The Tower of Druaga
In 1981, Endō joined Namco. During his time with the company, in 1982 he created the wildly popular shoot 'em up game "Xevious", single-handedly designing, programming and drawing the graphics for the game. Later he produced "The Tower of Druaga" and "Grobda", both released in 1984. "Xevious" set the template for vertical scrolling shooters, while "The Tower of Druaga" laid the foundations for action role-playing games.