into Williams and later Midway
SuccessorWilliams Entertainment (1994–1996)
Midway Home Entertainment (1996–2009)
Tradewest Games Holding
(2009–2013)
HeadquartersCorsicana, TX, USA
Key people
Leland Cook, founder
Byron Cook, co-founder
John Rowe, co-founder
ParentMidway Games
SubsidiariesLeland Corporation

Tradewest, Inc. was an American video game company based in Corsicana, Texas that produced numerous games in the 1980s and early 1990s. The company was the publisher of the Battletoads and Double Dragon series in North America and the PAL region. In 1994, the company was acquired by WMS Industries and became Midway Home Entertainment when WMS spun off its video game operations as Midway Games.

The name was revived in August 2009 when the head of Midway's European subsidiaries acquired the trademark from Midway in the latter's bankruptcy.


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