(stands for SOFtware Engineering Laboratory) is a Japanese

information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

company involved with business application systems development, multimedia service and system development, and the development of

RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electromag ...

services and systems. It was established in May 1979 to provide software such as COMPS to their major clients. The company was briefly involved with video games in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It produced games for the

Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the commonly known as the The NES, a redesigned version, was released in America ...

Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), commonly shortened to Super NES or Super Nintendo, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Eur ...

, and

Game Boy The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America later the same year, and in Europe in late 1990. It was designed by the same ...

. Its best-known games include ''

Casino Kid ''Casino Kid'' is a casino video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in 1989. It was developed and published by Sofel. In Japan, the game was released as and is based on the manga series ''$1,000,000 Kid'' by Yuki Ishigaki. Gamep ...

'' and ''

Wall Street Kid ''Wall Street Kid'' is a video game released by SOFEL for the NES. It was originally released in Japan as , which was the sequel to ''The Money Game''. The storylines of the two versions are different but the layout and the scheme of the office ...

''.

External links

Official SOFEL Website (Japan)
Video game companies of Japan Software companies based in Tokyo Engineering companies based in Tokyo Software companies established in 1979 Radio-frequency identification Japanese companies established in 1979 Japanese brands {{ict-company-stub