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was a Japanese computer gaming company, founded on October 1, 1985 and dissolved on February 9, 2009. SETA was headquartered in
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, with a branch in
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. SETA developed and published games for consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It created development tools for Nintendo's consoles. It made games in North America but mainly Japan, focusing on golf and puzzles. It developed the Aleck 64 arcade system, based on the
Nintendo 64 The (N64) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo. The successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was released on June 23, 1996, in Japan, on September 29, 1996, in North America, and on March 1, 1997, in Europe and ...
console. SETA also assisted in the production of the SSV arcade system, alongside
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and Visco. In 1999, Aruze became the parent company. 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. SETA officially closed on January 23, 2009, with Aruze absorbing the company's assets. It was subsequently liquidated at the
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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. The merged entity became SETA Corporation's Unified Communication business headquarter. *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.


Video games


Arcade

* ''U.S. Classic'' (1987; distributed by
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in North America, one of America's top eight best-selling arcade games of 1989) * ''Super Real Mahjong PV'' (1994; Japan's seventh highest-grossing arcade printed circuit board (PCB) software of 1995)


Nintendo Entertainment System

* ''
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'' * ''
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'' * ''
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'' (developed by ''
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'') * '' Formula One: Built to Win'' * '' Honshogi: Naitou Kudan Shogi Hiden'' * '' 8 Eyes'' * '' Morita Shogi'' * '' Magic Darts'' * '' Silva Saga'' * ''Bio Force Ape'' (Unreleased; a prototype version of the unreleased game was recovered and made available Online) * ''UWC'' (Unreleased game based on the
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; a review copy was uncovered in 2019.)


Game Boy

* '' Ayakashi no Shiro'' * '' Battle Bull'' * '' QBillion'' * '' Torpedo Range''


Super NES/Super Famicom

* '' A.S.P.: Air Strike Patrol'' * ''
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'' (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'' * ''
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'' * '' 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

* '' Super Real Mahjong P5 Custom''


Nintendo 64

* '' Chopper Attack'' * '' Eikō no Saint Andrews'' * '' Saikyō Habu Shōgi'' * '' Morita Shogi 64'' * ''
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''


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

* '' Legend of Golfer''


Xbox 360

* ''
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''


M65C02

* '' Cal.50'' - Licensed to
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Macintosh

* '' Super Real Mahjong P4''


3DO

* '' Super Real Mahjong P4''


Aleck 64

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. It essentially consists of a Nintendo 64 board
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with the sound capabilities which are standard for arcade games of the time. Nintendo and SETA began working on their agreement for the board in 1996, hoping to recreate the business model
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and
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displayed with the Namco System 11, to facilitate conversions of arcade games. *'' 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'' *'' Aleck Bordon Adventure 4th Story: Tower & Shaft'' (developed with Aruze and Altron) *'' Vivid Dolls'' (developed with Visco) *'' Variant Schwanzer'' (developed with Sigma) (unreleased)


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* (archives) {{Authority control Video game publishers Video game companies established in 1985 Video game companies disestablished in 2009 Defunct video game companies of Japan Japanese companies established in 1985 Japanese companies disestablished in 2009 Video games developed in Japan