Opus

Founded: 1990-03-06^[1]

Defunct: 2024-04-04^[2]^[3]

Headquarters:

Daiji Tamaya Building, 5th Floor, 2-15-26 Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan^[4]

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Opus Co., Ltd. (株式会社オーパス), also known as Opus Corp. and Opus Studio, was a Japanese computer software and video game developer which specialized in planning^[4], music production, and sound design, especially known for their sound driver work during the 16-bit era.^[1]

Company

Opus was founded on March 6, 1990 by former Goblin Sound member and company CEO Takayuki Suzuki (鈴木隆志).^[1]

On April 4, 2024, Opus was forced to declare bankruptcy, citing the COVID pandemic and the resulting limits of working hours as reasons for the company's collapse.^[2]^[3]

Softography

Mega Drive

(1991)
(1992) (audio)
(unreleased)

Saturn

(1995)
(1996)
(1996)

Logos

External links

Official website (Japanese)
Opus at Game Developer Research Institute

References

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↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://gdri.blogspot.com/2024/09/opus-no-longer-with-us.html (Wayback Machine: 2024-09-04 17:13)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://www.opus.co.jp/index.php/company/ (Wayback Machine: 2023-12-13 10:25)

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