Tengo Project

Small development team within Natsume Atari, made up of veteran 1990s-era developers, known for restoring and remastering the studio's own classic games with redrawn pixel art and expanded rosters.

Researched by Muhammad Abdullah Al Yasin · 4 September 2026 · updated 5 September 2026

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Country

Japan

Parent studio

Natsume Atari

Specialty

Ground-up remakes and remasters of the team's own 1990s games, with new playable characters and modernized mechanics

Overview

Tengo Project is a small development team operating within Natsume Atari, made up of roughly three core industry veterans, including artist Shunichi Taniguchi and composer Iku Mizutani, whose careers trace back to the 1990s. The team specializes in restoring and remastering games its own members originally developed, refining them with modern design sensibilities while keeping their retro aesthetics and difficulty (Aftermath).

Catalogue

The team’s releases include Wild Guns Reloaded (2014), a restoration of the 1994 SNES title Wild Guns with redrawn pixel art, new playable characters Doris and Bullet, and four-player cooperative play; The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors, a ground-up remake of a Super Famicom beat ‘em up expanded with a boss-sized fighter; and Pocky and Rocky Reshrined, a renovation of an earlier scrolling shooter (Aftermath). Time Extension separately credits the team with The Ninja Warriors, called “a masterclass in SNES revival,” and Omega Five, a shoot ‘em up previously released on Xbox Live Arcade. In 2024 the team released Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn, described as its most radical and ambitious remake to date. Working with publisher Winning Entertainment Group, it has also announced a remaster of the 1990 NES game Cybernetic Attack: Final Mission, expanding the roster with new playable characters including the mech “Titan” and the jetbike-riding “Queen Bee”; the remaster is set to appear at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which opens September 17 (Time Extension).

What this profile does not claim

This profile relies on two independent games-journalism outlets; it does not independently verify the team’s exact founding date or full membership, since neither source supplies these details. A re-check of the Aftermath article found it describes Wild Guns Reloaded as a remaster of the 1994 SNES original but does not itself state a release year for the remaster; the “2014” date given here could not be confirmed against that source and is flagged rather than asserted with confidence (see Open items).

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Sources

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Aftermath and Time Extension were both fetched and read in full; both are independent games-journalism outlets unaffiliated with Natsume Atari or Tengo Project, and cover distinct releases in the team's catalogue — Aftermath focuses on Wild Guns Reloaded, The Ninja Saviors and Pocky and Rocky Reshrined, while Time Extension covers The Ninja Warriors, Omega Five and the upcoming Final Mission remaster.