Mega Soft
Mega Soft Co., Ltd. (株式会社メガソフト) was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sega (as of December 1991), allegedly the company formerly known as Santos. [1] However, there is some conflicting information.
A former Santos staffer said Santos went bankrupt. [2] Also, the book Japanese Corporate Groups (日本の企業グループ) has December 1991 ("平3.12") listed as when Mega Soft was established [3], which would suggest this was a new company. Of course, neither of these things would preclude Sega from buying Santos or its assets.
Tokinori Kaneyasu [兼安時紀], formerly of Data East, appears to have been the president of Mega Soft. [4] The company was located in the same building as Treasure (東京都台東区上野 7 - 9 - 15 根本ビル 4F). [5] [6] It was allegedly merged into Sega in November 1992 [7] during the production of the games listed below, but it looks like only the staff was folded into Sega; the company itself appears to have been liquidated in 1996. [8] [9] (Mega Soft is still listed as a subsidiary in Sega's 1995 annual report. [10])
Research Methods: Interviews, online resources, shared staff
Game Gear [11]
- Aa Harimanada (JP Publisher: Sega)
- Doraemon: Nora no Suke no Yabou (JP Publisher: Sega)
Mega Drive/Genesis
- Aa Harimanada (JP Publisher: Sega)
- The Super Shinobi II / Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy; KR Publisher: Samsung)
