Square Co.

Square Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto and Hironobu Sakaguchi. Their early games were released for the Nintendo Family Computer (also known as the Famicom, and known internationally as the Nintendo Entertainment System); however these were not particularly successful, and in 1987, the company faced the possibility of bankruptcy. The fortunes of the company changed with the release of the role-playing game Final Fantasy (so-called as it was thought to be Square's final game), which resulted in a number of sequels, including the massively popular Final Fantasy VII for the Sony PlayStation in 1997.

Square has also made other widely known games such as Chrono Trigger, the Kingdom Hearts series (in collaboration with Disney Interactive), Secret of Mana, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, Seiken Densetsu 3, Brave Fencer Musashi, Vagrant Story, and, to a lesser extent, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (independent from Nintendo Co. Ltd).

Square was merged into Enix (known for the Dragon Quest series), another Japanese video game producer, in 2002, forming the new company, Square Enix.

SquareSoft was a brand name used by Square between 1992 and 2003. As such, the name is often used (incorrectly) to refer to the entire organisation, but its corporate name remained Square Co., Ltd. until the Enix merger.

Square Co. Games

NEC PC-8801

• The Death Trap (1984)
• Will (1985)
• Genesis (1985)
• Cruise Chaser Blassty (1986)
• Alpha (1986)
• King's Knight Special (1987)

NEC PC-9801

• The Death Trap (1984)
• Will (1985)
• Cruise Chaser Blassty (1986)
• Alpha (1986)

MSX 1

• Dragon Slayer (1985)
• King's Knight (1986)
• Aliens (1987)

MSX 2+ (1987)

• Final Fantasy (1989)

Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System

• Thexder (1985)
• King's Knight (1986)
• 3-D WorldRunner (1987)
• Rad Racer (1987)
• JJ (Japan only) (1987)
• Final Fantasy (1987)
• Deep Dungeon III: The Journey to the Hero (Japan only) (1988)
• Hanjuku Hero (Japan only) (1988)
• Final Fantasy II (Japan only) (1988)
• Square's Tom Sawyer (Japan only) (1989)
• Final Fantasy III (Japan only) (1990)
• Rad Racer II (North America only) (1990)
• Final Fantasy I-II (Japan only) (1994)

Nintendo Game Boy

• Makai Toshi SaGa (Final Fantasy Legend in North America) (1989)
• Seiken Densetsu (Final Fantasy Adventure in North America) (1991)
• SaGa 2: Hiho Densetsu (Final Fantasy Legend II in North America) (1991)
• SaGa 3: Jiko no Hasha (Final Fantasy Legend III in North America) (1992)
• Makai Toshi SaGa (Final Fantasy Legend in North America) (1998)
• SaGa 2: Hiho Densetsu (Final Fantasy Legend II in North America) (1998)
• SaGa 3: Jiko no Hasha (Final Fantasy Legend III in North America) (1998)
• Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Final Fantasy Adventure in North America) (1998)

Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System

• Final Fantasy IV (Final Fantasy II in North America) (1991)
• Final Fantasy IV Easytype (1991)
• Romancing SaGa (Japan only) (1991)
• Final Fantasy V (Japan only) (1992)
• Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (Final Fantasy USA in Japan and Mystic Quest Legend in Europe) (1992)
• Hanjuku Hero: Aah Sekai yo Hanjuku Nare (Japan only) (1992)
• Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2 in Japan) (1993)
• Romancing SaGa 2 (Japan only) (1993)
• Alcahest (Japan only) (1993)
• Final Fantasy VI (Final Fantasy III in North America) (1994)
• Breath of Fire (Developed by Capcom and published in Japan by Capcom) (1994)
• Live A Live (Japan only) (1994)
• Chrono Trigger (1995)
• Front Mission (Japan only) (1995)
• Secret of Evermore (1995)
• Seiken Densetsu 3 (Japan only) (1995)
• Romancing SaGa 3 (Japan only) (1995)
• Bahamut Lagoon (Japan only) (1996)
• Front Mission: Gun Hazard (Japan only) (1996)
• Treasure of the Rudras (Japan only) (1996)
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
• Treasure Hunter G (Japan only) (1996)

