RIP Compile 1982-2003.

Another great small game company bites the dust.

Compile, makers of the famed shooters Blazing Lazers (Gunhed), Aleste series, and most recently Zanac X Zanac closed their doors today.
Apparently Sega now holds the rights to the Puyo Puyo series. This is of little consolation to those of us who worshipped their awesome, unheralded shooter library...games that always surpassed the expectations of whatever console they resided upon. In memory of a great, yet underappreciated game maker, here's my personal COmpile Top 5:

1. MUSHA Aleste/MUSHA (Gen/MD)
2. Super Aleste/Space Megaforce (SNES/SF)
3. Zanac X Zanac (PS)
4. Blazing Lazers/Gunhed (TG/PCE)
5. Spriggan (DUO)

Another nail in the coffin for traditional 2D import gaming.

Here's the story link:

<a href="http://www.gamepro.com/index.html?/gamepro/famitsu/games/news/27887.shtml" target="_blank">COMPILE 1982-2003</a>

<small>[ January 23, 2003, 08:38 AM: Message edited by: Loopz ]</small>

I guess nothing truly is forever. crying I'm not sure I can take much more bad news man... first Fukusaku dies, then Richard Crenna, now one of my favorite game companies has gone down in flames. Something is very wrong in the cosmos. So much for my hoping for a 3D ALESTE game on the XBOX.

<small>[ January 22, 2003, 11:31 PM: Message edited by: MegaDrive 20XX ]</small>

NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! crying crying crying One of my fave shooter developers, gone! Rest in peace my friends.

My COMPILEation of faves:

1. Musha Aleste
2. Spirit Fighter Spriggan
3. Super Aleste
4. Zanac X Zanac
5. Gunhed

BLAZING LAZERS! frown

This is awful, great shooter companies have been dropping like flies (and even mediocre ones like Psikyo *jab* *jab*). Who's next on the block? I haven't heard much from the Seibu camp recently... crying

Holy shit... people like blazing lazers? Guh. Anywho, spriggan, puyo puyo, and Aleste rock. I am glad they made games, and I'll be glad to play them in the years to come. Their doors may be closed, but their work wasn't for nothing.

Is there a gamer heaven?

This is indeed sick....i got Puyo Puyo 2 on Saturrrn just other day....

No wonder though, its not as if they were prolific with releases.

On a different note; what happened to the members of Wolfteam??

<small>[ January 23, 2003, 02:48 AM: Message edited by: Baseley09 ]</small>

Dammit. That sucks. I wanted another Compile game on a next gen system besides a Puyo Puyo game. crying

The only thing I liked Compile for was the shooters. People that enjoy Puyo Puyo have small penises and like to look at young boys naked.

SNK in 2000, Psikyo in summer 2002, and Compile in 2003. Somehow you have to wonder if there will be any small niche game companies in the next 5 years, or if everything will be made by the big corporations.

I weep

Man. That's fucked.

This is why I'm always bitching about supporting new/fringe type games and smaller companies.

Because everything will SUCK if all you can get is the games that TV and the magazines sell you.