Heartbeat (company)

Heart Beat Inc. (株式会社ハートビート, Kabushiki-gaisha Hāto Bīto) (sometimes Heartbeat)^[1] was a Japanese video game developer, famous for developing the sixth and seventh installments of the Dragon Quest series. Heartbeat also developed a remake of Dragon Quest IV. Plans to localize this remake in North America were halted when the employees of Heartbeat decided to take a sabbatical in January 2002.^[2] The company stated its reason was "the raise of development costs", despite the massive financial success of its games.^[3] Several of its former members created Genius Sonority.^[1] The company now appears defunct.

Heart Beat Inc.

Native name	株式会社ハートビート
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Hāto Bīto
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	October 1992 (1992-10)
Founder	Manabu Yamana
Defunct	2002
Headquarters	Chūō, Tokyo , Japan
Website	https://www.heartbeat.co.jp/

Games

Super NES

• Dragon Quest VI
• Dragon Quest III (remake)

PlayStation

• Dragon Quest VII
• Dragon Quest IV (remake)