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Contract game development company started by Kenji Eno after leaving [[Interlink]]. Stands for "Entertainment Imagination and Magnificence." [http://www.geocities.jp/warp110/1062799054.html] Eno closed the company circa 1992, but would later establish another game company in 1994, Warp.
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'''EIM Ltd.''' (allegedly meaning "Entertainment Imagination and Magnificence") 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]
  
'''[[Game Developer Research Institute:About#Research_Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]), shared staff
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'''[[About:Research_Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, online resources, shared staff
  
 
===Arcade===
 
===Arcade===
*''Miyasu Nonki no Quiz 18-kin'' (Video System)
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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===
 
*''Casino Kid II'' (music/sound) (US Publisher: SOFEL)
 
*''Casino Kid II'' (music/sound) (US Publisher: SOFEL)
*''Kyouryuu Densetsu'' (unreleased) (HAL Laboratory) [http://corelogic.jp/about.html] [http://www.aonmusic.com/j/works.html]
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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]
*''Sunman'' (unreleased) (Sunsoft)
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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>
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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>
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*''Superman'' / ''Sunman'' (unreleased) (Sunsoft)
 
*''Time Zone'' (JP Publisher: Sigma)
 
*''Time Zone'' (JP Publisher: Sigma)
 
*''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://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3169166 Kenji Eno talks about EIM in an interview with EGM/1UP]
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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)]
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[[Category:Companies]]

Latest revision as of 03:21, 29 July 2022

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EIM Ltd. (allegedly meaning "Entertainment Imagination and Magnificence") 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. [1]

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources, shared staff

Arcade

  • Miyasu Nonki no Quiz 18-kin (EIM) [2]
  • SD Gundam Sangokushi Rainbow Tairiku Senki (Banpresto) [3]

Famicom/NES

  • Casino Kid II (music/sound) (US Publisher: SOFEL)
  • Kyouryuu Densetsu (unreleased) (HAL Laboratory) [4] [5]
  • Moeyo Butaman!? (unreleased) (Sigma) [6]
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) [7]

?

  • SD Gundam Card Wars (unreleased) [8]

Links