Universal Entertainment Corporation was founded in 1969 as a manufacturer of mechanical musical instruments and jukeboxes. The company has since become a leader in the Japanese gaming industry. Universal Entertainment has roots in the Asian gaming industry, having launched its first video game-based pachinko machine in 1978. In the decades to follow, the company designed, manufactured, and distributed a wide-range of gaming and entertainment products, including its flagship Aruze-branded pachinko machines.
