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So after reading Paully3433's great review of The Guardian Legend, I started to remember all of the superb games that Compile created back in the day. So I stopped to ask myself, if I had the ability to restore one developer back to life from beyond the gaming grave, who would it be? After a lot of thought, I have to stick with Compile. Not only did they have a major influence in the shooter space, but came up with several other classic series. First off, the fantastic shooters. If you haven't played these and you like the genre I think you owe it to yourself to dig them up. I won't go into full fledged review mode on these (there is plenty of love out there if you Google them), but here are my suggestions: - Zanac - NES (started it all for me, I still play this one regularly... go for the 7 power-ups)
- The Guardian Legend - NES
- Gun*Nac - NES (space bunnies must be a terrible threat)
- Power Strike (Aleste) - SMS
- Space Megaforce (Super Aleste) - SNES
- Blazing Lasers (Gunhed) - TG-16/ PC Engine
- M.U.S.H.A. (Musha Aleste) - Genesis/Mega Drive
- Zanac X Zanac - PS (JP only, I wish it would hurry and come to PSN already)
If all of that isn't enough, they gave birth to Alien Crush and Devil's Crush which are wonderful pinball games, as well as the Puyo Puyo series for you puzzle game fans out there. With such an amazing history, it saddens me that Compile is no more. I miss the little blue Randar  , but if I had my wish, we'd see him again soon. So if you could wave your wand to bring back one developer, which would you choose?
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It would definitely be Bullfrog, they produced some of my all time favourite games like syndicate, power monger and theme park.
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I know they were also a publisher, but I really miss Acclaim games 
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Bitmap Brothers: I believe i have also seen a release from them "recently". I loved the RTS PC game Z.
FreshGames: Helped turn out some unique titles.
Luxoflux: Vigilante 8 games
Oddworld Inhabitants Inc: Abe's series
Rare: Goldeneye and earlier
Westwood: Pre EA aquisition
I could probably come up with more
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But Rare isn't dead... but I am guessing you want Rare back to the way it was. I personally thought it was good up through Perfect Dark, but after that... yeah.
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Yeah, I miss Nintendo Rare. Not Microsoft rare. Not eBay RARE LQQK!!
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Ensemble Studios. I know most would want it back for Age of Empires, but I want another Halo Wars! That's one of my favorite games this generation! (Yes, I've heard of Starcraft. And Command and Conquer. And SupCom. And Warcraft III, etc. etc. I enjoyed all those. But) we still play Halo Wars almost every weekend over LAN! I want me a Flood campaign/faction!
Working Designs/Game Arts. Yes, I dig Aksys, but it's not the same.
Pre-buyout Fasa Studios. I was one of the holdouts for a new Shadowrun RPG. I wasn't a hater on the Counter Strike clone we got, but it sure wasn't Shadowrun.
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Interesting to list Working Designs. I wouldn't consider them a devloper per se, but I do miss their quality standards in packaging.
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It is sad to loose any developing house...
I really miss Wolf Team & Digital Pictures.
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