Advance Communication

Advance Communication Company (アドバンスコミュニケーション株式会社) was headed by Takahisa Takezaki (竹崎貴久). [1]

Advance Communication was once a member of the "21st Century Information Industry Network Cooperative" (which still exists). AIM president Hideaki Tsujikawa (辻川英章) was Head of the Secretariat around the same time. [2] Some presumed Advance Communication programmers would go on to work for AIM.

It appears the company filed for bankruptcy in 1994. [3] [4]

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources, shared staff

Famicom/NES

• Cycle Race: Roadman: Gekisou!! Nihon Isshu 4000km (JP Publisher: Tonkin House)
• Dynowarz: The Destruction of Spondylus (US Publisher: Bandai)
• Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (JP Publisher: Toho)
• Hikari no Senshi Photon: Wakusei Zordias no Tatakai (JP Publisher: Takara)
• Jekyll Hakase no Houma ga Toki / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (JP Publisher: Toho; US Publisher: Bandai)
• Last Armageddon (JP Publisher: Yutaka)
• Moeru! Onii-san / Circus Caper (JP/US Publisher: Toho)
• Niji no Silk Road: Zig Zag Boukenki (programming, graphics) (JP Publisher: Victor)

Production: I&S; Character Design: Banana Grove Studio; Advising: Caramel Mama; Music Direction: Astro Music; Town Layout: Studio Pallet (?)

• Oishinbo: Kyuukyoku no Menu 3bon Shoubu (sound?) (JP Publisher: Bandai)
• Otaku no Seiza (JP Publisher: M&M)
• Sansara Naga (JP Publisher: Victor)
• Seirei Gari (programming, sound) (JP Publisher: Hudson Soft)

Production, Planning, Graphics: Sofix

• Shounen Ashibe: Nepal Daibouken no Maki (JP Publisher: Takara)
• Tsurikichi Sanpei: Blue Marlin-hen (JP Publisher: Victor)
• Ys (JP Publisher: Victor)
• Ys II (JP Publisher: Victor)
• Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (JP Publisher: Victor)

Famicom Disk System

• Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: Dai-2 Shoutai Shutsudou seyo! (JP Publisher: Bandai)
• Tama & Friends: 3-Choume Daibouken (JP Publisher: Bandai)

Game Boy

• Chibi Maruko-chan: Okozukai Daisakusen (JP Publisher: Takara)
• Jinsei Game Densetsu (JP Publisher: Takara)

Mega CD/Sega CD

• Wakusei Woodstock: Funky Horror Band (JP Publisher: Sega)

Mega Drive/Genesis

• Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special (sound) (JP Publisher: Toho)

Developer: Funari

• Kidou Seisatsu Patlabor: 98-shiki Kidou seyo! (JP Publisher: Ma-Ba)

MSX2

• Tsurikichi Sanpei: Blue Marlin-hen (JP Publisher: Cross Media Soft)

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

• Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf / Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf (sound) (JP Publisher: Victor; US Publisher: Accolade)

Developer: Beam Software

• Kattobi! Takuhai-kun (JP Publisher: Tonkin House)
• Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru / Keith Courage in Alpha Zones (JP Publisher: Hudson; US Publisher: NEC)
• Tatsu no Ko Fighter (co-developer) (JP Publisher: Tonkin House)
• Tora e no Michi / Tiger Road (JP Publisher: Victor; US Publisher: NEC)

Super Famicom/Super NES

• Cyber Knight (JP Publisher: Tonkin House)
• Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu (JP Publisher: Tokuma Shoten)
• Light Fantasy (JP Publisher: Tonkin House)
• Sansara Naga 2 (co-developer?) (JP Publisher: Victor)
• Serizawa Nobuo no Birdie Try / Mecarobot Golf (JP/US Publisher: Toho)
• Super Godzilla (JP/US Publisher: Toho)
• Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (JP Publisher: Tonkin House; US Publisher: Sammy)
• Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (JP Publisher: Tonkin House)

Links

• Tweet by former employee (Japanese)
• Naoki Iwai on Facebook (Japanese)