Compile

Background
Compile Co., Ltd. (株式会社コンパイル) was a Japanese video game developer company. It was founded in 1982 by Masamitsu Niitani under Programmers-3 Inc., later acquiring the Compile name in 1985. Their earliest releases were developed for early Japanese computer and consoles including the MSX line. The company ran a video game magazine titled Disc Station with several games being distributed in each issue, originally for the MSX, then moving for PC-98 and Windows computers. In the 1990s, the company also became successful for Puyo Puyo, a franchise originating as a spin-off of the Madō Monogatari series of dungeon crawlers. The company had a restructuring in 1998, with activity since then dropping. On 6 November 2003, the company filed for bankruptcy. The Puyo Puyo franchise was then sold to Sega leading to the release of Puyo Pop Fever, and some of the former staff began working with Milestone Inc. for shoot em' up titles. On 2006, former Compile key staff founded Compile Heart, its spiritual successor. Another related company was formed by Niitani in 2016, Compile Maru.

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