Compile

Compile
Type	Private
Founded	April 7, 1982 (Programmers-3) 1985 (Compile) (closed on November 6, 2003)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Masamitsu Niitani, founder
Industry	Video games
Products	Video games
Number of people	not disclosed
Website	N/A

Compile Co., Ltd. (株式会社コンパイル, Kabushikigaisha Konpairu) was a video game developer.

Programmers-3, Inc.

Programmers-3, Inc. was founded on April 7, 1982 by Masamitsu Niitani.

Compile Co., Ltd.

The company was renamed Compile Co., Ltd. in 1985.

Bankruptcy and liquidation

Compile filed bankruptcy and closed on November 6, 2003.

D4 Enterprise acquired the rights to most of the Compile properties, however Sega holds the rights to the Puyo Puyo series.

Successor companies

Compile Heart was formed as a subsidiary of Idea Factory on June 2, 2006. Until he left the company in December 2012, Compile Heart was managed by the former Compile founder, Masamitsu Niitani. Compile Heart made a deal with D4 Enterprise to create games based on Compile properties.

Masamitsu Niitani created another successor company, COMPILE◯ (Compile Maru) on April 19, 2016.

Emulated Compile games owned by WEC Museum

Title	System	Released	Notes
Aleste	Master System	1988
Alien Crush	TurboGrafx-16	1993
Blazing Lazers	TurboGrafx-16	1989
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine	Sega Genesis Game Gear	1993	Sonic the Hedgehog version of Puyo Puyo 2.
GG Aleste	Game Gear	1991
GG Aleste II	Game Gear	1993
Musha Aleste	Sega Genesis	1996
Nazo Puyo: Arle's Roux	Game Gear Micro	1993
Power Strike II	Master System	1993
Puyo Puyo	Arcade	1991
Puyo Puyo 2	Arcade	1994
Robo Aleste	Sega CD	1992
Sorcery Saga I	Sega Genesis	1996
Spirit Warriors Spriggan	PC Engine CD-ROM²	1991
Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project	Super PC Engine CD-ROM²	1992
Zanac	Arcade	1986