Pony Canyon is a subsidiary of Nippon Broadcasting System and was established on October 1, 1966 as record label under the name of Nippon Broadcasting System and renamed to Pony Inc. in 1970. On 21st October, 1987 it merged with the record company Canyon to form Pony Canyon. Pony started to publish computer games software in 1982 and published game titles for many computer platforms and consoles.