Atlus
Atlus | |
Type | Subsidiary of Sega |
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Founded | April 7, 1986 (Atlus Co., Ltd.) September 5, 2013 (Sega Dream Corp.) November 2013 (Index Corporation) April 1, 2014 (Atlus Co., Ltd. spun-off from Index Corporation) |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Akira Nomoto, president |
Industry | Video games |
Products | Video games |
Number of people | 270 |
Website | http://www.atlus.co.jp/ |
Atlus Co., Ltd. (株式会社アトラス) is a video game developer that is a subsidiary of Sega.
Foundation
Atlus was founded as Atlus Co., Ltd. on April 7, 1996, as a developer of video games for other companies.
Index Holdings acquired Atlus in November 2006, and it operated under Index until it was dissolved in October 2010.
Aquisition by Sega
On September 5, 2013, Sega formed the shell corporation Sega Dream Corporation with the sole intention of purchasing the assets of Index Holdings.
In November 2013, Sega Dream Corporation was renamed Index Corporation.
On April 1, 2014, the information and communications portions of Index Corporation were spun off into a new corporation which retained the title Index Corporation, while the remaining corporation was renamed Atlus Co., Ltd.
Atlus games owned by WEC Museum
Title | Year | System | Added to museum | Notes |
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Bashi Bazook: Morphoid Masher | 1987 | NES | Generations: October 13, 2019 | The NES version is on the Retro-Bit Generations owned by the WEC Museum. |
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei | 1987 | Famicom | Switch: September 26, 2022 | The Famicom version is in Namcot Collection for Switch. |
Gotcha! The Sport! | 1990 | NES | NES: September 17, 2018 | The WEC Museum owns the NES version. |
King of Kings | 1988 | Famicom | Switch: September 26, 2022 | The Famicom version is in Namcot Collection for Switch. |
Revelations: Persona | 1996 | PS1 | PS Classic: December 5, 2018 | The PS1 version is on the PlayStation Classic owned by the WEC Museum. |