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GDRI (Game Developer Research Institute) researches the history of video games and their creators. Site updates, news, and retrogaming links.
Mar 15, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Going through games HAL Laboratory did for VIC-20/MAX Machine/C64. I think they did several games they're not credited with anywhere. A little harder to tell with VIC-20 games because they lack the distinctive font. Is Sea Wolf for the MAX Machine the same as the C64 version? Videos suggest the answer is "yes."
Mar 5, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
(Game Machine 1993/10/15, p. 30) Coin-op company Gamestar established. Capcom owned 60%, Romstar 30%, Capcom U.S.A. 10%. (Game Machine 1995/8/15, p. 22) Gamestar and Brick Road, which operated arcades in San Diego, merged into Capcom U.S.A. Three new subsidiaries established: Capcom Coin-Op, Capcom Digital Studios, and Capcom Entertainment. Capcom U.S.A. becomes holding company.
Dec 29, 2019 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Trying to document the different Sega and Sega Mark III logos that pop up on Master System games when the region is set to Japan For example, games Arc System Works worked on — Double Dragon, Scramble Spirits, Vigilante — display this logo:
Dec 21, 2019 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Exa Planning is listed in the Information Business Directory from 1990. Akio Inoue, representative. 13 employees. Established July 15, 1986. Development of computer game software. books.google.com/books?newbks=1… I still don't know if this was a separate company from Aicom or if it was an earlier name. While this is from 1990, it could be outdated information.
Dec 6, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Worked at Zap before that gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php… Kan Naito was another early Zap staff member. He programmed Super Rambo for the Sharp X1. tcrf.net/Super_Rambo_(S…
Nov 18, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Taito's name is hidden in Kagerou Densetsu (Famicom). The supervisor is "Ojamamushi," who worked on Taito games, so it's possible the game was supposed to be published by Taito.