SETA Corporation
{{Short description|Japanese video game company}}
{{Distinguish|Sega}}{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = SETA Corporation
| logo = SETA Logo.svg
| type = Subsidiary
| fate = Liquidated
| foundation = {{Start date|1985|10|1}}
| defunct = {{End date|2009|02|09|}}
| location = Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
| industry = Video games
| products = {{ubl|Video games|Arcade hardware|Pachinko}}
| parent = Aruze (1999–2009)
| homepage = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20080508011436/http://www.seta.co.jp/index.htm|www.seta.co.jp/}}
}}
{{nihongo foot|SETA Corporation|株式会社セタ|Kabushiki gaisha Seta|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} was a Japanese video game developer and publisher based in Kōtō, Tokyo.{{Cite web |date=2007-02-06 |title=SETA CORPORATION |url=http://www.seta.co.jp/corp_gui/corp01.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206180030/http://www.seta.co.jp/corp_gui/corp01.htm |archive-date=2007-02-06 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=SETA Corporation}} It was founded on October 1, 1985 and dissolved on February 9, 2009.{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=John |title=Veteran Japanese Studio Seta Closes Doors |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/veteran-japanese-studio-seta-closes-doors |website=Gamasutra |publisher=UBM Technology Group |access-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723084518/https://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21943 |archive-date=July 23, 2020 |url-status=live |date=January 21, 2009}} A branch was located in Las Vegas, Nevada."[http://www.yelp.com/biz/seta-usa-las-vegas]." Seta USA. Retrieved on November 11, 2011.
SETA developed and published games for various gaming platforms since the original NES and the Super NES. It produced games primarily in Japan, but also in North America, focusing on golf and puzzles. SETA is commonly recognized for developing a variety of custom hardware to enhance games for Nintendo consoles, including enhancement chips, a modem, and a bio sensor. It created development tools for Nintendo's consoles.{{cite magazine |title=Nintendo Arcade System Nearly Complete |magazine=Next Generation|issue=33 |publisher=Imagine Media |date=September 1997|page=[https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_33/page/n35 34] |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_33}} SETA also developed the Aleck 64 arcade system, based on the Nintendo 64 console.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/07/01/seta-arcade-board-completed|title=Seta Arcade Board Completed - IGN|date=July 1997 |via=www.ign.com}} Additionally, SETA assisted in the production of the SSV arcade system, collaborating with Sammy and Visco.
In 1999, Aruze became the parent company.{{cite web |title=セタが解散へ―『スーパーリアル麻雀』や『森田将棋』で知られる |url=https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2008/12/31/32935.html |website=Inside Games |publisher=IID |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621234453/https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2008/12/31/32935.html |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |language=ja |date=December 31, 2008}} SETA withdrew from the game business in 2004 after releasing Legend of Golfer on the GameCube. The company announced its closure in December 2008 due to Japan's declining economic conditions. SETA officially closed on January 23, 2009, with Aruze absorbing the company's assets. It was subsequently liquidated at the Tokyo District Court on May 25, 2009.