Sony PlayStation

• Tobal No. 1 (1996)
• Pro-Logic Mahjong Pai-Shin (Japan only) (1997)
• Final Fantasy VII (1997)
• Bushido Blade (1997)
• Final Fantasy IV (Japan only) (1997)
• Power Stakes (Japan only) (1997)
• Tobal 2 (Japan only) (1997)
• Final Fantasy Tactics (1997)
• Digical League (Japan only) (1997)
• SaGa Frontier (1997)
• Front Mission Second (Japan only) (1997)
• Final Fantasy VII International (Japan only) (1997)
• Power Stakes Grade 1 (Japan only) (1997)
• Einhander (1997)
• Front Mission: Alternative (Japan only) (1997)
• Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon (Japan only) (1997)
• Super Live Stadium (Japan only) (1998)
• Xenogears (1998)
• Bushido Blade 2 (1998)
• Final Fantasy V (Japan only) (1998)
• Hai-Shin 2 (Japan only) (1998)
• Parasite Eve (1998)
• Power Stakes 2 (Japan only) (1998)
• Soukaigi (Japan only) (1998)
• Brave Fencer Musashi (1998)
• Another Mind (Japan only) (1998)
• Ehrgeiz (1998)
• Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2 (1998)
• iS: internal section (Japan only) (1999)
• Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
• Final Fantasy VI (Japan only) (1999)
• Final Fantasy Collection (Japan only) (Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI) (1999)
• Final Fantasy Collection Anniversary Package (1999)
• Chocobo Racing (1999)
• SaGa Frontier 2 (1999)
• Cyber Org (Japan only) (1999)
• Racing Lagoon (Japan only) (1999)
• Legend of Mana (1999)
• Front Mission 3 (1999)
• Final Fantasy Anthology (1999)
• Threads of Fate (Dewprism in Japan) (1999)
• Chrono Trigger (Japan only) (1999)
• Chrono Cross (1999)
• Parasite Eve 2 (1999)
• Chocobo Stallion (Japan only) (1999)
• Chocobo Collection (Japan only) (1999)
• Vagrant Story (2000)
• Final Fantasy IX (2000)
• Square Millennium Collection (Japan Only) (2000)
• Brave Fencer Musashi (2000)
• Final Fantasy Tactics (2000)
• SaGa Frontier (2000)
• SaGa Frontier 2 (2000)
• Front Mission 3 (2000)
• Legend of Mana (2000)
• Ehrgeiz (2000)
• Parasite Eve II (2000)
• Xenogears (Fei Edition and Elly Edition) (2000)
• Chrono Cross (2000)
• Final Fantasy Chronicles (2001)
• PSone Books (Japan Only) (2001)
• Final Fantasy Tactics (2001)
• Final Fantasy VII International (2001)
• Xenogears (2001)
• Chocobo Racing (2001)
• Front Mission 3 (2001)
• Ehrgeiz (2001)
• Chrono Trigger (2001)
• Final Fantasy Anthology European Edition (Europe only) (2002)
• Final Fantasy I & II Premium Package (2002)
• Final Fantasy (2002)
• Final Fantasy II (2002)
• Final Fantasy Origins (North America and Europe) (2002)

IBM PC compatible (Microsoft Windows)

• Final Fantasy VII (1998)
• Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
• Final Fantasy XI (Japanese Version only) (2002)
• Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart (Japanese Version only) (2003)

Sony PlayStation 2

• Driving Emotion Type-S (2000)
• All Star Pro-Wrestling (Japan only) (2000)
• Gekikuukan Pro Baseball (Japan only) (2000)
• The Bouncer (2000)
• All Star Pro-Wrestling II (Japan only) (2001)
• Final Fantasy X (2001)
• Final Fantasy X International (Japan only) (2002)
• Final Fantasy XI (2002)
• Final Fantasy XI 2002 Special Box Art (Japan only) (2002)
• Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart (Japan only) (2002)
• Kingdom Hearts (2002)
• Kingdom Hearts -Final Mix- (Japan only) (2002)
• Kingdom Hearts -Final Mix- Limited Platinum Version (Japan only) (2002)
• Neichibeikan Professional Baseball Final League (Japan only) (2002)
• World Fantasista (Japan only) (2002)
• Unlimited SaGa (Japanese version only) (2002)
• Final Fantasy X-2 (2003)
• Kingdom Hearts II (2006)
• Final Fantasy XII (2006)

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003)
• Final Fantasy V Advance (2006)