SETA Corporation
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| Public | |
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Founded | October 1, 1985 |
| Defunct | January 23, 2009 |
| Headquarters | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20080508011436/http://www.seta.co.jp/index.htm |
SETA Corporation (株式会社セタ Kabushiki-Gaisha Seta) (Full company name Super Entertainment and Total Amusement) was a Japanese computer gaming company, founded on October 1, 1985 [1] and dissolved on January 23, 2009. Seta was headquartered in Kōtō, Tokyo.[2] The American branch of Seta was located in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3]
As a video game publisher, it made games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and various other systems. It made games in North America but mainly Japan (specialising in golf and puzzle titles). SETA also developed the arcade system, the Aleck 64 which was based on N64 architecture. Also, SETA co-developed the SSV (Sammy, SETA, Visco) system.
On December 2008, parent company Aruze announced that Seta decided to close shop after 23 years of existence:
"Based on the deterioration of economic conditions within Japan as caused by the current international financial crisis, Seta came to the conclusion that the continuation of its business on its own would be difficult, and thereby resolved its dissolution and liquidation." [4]
Published video games
Nintendo Entertainment System
- J.B. Harold Murder Club
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Castle of Dragon
- Formula One: Built to Win
- Honshogi: Naitou Kudan Shogi Hiden
- 8 Eyes
- Morita Shogi
- Magic Darts
- Bio Force Ape[5] (Unreleased;[6] a prototype version of the unreleased game was recovered and made available Online)[7]
Game Boy
- Ayakashi no Shiro
- Battle Bull
- QBillion
- Torpedo Range
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
- A.S.P.: Air Strike Patrol
- Cacoma Knight in Bizyland (English version only - Original Japanese version by Datam Polystar)
- F1 ROC: Race Of Champions
- F1 ROC II: Race of Champions
- GD Leen
- Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi
- Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi 2
- Kendo Rage (Makeruna Makendo) (English version only - Original Japanese version by Datam Polystar)
- Musya: The Classic Japanese Tale of Horror (English version only - Original Japanese version by Datam Polystar)
- Super Stadium
- Nosferatu
- The Wizard of Oz
- Shodan Morita Shogi
- Silva Saga II: The Legend of Light and Darkness
- Super Real Mahjong P4
- Super Real Mahjong P5 Paradise
Nintendo 64
Sony Playstation
- Kanazawa Shogi '95
Sega Saturn
- Shougi Matsuri
- Super Real Mahjong P5
- Super Real Mahjong P6
- Super Real Mahjong P7
- Super Real Mahjong Graffiti
- Kanazawa Shougi
- Real Mahjong Adventure "Umi-He": Summer Waltz
Nintendo GameCube
Xbox 360
M65C02
- Cal.50 - Licensed to Taito Corp
Macintosh
- Super Real Mahjong P4
3DO
- Super Real Mahjong P4
Aleck 64 (arcade)
The Aleck64 is the Nintendo 64 design in arcade form, designed by Seta in cooperation with Nintendo, and sold from 1998 to 2003 only in Japan.[8]
These were released:
- Eleven Beat (developed with Hudson Soft)
- Hanabi de Doon! - Don-chan Puzzle (developed with Aruze)
- Hi Pai Paradise (developed with Aruze)
- Hi Pai Paradise 2 - onsen ni ikou yo! (developed with Aruze)
- Kurukuru Fever (developed with Aruze)
- Magical Tetris Challenge: Featuring Mickey (developed with Capcom)
- Mayjinsen 3
- Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (developed with Hudson Soft)
- Super Real Mahjong VS
- Tower & Shaft (developed with Aruze)
- Vivid Dolls (developed with Visco)
This is unreleased:
- Variant Schwanzer (developed with Sigma)
References
- ↑ Eric Caoili; John Andersen, Staff (2009-01-21). "Veteran Japanese Studio Seta Closes Doors". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2009-01-23. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|coauthors=(help) - ↑ "Corporation Data." Seta Corporation. February 6, 2007. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.
- ↑ "." Seta USA. Retrieved on November 11, 2011.
- ↑ Caoili, Erick, John Andersen, Staff. "Veteran Japanese Studio Seta Closes Doors." Gamasutra. January 21, 2009. Retrieved on October 5, 2009.
- ↑ "Bio Force Ape". Nintendo Power. August 1991.
- ↑ Nintendo Power. April 1992. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "A website about unreleased video games". Lost Levels. 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ↑ "Seta Aleck64 Hardware". System 16. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
External links
- Official website (Original link redirects to Universal Entertainment Corporation)
- for more info on the (Seta Aleck 64)