Athena (game developer)

{{short description|Japanese video game developer (1987–2013)}}

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| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1987|07|}}

| defunct = {{End date|df=yes|2013|12|11}}

| fate = Bankruptcy, rights sold to Hamster Corporation

| location = Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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| industry = Video games

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{{nihongo|Athena Co. Ltd.|株式会社アテナ|Kabushiki Gaisha Atena}} was a Japanese video game developer, founded in July 1987.{{Cite web|title=ゲームソフト開発の「アテナ」が破産開始決定受け倒産 国内倒産 - 不景気.com|url=https://www.fukeiki.com/2013/12/athena-game.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129083208/https://www.fukeiki.com/2013/12/athena-game.html|archive-date=2014-11-29|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.fukeiki.com}}

Due to the difficulties of recovering financially in the games market, in 2013, the Tokyo Court decided to start the company's bankruptcy process.{{Cite web|last=Inc|first=Aetas|title=麻雀ゲーム「極」やシューティングゲーム制作ソフト「デザエモン」で知られるアテナが破産|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20131220077/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312043214/https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20131220077/|archive-date=2021-03-12|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.4gamer.net|language=ja}}{{Cite web|title=麻雀ソフト「極シリーズ」の （株）アテナ／破産開始決定 {{!}} JC-NET（ジェイシーネット）|url=http://n-seikei.jp/2013/12/post-19462.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=n-seikei.jp}} In September 2023, it was announced that Japanese publisher Hamster Corporation would acquire the rights to Athena's library of titles which were then released through the Arcade Archives lineup, with the first being Strike Gunner S.T.G.,{{Cite web|title=ハムスターがアテナの権利を取得、今後はアテナの名作を『アケアカ』シリーズなどで配信。第1弾として『ストライクガンナー S.T.G』が9月21日に配信決定 ~ ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202309/14316888.html|access-date=2021-09-14|website=Famitsu}} Other titles from the company, such as Daioh and Castle of Dragon, soon followed.