Tradewest Founder Passes Away
While you might not recognize his name immediately, anyone that fondly remembers Ikari Warriors has seen his face. Leland P. Cook Jr., one of the founders of Tradewest, passed away earlier this month at the age of 75.
Cook graduated Texas A&M in 1956 with a football scholarship and entered the world of banking. He also played a key figure in an array of businesses that covered everything from newspapers to vending machines. In 1985, he and his son Bryon founded Tradewest to bring over import arcade games. Eventually the company would go on to publish an impressive catalog of console games that included Battletoads, Double Dragon, Solar Jetman, R.C. Pro-Am 2, and the handheld cult hit Sneaky Snakes.
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Posted to Video Games on 18 November 2009
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