In November 1999, Enix was listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange's 1st section, being classified as a "large company". In the 90s, Enix began entering into the manga business, publishing several issues for the Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine.
In 1989, Enix merged with its parent company Eidansha Boshu, which then changed its name to Enix Corporation, thus fully unifying all of its subsidiaries. The first game sold 1.5 million copies in Japan, with subsequent sequels being massive hits and establishing a strong fanbase throughout the country. One of these was the first Dragon Quest, which was created by Horii and directed by Nakamura. After the success of Door Door, Enix's next releases would come from outsourced developers paid through royalties. The two winners were Love Match Tennis by Yuji Horii and Door Door by Koichi Nakamura the latter would go on to be one of Enix's first published titles for Nintendo's Famicom. įollowing a failed attempt to expand the real estate business nationwide, Enix decided to enter the gaming market by holding a game programming contest, where young programmers submitted in their original games. A year later it would change its name to Eidansha Systems and then to Enix Corporation the following year. On February 5, 1980, the company created a subsidiary, named Eidansya Fudousan, to partake in real estate trading and brokerage. Enix was founded on Septemby former architect Yasuhiro Fukushima, originally under the name Eidansha Boshu Service Center, as a publisher of tabloids that advertised real estate.
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