SETA Corporation[a] was a Japanese
computer gaming company, founded on October 1, 1985 and dissolved on February 9, 2009.[1] SETA was headquartered in
Kōtō,
Tokyo,[2] with a branch in
Las Vegas,
Nevada.[3]
In 1999,
Aruze became the parent company.[6] 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 state.[1] 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): In 2003-12-20, UD Technology Inc announced merging into SETA Corporation, effective on 2004-04-01.[7] The merged entity became SETA Corporation's Unified Communication business headquarter.[8]
IKUSABUNE Co., Ltd. (株式会社企画デザイン工房戦船): Merged into SETA Corporation, and became SETA Corporation's Image Contents business headquarter on 2004-04-01.[9]
The Aleck 64 is the Nintendo 64 design in arcade form, designed by SETA in cooperation with Nintendo, and sold from 1998 to 2003 only in Japan.[19] It essentially consists of a Nintendo 64 board
retrofitted with the sound capabilities which are standard for arcade games of the time.[20] Nintendo and SETA began working on their agreement for the board in 1996, hoping to recreate the business model
Namco and
Sony Computer Entertainment displayed with the
Namco System 11, to facilitate conversions of arcade games.[21]