Enma Daiō

Enma Daiō[lower-alpha 1] is a 1993 hybrid quiz/lie detector arcade video game developed by Toaplan and published exclusively in Japan by Taito.[2] In the game, players answer a number of question. As of 2019, the rights to the title is owned by Tatsujin, a company founded in 2017 by former Toaplan member Masahiro Yuge and now-affiliate of Japanese arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia alongside many other Toaplan IPs.

This article is about the 1993 video game. For the deity Yama in the Buddhist tradition, see Enma-daio. For other uses, see Yama (disambiguation).
Enma Daiō
Developer(s)Toaplan
Publisher(s)Taito
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Quiz
Mode(s)Single-player
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Gameplay
Gameplay screenshot.

Enma Daiō is a hybrid quiz/lie detector game where players must answer a series of random questions given by the in-game character.[3][4] Depending on the question selected and the player's state, the titular deity either stays calm or becomes angry.

Development and release

Enma Daiō proved to be the most expensive project developed by Toaplan, as former Toaplan composer Tatsuya Uemura stated in a 2009 interview with Japanese publication Floor 25 that it "cost a lot of money".[5] The game was distributed exclusively in Japan by Taito in 1993 on two variations; a standard upright variant and a deluxe variant.[1][3] The title was also showcased to attendees at the 1993 Amusement Machine Show and later at the 1994 AOU Show.[6][7][8]

Legacy

In more recent years, the rights to Enma Daiō and many other IPs from Toaplan are now owned by Tatsujin, a company named after Truxton's Japanese title that was founded in 2017 by former Toaplan employee Masahiro Yuge, who are now affiliated with arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia.[9][10][11][12][13] On 7 December 2019, M2 announced they acquired the license to nearly all titles developed by Toaplan for re-release on modern platforms in the future, however Enma Daiō was excluded for multiple reasons.[14][15][16][17]

Notes
  1. Japanese: えんま大王, lit. "King of Hell"
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gollark: Okay, this is incredibly weird! Even when my server sends `audio/mp4` instead of `audio/m4a` in the headers, *Firefox still won't play it*!
gollark: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME, FIREFOX
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References
  1. Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). タイトー (Taito); タカラ／タカラアミューズメント Takara; 東亜プラン (Toa Plan). アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 44, 46, 50. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. "お年賀状スペシャル!! 1994". Gamest (in Japanese). No. 107. Shinseisha. February 1994. p. 84.
  3. Enma Daiō arcade flyer (Toaplan/Taito, JP)
  4. "えんま大王" (in Japanese). Shooting Star. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  5. Iona; VHS; K-HEX (June 2009). "東亜プラン FOREVER (4/5)". Floor 25 (in Japanese). Vol. 9. (Translation by Gamengai. Archived 2013-04-23 at Archive.today).
  6. "'93 AM ショーレポート - えんま大王". Gamest (in Japanese). No. 101. Shinseisha. November 1993. p. 51.
  7. "'94 AOUショー 紹介 - えんま大王". Gamest (in Japanese). No. 110. Shinseisha. 19 March 1994. p. 98.
  8. "'94 AOUショー レポート - えんま大王DX". Gamest (in Japanese). No. 113. Shinseisha. May 1994. p. 67.
  9. "ライセンス事業" (in Japanese). TATSUJIN Co., Ltd. 2019. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
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  11. "Tatsujin". exA-Arcadia. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  12. Bravo, Roberto (25 January 2019). "Tatsujin, los dueños de Toaplan, anuncian que están trabajando para exA-Arcadia" (in Spanish). Gamercafe. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  13. "［JAEPO2019］TATSUJINやナツメアタリの参入が発表されたexA-Arcadia。出展コーナーの模様を紹介". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Aetas Inc. 26 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  14. Wong, Alistair (December 7, 2019). "M2 To Bring Nearly All Toaplan Games To Modern Home Consoles". Siliconera. Curse LLC. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  15. Romano, Sal (December 7, 2019). "M2 to release nearly every Toaplan game for console starting 2020 in Japan - Mahjong Sisters and Enma Daiou not included". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  16. Muñoz, José David (December 8, 2019). "Snow Bros. Truxton y más juegos de Toaplan llegarán a PS4, Nintendo Switch y Xbox One". Hobby Consolas (in Spanish). Axel Springer SE. Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  17. McFerran, Damien (December 9, 2019). "M2 Is Bringing Toaplan's Back Catalogue To Modern Consoles". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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