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[[Image:Quiz18k.png|right|EIM logo]]
 
[[Image:Quiz18k.png|right|EIM logo]]
Contract game development company started by Kenji Eno in 1989.
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'''EIM Ltd.''' (allegedly meaning "Entertainment Imagination and Magnificence" [http://game5.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1062799054/94]) was a game development company started by Kenji Eno (飯野賢治) after leaving [[Interlink]]. Frustrated with having to make games with licensed characters, he eventually shut it down. He would later reemerge with another company called Warp. [http://web.archive.org/web/20121002063428/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3169166]
  
'''[[Research Methods]]:''' Code comparisons, online resources (see [[#Links|links]]), [http://gdri.smspower.org/credits/eimcredits.txt shared credits]
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'''[[About:Research_Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, online resources, shared staff
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/gdrivideos See our video series on EIM on The GDRI Channel]
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===Arcade===
 
===Arcade===
*''Miyasu Nonki no Quiz 18-kin'' (Manufacturer: EIM)
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*''Miyasu Nonki no Quiz 18-kin'' (EIM) [http://www.vorc.org/text/interview/no1/main2.html]
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*''SD Gundam Sangokushi Rainbow Tairiku Senki'' (Banpresto) [https://twitter.com/AItoiI/status/831117907186769921]
  
 
===Famicom/NES===
 
===Famicom/NES===
*<div style="color:gray">''Casino Kid II'' (music/sound) (US Publisher: SOFEL)</div>
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*''Casino Kid II'' (music/sound) (US Publisher: SOFEL)
:<small>Developer: SOFEL</small>
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*''Kyouryuu Densetsu'' (unreleased) (HAL Laboratory) [http://web.archive.org/web/20160329201701/http://www.corelogic.jp/about] [https://twitter.com/heimaoareaxj18/status/1101409825051693056]
*''Juuouki'' (JP Publisher: Asmik)
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*<div style="color:red">''Moeyo Butaman!?'' (unreleased) (Sigma) [https://www.unseen64.net/2018/02/13/moeyo-butaman-nes-famicom-cancelled/]</div>
*''Kyouryuu Densetsu'' (unreleased) (HAL Laboratory) [http://corelogic.jp/about.html] [http://www.aonmusic.com/j/works.html]
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:<small>Looks very similar to ''Time Zone'', but neither Kenji Eno nor EIM have been mentioned in relation to it</small>
*''SD Hero Soukessen: Taose! Aku no Gundan'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
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*''Superman'' / ''Sunman'' (unreleased) (Sunsoft)
*''Superman / Sunman'' (unreleased) (Sunsoft)
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*''Time Zone'' (JP Publisher: Sigma)
 
*''Time Zone'' (JP Publisher: Sigma)
*''Ultraman Club 2: Kaettekita Ultraman Club'' (JP Publisher: Yutaka)
 
 
*''Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World / Panic Restaurant'' (JP/US/EU Publisher: Taito)
 
*''Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World / Panic Restaurant'' (JP/US/EU Publisher: Taito)
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===Game Boy===
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*''Superman'' (unreleased) (Sunsoft) [https://twitter.com/Kawade_Yoichi/status/1248096790827503616]
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===?===
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*''SD Gundam Card Wars'' (unreleased) [https://twitter.com/Kawade_Yoichi/status/1269897756354572294]
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/飯野賢治  Japanese Wikipedia article on Kenji Eno]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20121002063428/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3169166 Kenji Eno talks about EIM in an interview with EGM/1UP (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)]
*[http://www.review-site.net/developer/xi.html#EIM SIT Developer Table entry]
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[[Category:Companies]]

Revision as of 00:08, 30 July 2021

EIM logo

EIM Ltd. (allegedly meaning "Entertainment Imagination and Magnificence" [1]) was a game development company started by Kenji Eno (飯野賢治) after leaving Interlink. Frustrated with having to make games with licensed characters, he eventually shut it down. He would later reemerge with another company called Warp. [2]

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources, shared staff

Arcade

  • Miyasu Nonki no Quiz 18-kin (EIM) [3]
  • SD Gundam Sangokushi Rainbow Tairiku Senki (Banpresto) [4]

Famicom/NES

  • Casino Kid II (music/sound) (US Publisher: SOFEL)
  • Kyouryuu Densetsu (unreleased) (HAL Laboratory) [5] [6]
  • Moeyo Butaman!? (unreleased) (Sigma) [7]
Looks very similar to Time Zone, but neither Kenji Eno nor EIM have been mentioned in relation to it
  • Superman / Sunman (unreleased) (Sunsoft)
  • Time Zone (JP Publisher: Sigma)
  • Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World / Panic Restaurant (JP/US/EU Publisher: Taito)

Game Boy

  • Superman (unreleased) (Sunsoft) [8]

?

  • SD Gundam Card Wars (unreleased) [9]

Links