Atlus

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Atlus
Type Subsidiary of Sega
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
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.