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Instead, he held a contest for programming hobbyists in order to pool talents and publish selected games, with a ¥1 million award for the top prize (US$5,000). Few entries were received in the first month, but after a marketing campaign on television and in appliance stores, hobby clubs, computer and manga magazines, three hundred entries were received by the end of the "First Game Hobby Program Contest". This contest allowed Enix to release numerous games with a wide variety of genres early on, as thirteen winning entries were polished and chosen for release in February 1983. Among these were Morita no Battle Field by Kazurou Morita; Door Door by Koichi Nakamura; and Love Match Tennis by Yuji Horii, a young columnist for Weekly Shōnen Jump. In addition to two more contests, Enix began recruiting developers on a project basis. For each project, Enix outsourced development and handled production and promotion duties, which made cost control more efficient. Unlike software houses of the time, Fukushima tried to instill a commercial mindset in his developers, as he thought games should be treated as books or movies in terms of copyright. He employed a royalty payment system between the company and the developers so that the latter would be compensated proportionally to the direct sales of their games. Each of Enix's home computer release featured a photo and resume of the developer on the back cover of the package. Enix's home computer games were commercially successful; on their release, the first batch of February 1983 ranked first, second, third, fifth and seventh in the top ten Japanese best-selling games, leading to other game releases and a profit of ¥300 million (US$1.5 million) by the end of the year. Enix moved into traditional game publishing in 1985, beginning by porting its most successful home computer games to the Famicom console: Door Door, which sold 200,000 copies, and The Portopia Serial Murder Case, which sold 700,000. Enix soon focused primarily on publishing titles for consoles, though it continued to sell home computer games through to 1993.

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • February (winning entries in the 1st Game Hobby Program Contest) — Morita no Battle Field — NEC PC-8801 — *Turn-based strategy game by Kazuro Morita. • Door Door — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Puzzle game by Koichi Nakamura. *Ported to the Famicom in 1985 and mobile phones in 2004. • Guest Mariko Hashimoto — FM-8, other models — *Adult game by Tadashi Makimura. • Cosmic Soldier — NEC PC-8801 — *Shooter game by Yoshiyuki Okada. • D.I.S Airport — Sharp X1 — *Game by Seiji Fujihara. • Seiko's Adventure — NEC PC-8801 — *Adventure game by Toshiyuki Asanuma. • Underground Monster — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Maze game by Osamu Hasegawa. • Bacteria Escape — FM-7, other models — *Maze game by Tomoshige Hashishita. • Napoleon — NEC PC-6001 — *Card game by Hiroaki Shimada. • Love Match Tennis — NEC PC-6001 — *Tennis game by Yuji Horii. • Bōsō! Orient Kyūkō — Sharp MZ-80K, other models — *Action game by Toshiyuki Nagase. • Piranha-kun no Isshūkan — Sharp MZ-80B, other models — *Action game by Atsushi Shirai. • Poker Extra — NEC PC-8001, other models — *Card game by Masahiro Kawaguchi. • June — Alphos — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Shoot 'em up by Random House (Kazurou Morita's company), based on Namco's title Xevious. • The Portopia Serial Murder Case — NEC PC-6001, other models — *Adventure game designed by Yuji Horii. *Ported to the Famicom in 1985 and mobile phones in 2001. • Raita no Growing Up — NEC PC-6001, other models — *Action game by Hiroaki Shimada. • Titan Bōeisen — Sharp X1 • Gekisen! Minamitaiheiyō — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Action game by Osamu Hasegawa. • Joshiryō Panic — FM-7, other models — *Adventure game by Tadashi Makimura. • Light Flipper — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Maze game by Yoshiyuki Okada. • Toward 8 — Sharp X1, other models • October (winning entries in the 2nd Game Hobby Program Contest) — Fan Fun — NEC PC-8001, other models — *Action game by Yasuhiro Miyata. • Game Kyōjin no Uchū Ryokō — NEC PC-8001mkII, other models — *Shoot 'em up by Takanari Suzuki. • Dokuron no Yakata — Sharp X1, other models — *Action game by Takashi Goto. • Kagirinaki Tatakai — Sharp X1, other models — *Run & gun shooter game by Hiroshi Ishikawa. • Lolita Syndrome — FM-7, other models — *Adult game by Katsumi Mochizuki. • Fushigi na Tabi — FM-7, other models — *Adventure game by Tadashi Sugie. • Tropical Boy — NEC PC-8801 — *Action game by Takeshi Nakazawa. • Mazeland — Sharp MZ-700 — *Maze game by Takashi Shimizu, based on the manga Dr. Slump. • Magnetic Field — NEC PC-8001mkII, other models — *Puzzle game by Hideyuki Akiyama • PushMan — NEC PC-8001, other models — *Puzzle game by Masashi Hijikata. • Checker Flag — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Racing game by Masao Aoba. • Cosmo Crash — FM-7 — *Shoot 'em up by Kazuhiro Hasegawa. • Lovely Asuka — FM-7 — *Adventure game by Hiroyuki Odawara. • November — Parallel World — Sharp X1, other models — *Role-playing game by Toshiyuki Nagase.

