Compile ○ (Company)

Compile ○

COMPANY» Founded 2016-05-18

Compile ○ ("Maru") is the third company from Masamitsu Niitani to bear the Compile name, following Compile and Compile Heart. Their first game will be Nyoki Nyoki, to be released sometime in 2016 for the Nintendo 3DS eShop.

Developed Games

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Puyo Puyo (Game)

25 October 1991

Puyo Puyo is a competitive puzzle game. Pieces drop from above a la Tetris and players must connect four contiguous pieces to for them to pop.

GB GG GEN +10

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Game)

4 December 1993

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a Sonic the Hedgehog-based reskin of competitive puzzle title Puyo Puyo. Players battle the mad doctor and twelve of his underlings in order to save the denizens of Beanville.

GG GEN PC +3

Puyo Puyo 2 (Game)

30 September 1994

Puyo Puyo 2, also known as "Puyo Puyo Tsu", is the second game in the Puyo Puyo series of tile-matching games.

GB GG GEN +12

Zanac (Game)

1 October 1986

A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up developed by Compile for MSX computers. Better known for its FDS/NES ports, this game features elaborate weapon upgrading and secondary weapon systems and a dynamic difficulty system where enemy spawns are changed based on player performance.

MSX NES NSW +3

Puyo Puyo (Game)

25 October 1991

Puyo Puyo is a puzzle game in which the player matches four or more "Puyo" of the same color together. This game is the precursor to an identically-titled arcade release.

MSX NES FDS

Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux (Game)

26 May 1995

A puzzle game in the Puyo Puyo series. This game, exclusive to the SNES, also mixes in RPG elements with the traditional puzzle style of the series.

SNES

Puyo Puyo SUN (Game)

1 December 1996

In the third installment of the long-running action-puzzle game series, Satan has enlarged the sun in a devious attempt for popularity, and it's up to Arle and Schezo to try to get things back to normal.

PC PS1 ARC +5

Puyo Puyo~n (Game)

4 March 1999

Puyo Puyo~n was the first "main series" Puyo Puyo game to be exclusive to consoles. It introduces character-specific abilities.

PS1 GBC PS3N +4

Alien Crush (Game)

14 September 1988

A xenomorph-themed pinball game for the TurboGrafx-16 and the first in Compile's highly acclaimed Crush Pinball series.

WSHP PS3N PSPN +3

Power Strike (Game)

29 February 1988

A vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up from Compile and the first of their Aleste series. The Sega Master System version was localized as Power Strike for Western territories.

SMS MSX WSHP +2

Madou Monogatari 1-2-3 (Game)

15 June 1990

Madou Monogatari is a trio of dungeon-crawlers from Compile. Players follow heroine Arle Nadja as she scales a dangerous tower, battles Satan, and encounters Satan's would-be lover Rulue.

MSX PC98

Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux (Game)

29 July 1994

The third entry in the Puyo Puyo's challenge-based spinoff series introduces an adventure mode.

GG 3DSE

Published Games

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Madou Monogatari 1-2-3 (Game)

15 June 1990

Madou Monogatari is a trio of dungeon-crawlers from Compile. Players follow heroine Arle Nadja as she scales a dangerous tower, battles Satan, and encounters Satan's would-be lover Rulue.

MSX PC98

Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux (Game)

29 July 1994

The third entry in the Puyo Puyo's challenge-based spinoff series introduces an adventure mode.

GG 3DSE

Arle no Bouken: Mahou no Jewel (Game)

31 March 2000

Arle no Bouken: Mahou no Jewel is a monster-collecting RPG featuring characters from the Puyo Puyo series.

GBC

Madou Monogatari A: DokiDoki Bake~shon (Game)

24 November 1995

Madou Monogatari A is a first person dungeon crawler. It is a port of the first chapter of Madou Monogatari ARS.

GG

Super Nazo Puyo Tsuu: Rulue no Tetsuwan Hanjyouki (Game)

28 June 1996

A Puyo Puyo spin-off game featuring Arle's rival Rulue as its protagonist. Like the first Super Nazo Puyo, it combines Puyo Puyo puzzle gameplay with RPG trappings.

SNES

GG Aleste (Game)

29 December 1991

In this portable vertical-scrolling shooter, players must guide young Ellinor through hordes of enemy machines.

GG

Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon (Game)

2 April 1998

Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon is a roguelike dungeon crawler featuring characters from the Madou Monogatari and Puyo Puyo franchises.

PS1 SAT

Puyo Puyo Box (Game)

21 December 2000

Puyo Puyo Box is a compilation game that features ports of the first two games in the series, an RPG mode, and the ability to play using any of the prior games' rulesets. It is the final Compile-developed Puyo Puyo title.

PS1 PS3N PSPN +1