Subsidiaries
=Former subsidiaries=
- UD Technology Inc (ユーディテック・ジャパン株式会社): On December 20, 2003, UD Technology Inc announced its merger with SETA Corporation, effective April 1, 2004.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040213020235/http://www.udtech.co.jp:80/JP/index.html ユーディテック・ジャパン株式会社 合併のお知らせ] The merged entity became the headquarters for SETA Corporation's Unified Communication business.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040609190407/http://www.udtech.co.jp:80/JP/index.html 当社との合併に伴う、ユーディテック・ジャパン株式会社、株式会社 企画デザイン工房 戦船、の事業等に関するお知らせ]
- IKUSABUNE Co., Ltd. (株式会社企画デザイン工房戦船): Merged into SETA Corporation and became the headquarters for SETA Corporation's Image Contents business on April 1, 2004.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071029164259/http://www.seta.co.jp:80/IR_info/7gapei/gapei01.htm 合併に伴うお知らせ - 新体制発足のお知らせ]
Video games
{{Incomplete list|date=March 2011}}
=Arcade=
- U.S. Classic (1987;{{cite web |title=U.S. Classic (Registration Number TX0002697146) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=United States Copyright Office |access-date=22 September 2021}} distributed by Taito in North America, one of America's top eight best-selling arcade games of 1989{{cite magazine |title=ACME Awards: AAMA Achievement Awards |magazine=RePlay |date=April 1990 |volume=15 |issue=7 |page=94 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-14-issue-no.-7-april-1990-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2014%2C%20Issue%20No.%207%20-%20April%201990/page/94}})
- Arbalester (1989)
- Super Real Mahjong PV (1994; Japan's seventh highest-grossing arcade printed circuit board (PCB) software of 1995{{cite magazine|title="Virtua Fighter 2" and "Virtua Cop" Top Videos|magazine=Game Machine|issue=511|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 February 1996|page=22|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19960201p.pdf#page=12}})
=Nintendo Entertainment System=
- J.B. Harold Murder Club
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Castle of Dragon (developed by Athena)
- Formula One: Built to Win
- Honshogi: Naitou Kudan Shogi Hiden
- 8 Eyes
- Morita Shogi
- Magic Darts
- Silva Saga
- Bio Force Ape{{cite magazine |title=Bio Force Ape |magazine=Nintendo Power |date=August 1991}} (Unreleased; {{cite magazine |title=Nintendo Power |magazine=Nintendo Power |date=April 1992}} a prototype version of the unreleased game was recovered and made available online){{cite web |url=http://lostlevels.org/bio-force-ape/ |title=A website about unreleased video games |publisher=Lost Levels |date=2010-04-02 |access-date=2014-06-16}}
- UWC (Unreleased game based on WCW; a review copy was uncovered in 2019){{cite web |url=https://www.wwe.com/article/unreleased-wcw-nintendo-game-revealed |title=YouTuber finds an unreleased Nintendo game featuring Ric Flair & other WCW stars |website=WWE}}
=Game Boy=
- Ayakashi no Shiro
- Battle Bull
- QBillion
- Torpedo Range
=Super NES/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
=TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine=
=Nintendo 64=
- Chopper Attack
- Eikō no Saint Andrews
- Saikyō Habu Shōgi
- Morita Shogi 64
- Pachinko 365
- Tetris 64
- Ultimate War (cancelled){{cite web |url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/01/new-high-quality-spaceworld-footage-features-early-look-at-gba-and-lost-n64-game |title=New High-Quality Spaceworld Footage Features Early Look at GBA & "Lost" N64 Game |date=26 January 2024}}
- Ide Yosuke no Mahjong Juku
=PlayStation=
- Kanazawa Shogi '95
=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
=GameCube=
=Xbox 360=
=M65C02=
- Cal.50 - Licensed to Taito
=Macintosh=
- Super Real Mahjong P4
=3DO=
- Super Real Mahjong P4
===Aleck 64===
{{anchor|Aleck 64 (arcade)}}
The Aleck 64 is an arcade system board based on the Nintendo 64, designed by SETA in cooperation with Nintendo, and sold exclusively in Japan from 1998 to 2003.{{cite web | title=Seta Aleck64 Hardware | publisher=System 16 | url=http://system16.com/hardware.php?id=816 | access-date=November 25, 2015}} It essentially consists of a Nintendo 64 board retrofitted with sound capabilities that were standard for arcade games of the time.{{cite magazine |title=Tidbits... |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=98|publisher=Ziff Davis|date=September 1997 |page=23}} Nintendo and SETA began working on their agreement for the board in 1996, aiming to replicate the business model that Namco and Sony Computer Entertainment had established with the Namco System 11, facilitating conversions of arcade games.{{cite magazine |last=Svensson|first=Christian |title=Nintendo Opens Doors to Deals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=21 |publisher=Imagine Media|date=September 1996|page=24}}
- 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
- Rev Limit (unreleased)
- Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (developed with Hudson Soft)
- Super Real Mahjong VS
- Aleck Bordon Adventure 4th Story: Tower & Shaft (developed with Aruze and Altron)
- Vivid Dolls (developed with Visco)
- Variant Schwanzer (developed with Sigma) (unreleased){{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/Arcade-Login-Issue-01/A-Login%20Issue%201/page/137/mode/1up |title=Arcade Login Vol. 1 (June 2000) (600DPI) |date=30 June 2000}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.seta.co.jp}} (archives) {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Japanese companies established in 1985