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • May — Newtron — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Puzzle game by Chunsoft (Koichi Nakamura's company). *Ported to mobile phones in 2004. • New Fan Fun — NEC PC-6001mkII, other models — *Action game by Yasuhiro Miyata. • No.1 Golf — Sharp X1, other models — *Golf game by Masashi Muramori. • June — Blizzard — Sharp-1500 • High School Adventure — FM77 • July — Gootsn — Sharp X1 — *Puzzle game by Komei Kato. • Rukteu Dark Castle: Dragon Angel's Miracle Voyage — FM-7, other models — *Game by Random House. • Flipflop — FM-7, other models — *Puzzle game by Teshige Dokite. • August — Karakuri Ninpou — NEC PC-8801 — *Game by Takeshi Nakazawa. • Swarm — Sharp X1, other models • Zarth — FM-7, other models — *Game by Studio Jandora. • September — Arale no Jump Up — NEC PC-8001mkII — *Action game by Takanari Suzuki, based on the manga Dr. Slump. • Magic Garden — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Game by Toru Hidaka. • November — Wingman — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Game by Tam Tam, based on the Wingman manga series. • Shabon Tama Arare — NEC PC-6001mkII • December — Gumball — NEC PC-8801mkII, other models — *Japanese version of the game of the same name developed by Broderbund. • December (winning entries in the 3rd Game Hobby Program Contest) — Blue Fox — FM-7, other models • Zunou 4989 — FM-7, other models — *Game by Kazuo Ohashi. • Again — FM-7, other models — *Adventure game by Yuhei Yamaguchi, co-published by Enix and Random House. • Unknown — Dr. Slump Bubble Daisakusen — *Shooter game by Koji Okamoto, based on the manga Dr. Slump. • The Hokkaido Serial Murder Case: The Okhotsk Disappearance — *Visual novel adventure game by Yuji Horii.

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • January — El Dorado Denki — FM-7, other models • February — Door Door mk2 — Sharp MZ-1500, other models • Hashire Senbeisan — Sharp X1, other models — *Run & gun shooter game by Takashi Goto, based on the manga Dr. Slump. • Zaxus — NEC PC-8001, other models — *Game by Yasuhiro Miyata. • Typing Exercise — *Educational game by Chunsoft. • April — Tokyo Nampa Street — FM-7, other models — *Collaboration between Yuji Horii and manga artist Hikaru Sekino. • May — Karuizawa Yūkai Annai — NEC PC-8801, other models — *Adventure game by Yuji Horii. *Ported to mobile phones in 2001. • July — World Golf — *Golf game by Masashi Muramori. • August — Morita Kazurou no Shogi — NEC PC-9801, other models — *Shogi game by Random House. • November — Xevious — NEC PC-8801 • Savior — NEC PC-9801E, other models • The Earth Fighter Rayieza — FM-7, other models — *Role-playing game by Makoto Kuba. • Pac-Land — NEC PC-8001mkII — *Based on the arcade game by Namco. • Unknown — Brain Breaker — Sharp X1, other models — *Open-world platform-adventure game by Hiroshi Ishikawa. • Phalanx — MSX

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • April — Wingman 2: Kītakurā no Fukkatsu — NEC PC-8801, Sharp X1, MSX — *Sequel of Wingman *First game with music by Koichi Sugiyama • May — Cannon Shot — SMC-777 — *Pool Game by Takashi Shimizu • November — Dragon Quest — MSX2, other models • Unknown — Hokuto no Ken — *Game by Toru Hidaka, based on the Fist of the North Star manga series.

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • April — Jesus — NEC PC-8801 VA, other models — *Adventure game by Game Kyojin. • May — Gandhara: Buddha no Seisen — NEC PC-8801 VA, MSX2 — *Game by Toru Hidaka. • July — Animal Land Murder Case — MSX • August — Dragon Buster — NEC PC-8801 VA, other models — *Based on the arcade game by Namco. • October — World Golf II — NEC PC-8801 VA, Sharp X1, MSX2 — *Golf game by Masashi Muramori. • December — Wingman Special — NEC PC-8801 FA, other models — *The sequel to Wingman 2.

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • February — Dragon Quest II — MSX • July — Angelus: Akuma no Fukuin — PC-8801, PC-9801, MSX2 — *Adventure game composed by Koichi Sugiyama. • December — The Old Village Story — NEC PC-8801 FE, other models

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • February — Burning Point — NEC PC-8801 FE, other models • March — Morita Shogi 2 — NEC PC-9801 RA, other models — *Shogi game by Random House. • December — Prajator: Image Ranger — NEC PC-8801 FE, other models

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • March — Misty Blue — NEC PC-8801 MC, other models — *Music by Yuzo Koshiro. • April — Ryūou Hanyuu Yoshiharu Jissen Shū — NEC PC-9801 RA, other models — *By Random House. • May — 4.6 Billion Year Story — PC-9801 • July — Formula C.M.S — NEC PC-8801 SR, other models • September — Shutendouji — NEC PC-9801 VM, other models • October — World Golf III — PC-8801, PC-9801, X68000 — *Golf game by Masashi Muramori.

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • January — Reichsritter — NEC PC-9801 RA, other models • March — Jesus 2 — PC-8801, PC-9801, X68000 • August — Gunyū Sangokushi — NEC PC-9801 VM, other models • November — Code-0 — X68000 — *Shooter game by Random House. • December — Fangs: The Saga of Wolf Blood — NEC PC-8801 FH, other models

• Month — Title — Platform(s) — Details • October — Morita Shogi 4 — NEC PC-9801 DA, other models — *Shogi game by Random House.