Elf

Founded in 1989-04-27 closed in 2015-10
Status: dead
Country: Japan

6.7

per year

Elf Corporation was founded on on April 27, 1989 in Tokyo by Masato Hiruta, Atsushi Kanao, and Toshihiro Abiru, a group of game designers that split off FairyTale. The company specializes in developing and publishing erotic games in various genres. Adult content in their games tends to be rather softcore; several Elf titles have been ported to console systems with adult scenes removed.

Elf's most popular games are the dating adventure Dōkyūsei (1992) and its sequels and spin-offs, as well as the role-playing game series Dragon Knight, the third installment of which has been officially translated into English and released in Western countries.

Elf as a company would eventually close down in October 2015. The publishing rights to most of their back catalogue of games went into the hands of DMM.com.

It is known for Biniku no Kaori, Doukyuusei, Dragon Knight

Releases per year

1989	20
1990	15
1991	13
1992	12
1993	12
1994	9
1995	11
1996	9
1997	12
1998	2
1999	4
2000	5
2001	3
2002	2
2003	3
2004	5
2005	2
2006	2
2007	1
2008	2
2009	2
2010	1

147 video games with valid date were considered (93%)

Overall rankings

	7
	9
	11
	3
	0

Common gametypes

Top platforms

Windows		41
NEC PC9801		32
X68000		19
FM Towns		10
NEC PC8801		10
MSX2		9
MS-DOS		8
Saturn		6
MSX		5
PC Engine		3
PS		3
PC Engine CD		3
PC-FX		2
Arcade		2
SNES		2

Elf best rated games

Dōkyūsei 2	1997	win
Ashita no Yukinojou	2001	win
Dragon Knight 4	2007	win
Doukyuusei	1995	pecd
Yu-No: A Girl Who Chants Love At The Bound Of This World	2000	win
Dōkyūsei	1992	x68k
Dragon Knight III	1994	pecd
Shangrlia 2: Special Edition	1993	x68k
Konoyo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo Yu-No	1997	sat
Kakyusei	1996	9801

Elf worst games

Words Worth	1993	9801
Shangrlia	1991	9801
Knights of Xentar	1994	dos
Dragon Knight II	1991	x68k
Dragon Knight	1990	x68k

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