{{Short description|Defunct video game companies of South Korea}} {{Multiple issues| {{expand Korean|메가_엔터프라이즈|date=August 2023}} {{primary sources|date=August 2023}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2023}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = MEGA Enterprise Co., Ltd.<br />메가엔터프라이즈 | logo = | type = [[Private company|Private]] | fate = [[Bankruptcy]]<br />Amid suspicions of corruption in special military service, company officials disappeared, stopped all services provided, and suddenly closed down | slogan = | founded = 1998 | defunct = 2007 | hq_location = [[Yeongdeungpo-gu]], [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] | key_people = Lee Sang-Min <small>(President)</small> | num_employees = | industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]] | products = [[Arcade game]]s | revenue = | website = }}
'''Mega Enterprise''' ({{langx|ko|메가엔터프라이즈}}) or also '''MEGA''', was a South Korean company that specialised in developing video games. It was formerly located at [[Yeongdeungpo-gu]] in [[Seoul]].<ref name="location">{{cite web | url=http://megaent.en.ec21.com/company_info.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921104628/http://megaent.en.ec21.com/company_info.jsp | archive-date=2013-09-21 | title=MEGA Enterprise Co., LTD. - Company Profile }}</ref>
Mega Enterprise was best known for publishing and porting some of video game titles developed by [[Data East]] and [[Technōs Japan]] to the PC for the Korean market, as well as having developed two [[Arcade game|arcade-only]] games: ''Pull Trigger''<ref>[http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=12875 Pull Trigger - Videogame by MEGA Enterprise Co., Ltd.]</ref> (released in 2003), and ''[[Metal Slug 4]]'' with Noise Factory for the [[Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo]] after the original developer, [[SNK Playmore|SNK]], went bankrupt.
In South Korea, Mega also published PC and [[PlayStation 2|PS2]] games from companies like [[Activision]] (for the first), and [[SNK Playmore]] (instead for the second). It also developed ''Metal Slug Online'' game for PC.
==History== Mega was established in Yeongdeungpo-gu in 1998.<ref name="location"/>
The company closed in 2007 amidst allegations of corruption.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/214/0000039498?sid=102 | title=병역특례, 돈받고 '병역장사' }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thisisgame.com/webzine/news/nboard/4/?n=6378 | title=메가엔터프라이즈를 찾습니다! | date=13 August 2007 }}</ref>
==Games published by MEGA== All games listed for each platform are published only in [[South Korea]].
===Arcade=== * ''[[Metal Slug 4]]'' (2002) - co-developed with Noise Factory and [[Playmore]] * ''[[The King of Fighters 2003]]'' (2003) * ''[[Metal Slug 5]]'' (2003) - co-developed with Noise Factory and [[SNK Playmore]] * ''[[Power Instinct|Power Instinct Matrimelee]]'' (2003) * ''Pull Trigger'' (2003) * ''[[Rage of the Dragons]]'' (2002) - co-developed with [[Evoga|Evoga Entertainment]] * ''[[SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos]]'' (2003) * ''[[Time Crisis 3]]'' (2003) * ''[[Tekken 5]]'' (2004)
===Personal computer (PC)=== * ''[[Super Dodge Ball (1996 video game)|Super Dodge Ball]]'' (2001) * ''[[Call of Duty (video game)|Call of Duty]]'' (2003) * ''[[Day of Defeat]]'' (2003) * ''[[Empires: Dawn of the Modern World]]'' (2003) * ''[[X2: Wolverine's Revenge]]'' (2003) * ''[[Call of Duty: United Offensive]]'' (2004) * ''[[Medieval: Total War]]'' (2004) * ''[[Shrek 2 (video game)|Shrek 2]]'' (2004) * ''[[Spider-Man 2 (2004 video game)|Spider-Man 2]]'' (2004) * ''[[Zwei: The Arges Adventure]]'' (2004; developed by [[Falcom]] in 2001)
===PlayStation 2=== * ''[[Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven]]'' (2003) * ''[[Metal Slug 3]]'' (2003) * ''[[The King of Fighters 2001]]'' (2004) * ''[[Fu-un Shinsengumi]]'' (2004) * ''[[Shutokou Battle#History|Kaidō Battle 2: Chain Reaction]]'' (2004) * ''[[Kengo 3]]'' (2004) * ''[[KOF: Maximum Impact]]'' (2004) * ''[[SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos]]'' (2004) * ''[[Starsky & Hutch (video game)|Starsky & Hutch]]'' (2004) * ''[[Fu-un Bakumatsu-den]]'' (2005) * ''[[The King of Fighters 2002]]/[[The King of Fighters 2003|2003]]'' (2005)
===Mobile phone=== * ''Catch the Crab'' * ''[[Zwei!!]]''
===Web Online=== * ''KongKong Online'' * ''Poporu'' * ''TOOJI Online''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921091826/https://megaent.en.ec21.com/|title=Official Website}}
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