Yuji Horii(Quật tỉnh hùng nhị,Horii Yūji,born January 6, 1954)is a Japanese author, video game designer, writer and director best known as the creator of theDragon Questfranchise,[1]supervising and writing the scenario forChrono Trigger,andThe Portopia Serial Murder Case,released in 1983 as one of the firstvisual noveladventure games.[2][3]
Yuji Horii | |
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| Quật tỉnh hùng nhị | |
 Horii in 2011 | |
| Born | January 6, 1954 Sumoto, Hyōgo,Japan |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
| Employer | Armor Project |
| Notable work | |
Horii is CEO of his own company, Armor Project, a company that has an exclusive production contract withSquare Enix,[4]a contract established with Enix before the company merged withSquare,and is also one of the companies who co-own theDragon Questfranchise alongside Square Enix.
History
editHorii was born on January 6, 1954, inAwaji Island,Japan.He graduated fromWaseda University's Department of Literature. He also worked as a freelance writer for newspapers, comics, and magazines, including theFamicom Shinkenvideo games columnthat ran inWeekly Shōnen Jumpfrom 1985 to 1988.[5]
He then entered in anEnix-sponsoredgame programmingcontest, where he placed withLove Match Tennis,a tennis video game, motivating him to become a video game designer.[6]
Horii then createdThe Portopia Serial Murder Caseby himself,[7]a game that later inspiredHideo Kojima(ofMetal Gearfame) to enter the video game industry.[2][3]It is the first part of theYuji Horii Mysteriestrilogy, along with its successorsThe Hokkaido Serial Murder Case: The Okhotsk Disappearance(1984) andKaruizawa Yūkai Annai(1985).
After creating several more visual noveladventure games,Horii went on to createDragon Quest,which is said to have created the blueprint forJapanese console role-playing games,taking inspiration fromPortopia,[8]as well asWizardry[8]andUltima.[1]
He was a fan of Apple PC role-playing games and was motivated to createDragon Questfor ordinary gamers, who found such games difficult, and thus he worked on an intuitive control system,[9]influenced by his work onPortopia.[8]
His works also include theItadaki Streetseries. Horii was also a supervisor of theSuper Nintendo Entertainment Systemgame,Chrono Trigger,which hadmultiple game endings,with Horii appearing in one of the endings with the game development staff.
He is on the selection committee for the annualSuper Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award.
Works
editRecognition
editHorii received an award at the 2009Computer Entertainment Supplier's Associationdevelopers conference and a lifetime achievement award at the 2022Game Developers Conferencefor his work onDragon QuestandChrono Trigger.[10][11]
References
edit- "Square Enix Co., Ltd. 2004 Annual Report"(PDF).Square Enix.March 31, 2004. p. 70.RetrievedSeptember 18,2006.
- ^abNintendo Power November 2007.Future US, Inc.2007. pp. 77–80.
- ^abSzczepaniak, John (February 2011)."Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken".Retro Gamer.Archivedfrom the original on September 26, 2019.RetrievedMarch 16,2011.(Reprinted atSzczepaniak, John."Retro Gamer 85".Hardcore Gaming 101.Archivedfrom the original on April 12, 2011.RetrievedMarch 16,2011.)
- ^abKasavin, Greg (March 21, 2005).""Everything is Possible": Inside the Minds of Gaming's Master Storytellers ".GameSpot.CNET Networks.p. 2.Archivedfrom the original on September 29, 2007.RetrievedAugust 15,2007.
- ^"Top 100 Game Creators of All Time".IGN.Archived fromthe originalon March 5, 2009.RetrievedJune 25,2012.
- ^Fujii, Daiji (2003)."Entrepreneurial Choices of Strategic Options in Japan's RPG Development"(PDF).p. 13. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on December 30, 2008.RetrievedAugust 12,2006.
- ^"Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Special".Shmuplations.Archivedfrom the original on March 15, 2023.RetrievedMarch 14,2023.
- ^"1994 Game Developers - Interview Collection".Shmuplations.Archivedfrom the original on January 11, 2023.RetrievedMarch 14,2023.
- ^abc"East and West, Warrior and Quest: ADragon QuestRetrospective ".1UP.com.Archivedfrom the original on May 11, 2013.RetrievedJuly 5,2011.
- ^"Yuji Horii".Retro Gamer(97).Imagine Publishing:72–73. 2011.
- ^Graft, Kris (September 4, 2009)."Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Hori Headlines Awards".Gamasutra.Archivedfrom the original on February 20, 2011.RetrievedFebruary 14,2011.
- ^Lada, Jenni (March 24, 2022)."Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii Gets GDC 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award".Siliconera.Archivedfrom the original on March 24, 2022.RetrievedMarch 24,2022.
