# Hect

> Japanese video game development studio

**Wikidata**: [Q5696520](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5696520)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/hect

## Summary
Hect is a Japanese video game development studio founded in 1988. It is headquartered in Tokyo and operates within the video game industry.

## Key Facts
- Hect is a video game developer based in Japan.
- Inception (founding year): 1988.
- Industry: Video game industry.
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan (latitude 35.689722222222, longitude 139.69222222222).
- Instance of: video game developer.
- Identifiers and database entries include Freebase ID /m/0b0gfw; MobyGames company ID 5515 (formerly listed as hect-co-ltd); VideoGameGeek company ID 18610; Visual Novel Database ID p1851; Media Arts Database ID C45324; Lastdodo area ID 2870483.
- Wikipedia language coverage: Japanese (ja) and Swedish (sv); sitelink_count: 2.
- Wikidata description: "Japanese video game development studio."

## FAQs
### Q: What is Hect?
A: Hect is a Japanese video game development studio that operates in the video game industry. It was founded in 1988 and is based in Tokyo.

### Q: When was Hect founded?
A: Hect's inception year is recorded as 1988.

### Q: Where is Hect located?
A: Hect's headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan (coordinates: 35.689722222222, 139.69222222222).

### Q: Where can I find official records or database entries about Hect?
A: Hect appears in multiple industry and archival databases, including Freebase (/m/0b0gfw), MobyGames (company ID 5515), VideoGameGeek (company ID 18610), Visual Novel Database (p1851), and the Media Arts Database (C45324).

## Why It Matters
Hect matters as a documented participant in the Japanese video game industry. Being established in 1988 situates the company among developers active during a formative period for console and home-computer gaming, making it part of the broader industrial and historical context of video game production in Japan. The company's presence in multiple recognized databases and reference systems (Freebase, MobyGames, VideoGameGeek, Visual Novel Database, Media Arts Database) indicates that its existence and activities have been recorded and cataloged for researchers, collectors, and industry databases. That visibility makes Hect a relevant entity for studies of industry structure, catalogue completeness, platform histories, and the archival record of Japanese game development. Even without specific game titles listed here, Hect's recorded identifiers and multilingual Wikipedia entries show that it is a persistent organizational actor whose data contributes to comprehensive mappings of the global video game industry.

## Notable For
- Being a Tokyo-based Japanese video game development studio founded in 1988.
- Presence in multiple industry and archival databases (Freebase, MobyGames, VideoGameGeek, Visual Novel Database, Media Arts Database).
- Multilingual Wikipedia coverage (Japanese and Swedish), indicating cross-language documentation.
- Recorded geocoordinates for its Tokyo headquarters (35.689722222222, 139.69222222222).

## Body

### Overview
- Hect is recorded as a video game development studio.
- The entity is classified within the video game industry and described on Wikidata as a "Japanese video game development studio."

### Founding and location
- Inception year: 1988.
- Country: Japan.
- Headquarters: Tokyo.
- Headquarters coordinates: latitude 35.689722222222, longitude 139.69222222222.

### Industry and classification
- Industry designation: video game industry.
- Instance type: video game developer.

### Identifiers and database entries
- Freebase ID: /m/0b0gfw.
- MobyGames company ID: 5515 (also recorded under a former scheme as "hect-co-ltd").
- VideoGameGeek company ID: 18610.
- Visual Novel Database ID: p1851.
- Media Arts Database ID: C45324.
- Lastdodo area ID: 2870483.

### Public records and language coverage
- Wikipedia language editions referencing Hect: Japanese (ja) and Swedish (sv).
- Sitelink count reported as 2.

### Metadata
- Wikidata description: "Japanese video game development studio."
- The structured records associate Hect with standard industry and archival identifiers used for company indexing and research.

## References

1. LastDodo
2. VideoGameGeek