Santos

For the later identically-named game developer, see Santos (later).

Santos
Founded: 1985-07
Defunct: 1991-12
Merged into: Sega (1991)
Headquarters: Japan

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Santos Co., Ltd., formerly known as Whiteboard Co., Ltd., was a Japanese video game developer which specialized in mahjong games. Founded in 1985 and headed by Takeshi Tozu, Santos would later have much of its staff and business acquired by the company's primary game publisher, Sega, in December 1991.

Takeshi Tozu would later establish another company by the same name, Santos.

Company

Founded in July 1985 as Whiteboard, the company primarily developed mahjong games for the arcades and home video game consoles, with the majority of their releases being manufactured or published by Sega. The company's name was officially changed to Santos in 1989, and it began producing various notable Sega Mega Drive games, like Battle Golfer Yui.

As Santos approached the end of the 1980s, the company found itself in dire financial straits, and main publisher Sega decided to purchased much of Santos in December 1991. However, instead of fully acquiring the company itself, Sega instead acquired the majority of the developer's staff and unfinished games, and established a separate company, Megasoft, in December 1991.

In the early 1990s, a group of former Santos staff led by Tomohiro Ishigai established Japanese video game developer Gai Brain.

Softography

System 18

• Hammer Away (unreleased)

Mega Drive

• Toki: Going Ape Spit (1991)
• Battle Golfer Yui (1991)

Game Gear

• The Pro Yakyuu '91 (1991)

External links

• Santos at Game Developer Research Institute