Private company

SETA Corporation

Logo: SETA Corporation Original SVG by Black Squirrel Revised SVG by Patrick87, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese video game company

SETA Corporation was a Japanese video game developer and publisher based in Kōtō, Tokyo. 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.2 It is part of Universal Entertainment.1 It ceased to exist in 2009.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Oct 1985Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersTokyo1
  • Websitewww.seta.co.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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SETA Corporation was a Japanese video game developer and publisher based in Kōtō, Tokyo.2

Corporate structure

SETA Corporation is part of a group headed by Universal Entertainment. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Universal Entertainment 東京都 江東区, Japan
    • SETA Corporation Tokyo
      • SETA Visual Contents Department Subsidiary · Japan
    • Zeeg Subsidiary · Shinagawa, Japan
    • UPL Subsidiary · Japan

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

It was founded on October 1, 1985 and dissolved on February 9, 2009. A branch was located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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 conditions. SETA officially closed on January 23, 2009, with Universal Entertainment, through Aruze, absorbing the company's assets. It was subsequently liquidated at the Tokyo District Court on May 25, 2009.

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Products and brands

  • Magical Tetris Challenge

Listed on Wikidata.1

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. The merged entity became the headquarters for SETA Corporation's Unified Communication business.

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.

Video games

Arcade

U.S. Classic (1987; distributed by Taito in North America, one of America's top eight best-selling arcade games of 1989)

Arbalester (1989)

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Thunder & Lightning (1990)

Super Real Mahjong PV (1994; Japan's seventh highest-grossing arcade printed circuit board (PCB) software of 1995)

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 (Unreleased; a prototype version of the unreleased game was recovered and made available online)

UWC (Unreleased game based on WCW; 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

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

Super Real Mahjong P5 Custom

Nintendo 64

Chopper Attack

Eikō no Saint Andrews

Saikyō Habu Shōgi

Morita Shogi 64

Pachinko 365

Tetris 64

Ultimate War (cancelled)

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

Legend of Golfer

Xbox 360

Project Sylpheed

M65C02

Cal.50 - Licensed to Taito

Macintosh

Super Real Mahjong P4

3DO

Super Real Mahjong P

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • SETA Visual Contents Department

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jan 23, 2009Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Oct 1985Founded Founded1

Sources

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