 Kosuke, a veteran of the game development industry since high school, joined with former members of Climax Entertainment and Telenet Japan to create a company that he felt would "bring people serious game content".Nearly three years after their establishment, the company released their first game, "Alundra" for the PlayStation game console in April 1997, which would prove popular enough to receive a sequel two years later.In September 1999, Matrix obtained their first business partner in Chunsoft, with whom they collaborated to create a spin-off to their popular "Dragon Quest" series, "".