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Square

Japanese video game company

Also known as Square Co., Ltd. · Square Company, Limited · Square Co.

Founded: September 1986
Founded by: Masashi Miyamoto
Headquarters: Meguro
Country: Japan
Industry: video game industry
Website: square.co.jp

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Square Co., Ltd., also known under its international brand name SquareSoft, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It was founded in 1986 by Masafumi Miyamoto, who spun off the computer game software division of Den-Yu-Sha, a power line construction company owned by his father. Among its early employees were designers Hironobu Sakaguchi, Hiromichi Tanaka, Akitoshi Kawazu, Koichi Ishii, artist Kazuko Shibuya, programmer Nasir Gebelli, and composer Nobuo Uematsu. Initially focusing on action games, the team saw popular success with the role-playing video game Final Fantasy in 1987, which would lead to the franchise of the same name being one of its flagship franchises. Later notable staff included directors Yoshinori Kitase and Takashi Tokita, designer and writer Yasumi Matsuno, artists Tetsuya Nomura and Yusuke Naora, and composers Yoko Shimomura and Masashi Hamauzu.

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Brave Fencer Musashi(1998)
Sōkaigi(1998)
Parasite Eve(1998)
Bushido Blade 2(1998)
Xenogears(1998)
Front Mission Alternative(1997)
Einhänder(1997)
Front Mission 2(1997)
SaGa Frontier(1997)
Tobal 2(1997)
Bushido Blade(1997)
Final Fantasy VII(1997)
Tobal No. 1(1996)
Treasure Hunter G(1996)
Treasure of the Rudras(1996)
Front Mission Series: Gun Hazard(1996)
Bahamut Lagoon(1996)
Radical Dreamers(1996)
DynamiTracer(1996)
Romancing SaGa 3(1995)
Trials of Mana(1995)
Secret of Evermore(1995)
Chrono Trigger(1995)
Front Mission(1995)
Live A Live(1994)
Final Fantasy VI(1994)
Alcahest(1993)
Romancing SaGa 2(1993)
Secret of Mana(1993)
Breath of Fire(1993)
Final Fantasy V(1992)
Final Fantasy IV(1991)
Final Fantasy III(1990)
Square's Tom Sawyer(1989)
Final Fantasy II(1988)
Deep Dungeon III: Yūshi e no Tabi(1988)
Final Fantasy(1987)
Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School(1987)
Kalin no Tsurugi(1987)
Rad Racer(1987)
Mystery Quest(1987)
The 3-D Battles of Worldrunner(1987)
JJ(1987)
Deep Dungeon(1986)
King's Knight(1986)
Cruise Chaser Blassty(1986)
The Death Trap(1985)
Little Computer People(1985)
Final Fantasy Legend
Front Mission
Breath of Fire
Chrono
Kingdom Hearts

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Followed by: Square Enix
Dissolved: 2003
Legal form: kabushiki gaisha
Replaced by: Square Enix
Owner of: Final Fantasy
Square Electronic Arts
Director / manager: Yoichi Wada
Product or material produced: video game

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