Source:
ActiveMSX
Compile, known to everyone for making
Zanac, Puyo Puyo,
Golvellius and the
Aleste shooters, is history.Compile already operated under a debt-restructuring plan, but was unable to get enough cash for repaying the $25 million it owed to its creditors. It's financial problem saw the daylight in 1998, when Compile filed for bankruptcy due to a $63 million debt. To get some cash, Compile sold their rights on the Puyo Puyo brand to Sega, which just released a Puyo budget clone for the Playstation.
It is unclear what will happen with Compile latest game Pochi to Nya we reported about earlier.If I'm not mistaken Compile sold the rights on this game to Taito for their Arcade Machines. Hopefully we will see the
PS2 version one day. In the meantime, make sure you get a copy of their PS1 version of
Zanac, called
ZanacXZanac, released in 2001.
Relevant link:
www.compile.co.jp
