Athena (company)

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Athena is a Japanese video game developer and publisher, who produced video games for a variety of different consoles throughout the 1990s.

Taking on a relatively obscure profile, the majority of the company's video games have been restricted to the native Japanese market. Some have made it overseas though, primarily the company's large inventory of bowling games.

The company has also produced a series of mahjong games - a Japanese puzzle - under their Pro Mahjong Kiwame range, along with a few Dezaemon action shoot-ups.

History[]

The company had originated in 1987 as a gaming-based company, though their first officially recorded video game came to light in 1988 as a TV-show based quiz. ^[1] The company's title is named after the goddess of wisdom in the Greek mythology. ^[2]

Games developed/published[]

Game title	Platform	Year of release
Family Quiz: 4-nin wa Rival	04	1988
Lutter	05	1989
World Bowling	06	1990
Castle of Dragon	04	1990
Wit's	04	1990
Sword Master	04	1990
Championship Bowling	04	1991
Thunder & Lightning	04	1991
World Ice Hockey	06	1991
De-Block	04	1991
Dezaemon	04	1991
Twin	06	1992
Strike Gunner S.T.G		1992
Super Bowling	11	1992
Quiz Nihon Mukashi Banashi: Athena no Hatena	06	1992
BioMetal		1993
Pro Mahjong Kiwame	06	1993
Mogura de Pon!	06	1994
Waratte Iitomo! Tamorinpic		1994
Pro Mahjong Kiwame II		1994
Kaite Tsukutte Asoberu: Dezaemon		1994
Yakōchū		1995
Pro Mahjong Kiwame III		1995
Virtual Bowling	10	1995
Money Idol Exchanger	06	1997
Pro Mahjong Kiwame 64		1997
Dezaemon 3D		1998
Pocket Bowling	13	1998
Yakōchū II: Satsujin Kōro		1999
Trick Boarder	13	2000
Ide Yosuke no Mahjong Kyoushitsu GB	13	2000
Taisen: Tsume Shogi	13	2000
Gambler Densetsu	13	2001
Goku Mahjong Deluxe: Mirai Senshi 21	14	2001
Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya: Yomigaeru Densetsu	14	2001
Kiwame Mahjong DX II	16	2002
Higanbana	14	2002