Enix Corporation
Also Known As +
- Eidansha Boshu Service Center Original company name
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Enix was founded in 1982 by Yasuhiro Fukushima as a subsidiary of Eidansha Boshu Service Center.
Enix itself was only a publisher, it never had any of its games developed in-house, and Yasuhiro Fukushima has no programming or designing experience. In its beginnings, it sponsored a national programming contest in Japan. This brought out 300 different programmers, two notable programmers were Koichi Nakamura and Yuji Horii . Koichi Nakamura won the contest with the game called Door Door , and Enix published the game. Koichi Nakamura and Yuji Horii then started working together by founding Chunsoft . This company is best known for developing the Dragon Quest series of games that Enix is best known for publishing.
Enix has also been known for publishing various games by Quintet and tri-Ace .
Today, Enix is defunct. In 2002, Enix merged with its former rival Square Co. Ltd. to form Square Enix Co. Ltd . Yasuhiro Fukushima is the chairman of this company.
Credited on 102 Games from 1983 to 2003
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History +
- October 1991
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Digital Entertainment Academy Co., Ltd. is established as a partially owned subsidiary.
- April 1989
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ENIX CORPORATION, KONIKA ENIX, and Enix Products merge into Eidansha Boshu Service Center, which is subsequently renamed ENIX CORPORATION.
- May 1986
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Dragon Quest is released for the Nintendo Famicom in Japan.
- August 1982
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Eidansha System's name formally changed to Enix Corporation.
- September 1975
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Company founded as Eidansha Boshu Service Center.
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Trivia +
Their official web site used to be at http://www.enix.co.jp/
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Enix Corporation
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Frequent Collaborators
- 10 games with Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
- 7 games with Quintet Co., Ltd.
- 5 games with Tose Co., Ltd.
- 5 games with tri-Ace Inc.
- 4 games with Random House Co., Ltd.
- 4 games with Produce Co., Ltd.
- 4 games with Heart Beat
- 3 games with BANDAI NAMCO Amusement Inc.
- 3 games with Metro Corporation
- 3 games with Tamsoft Corporation
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