Athena (game developer)

Athena Co. Ltd. (株式会社アテナ, Kabushiki Gaisha Atena) was a Japanese video game developer, founded in July 1987.^[1]

Athena

Industry	Video games
Founded	July 1987; 37 years ago (1987-07)
Defunct	11 December 2013 (2013-12-11)
Fate	Bankruptcy, rights sold to Hamster Corporation
Headquarters	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Due to the difficulties of recovering financially in the games market, in 2013, the Tokyo Court decided to start the company's bankruptcy process.^[2][3] In September 2023, it was announced that Japanese publisher Hamster Corporation would acquire the rights to Athena's library of titles which were then released through the Arcade Archives lineup, with the first being Strike Gunner S.T.G.,^[4] and the second being Daioh.

Games

• Biometal (Super NES, 1993)
• Blockids (PlayStation, 1996)
• Castle of Dragon (NES, 1990) published by SETA Corporation (in Japanese) and Romstar (in English)
• Crows: The Battle Action (Saturn, 1997)
• Daioh (Arcade, 1993)
• De-Block (NES, 1989)
• Dezaemon (NES, 1991)^[5]
• Dezaemon 2 (Saturn, 1997)^[6]
• Dezaemon 3D (Nintendo 64, 1998)^[7]
• Dezaemon BS Version - Sugoi Shooting (デザエモンＢＳ版　凄いシューティング) (Satellaview, 1996)
  • Sugoi STG!! Jintai (凄いSTG!! 人体) (Apr-Aug 1996)^[5]
  • Sugoi STG-2: Crystal Guardian (May-Dec 1996)^[5]
• Dezaemon BS Version - BS-X Shooting (デザエモンＢＳ版　ＢＳ－Ｘシューティング) (Satellaview, Apr-Aug 1996)^[5]
• Dezaemon DD (Nintendo 64DD, canceled)
• Dezaemon Kids! (PlayStation, 1998)^[7]
• Dezaemon Plus (デザエモンPLUS) (PlayStation, 1996)^[5]
• Dragon Unit (Arcade, 1989)
• Family Quiz (NES, 1988)
• Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya DIGEST (PlayStation 2)
• J.J. Squawkers (Arcade, 1993)
• Joshikousei no Houkago... Pukunpa (Saturn, PlayStation, 1996)
• Kaite tukutte Asoberu Dezaemon (Super NES, 1994)^[5]
• Lutter (FDS, 1989)
• Mahjong DX II (GameCube)
• Pocket Bowling (Game Boy Color, 1999)
• Professional Mahjong Kiwame D (プロ麻雀 極Ｄ) (Dreamcast)
• Pro Mahjong Kiwame (Nintendo 64)
• Pro Mahjong Kiwame (WonderSwan)
• Pro-Mahjong Kiwame Final (working title) (PlayStation 3, TBA)
• Pro Mahjong Kiwame Next (PlayStation 2)
• Pro Mahjong Kiwame Tengensenhen (PlayStation, 1999)
• Pro Mahjong Kiwame Tengensenhen (Goku Series) (PlayStation, 2000)
• Strike Gunner S.T.G. (Arcade, 1991; Super NES, 1992)
• Super Bowling (Super NES, 1992; Nintendo 64, 1999)
• Sword Master (NES, 1990)
• Taisen: Tsume Shogi (Game Boy Color - NP, 2000)
• The Quiz Bangumi (PlayStation)
• Virtual Bowling (Virtual Boy, 1995)
• Waku Waku Volleyball (PlayStation)
• Wit's (NES, 1990)
• World Bowling (Game Boy, 1990)
• Yakōchū (Super NES)
• Yakōchū II: Satsujin Kōro (Nintendo 64, 1999)
• Yakōchū GB (Game Boy Color)

References

1. "ゲームソフト開発の「アテナ」が破産開始決定受け倒産 国内倒産 - 不景気.com". www.fukeiki.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
2. Inc, Aetas. "麻雀ゲーム「極」やシューティングゲーム制作ソフト「デザエモン」で知られるアテナが破産". www.4gamer.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
3. "麻雀ソフト「極シリーズ」の （株）アテナ／破産開始決定 | JC-NET（ジェイシーネット）". n-seikei.jp. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
4. "ハムスターがアテナの権利を取得、今後はアテナの名作を『アケアカ』シリーズなどで配信。第1弾として『ストライクガンナー S.T.G』が9月21日に配信決定 ~ ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". Famitsu. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
5. Szczepaniak, John. Dezaemon. Hardcore Gamer 101. Pg.1. April 2011.
6. Szczepaniak, John. Dezaemon. Hardcore Gamer 101. Pg.2. April 2011.
7. Szczepaniak, John. Dezaemon. Hardcore Gamer 101. Pg.3. April 2011.

External links

• Company page
• Games developed by Athena at MobyGames
• "Athena". IGN. Archived from the original on 11 June 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2006.