Akira Sakuma (programmer)

Not to be confused with the creator of "Momotaro Dentetsu."

Akira Sakuma (佐久間晶) is a former video game programmer who worked for Data East (joined April 1983), TAD (joined July 1988), and Use (joined March 1993). [1] Today, he is involved with maritime search technology. (OLD!Gamer 11)

Game list

At Data East

• Pro Bowling (AC) (programmer - US version) (1983)
• Zaviga (AC) (sub programmer) (1984)
• B-Wings / Battle Wings (AC) (main programmer) (1984)
• Metal Clash (programmer) (1985)
• Last Mission (AC) (game designer, system designer, game programmer) (1986)
• Psycho-Nics Oscar / Oscar (AC) (project leader, game designer, game programmer) (1987)
• RoboCop (AC) (programming support) (1988)
• Stadium Hero (AC) (programmer) (1988)

At TAD

• Toki (AC) (programmer) (1989)
• Sky Smasher (AC) (programming support) (1990)

At Use

• Family Jockey 2: Meiba no Kettou (GB) (programmer) (1993)
• Tsume Shougi: Mondai Teikyou Shougi Sekai (GB) (programmer) (1994)
• Super Hanafuda (SFC) (programmer) (1994)
• Super Hanafuda 2 (SFC) (programmer) (1995)
• Super Yakyuu Dou (SFC) (programmer) (1996)
• Elf o Karu Mono-tachi: Hanafuda-hen (SS) (programmer) (1997)
• Navy Blue '98 (GB) (programmer) (1998)
• Strider (PS) (programmer) (2000)

Links

• Blog post: Five with Akira Sakuma
• Personal website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine) (Japanese)