Natsu System

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Natsu System (有限会社夏システム) was established in June 1988 and headed by Shinichiro Yoshikawa (吉川真一郎). [1] It may have been affiliated with a company called Systembit.

Research Methods: Hidden data, online resources, shared staff

Arcade

  • Beach de Reach! (unreleased?)
  • Mokugeki / DownTown (sound effects) (Seta)
Music: Goblin Sound
  • U.S. Classic (sound effects) (Seta)
Music: Goblin Sound

Game Boy

  • Doraemon Kart (programming, graphics; under subcontract with MTO?) (JP Publisher: Epoch)
Music Composition/Sound Effects/Data Production: Team X-Fade
  • Initial D Gaiden (programming, graphics; under subcontract with MTO?) (JP Publisher: Kodansha)
Music?: GETS (Global Entertainment Technology Systems); Music Composition/Sound Effects/Data Production: Team X-Fade
  • Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu F-1 Hero GB (programming) (JP Publisher: Varie)
  • Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu F-1 Hero GB '92 / F1 Pole Position (programming) (JP Publisher: Varie; US/EU Publisher: Ubisoft)
  • Pachinko CR Daiku no Gen-san GB (JP Publisher: Telenet Japan)
Sound: Team X-Fade
  • Pachi-Slot Hisshou Guide GB (JP Publisher: Magifact)
Sound: Team X-Fade
  • Palamedes ([some?] programming) (JP Publisher: Hot-B)
Developer: Natsume
  • Panel Action Bingo (US Publisher: FCI)
  • Renju Club: Gomoku Narabe (JP Publisher: Hect)
  • Vattle Giuce (JP Publisher: IGS)

Game Boy Color

  • Doraemon Cart 2 (JP Publisher: Epoch)
Sound: Team X-Fade?
  • Honkaku Shogi: Shogi Ou (JP Publisher: Warashi)
  • Honkaku Taisen Shogi: Ayumu (JP Publisher: Culture Brain)
  • Katou Hifumi Kudan no Shogi Kyoushitsu (JP Publisher: Culture Brain)
Looks very similar to Honkaku Shogi: Shogi Ou
  • Sakata Goro Kudan no Renju Kyoushitsu (JP Publisher: Culture Brain)
Looks very similar to Renju Club for Game Boy

Game Gear

  • Griffin (JP Publisher: Reno)
  • Putt & Putter / Minigolf (programming?) (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sega; KR Publisher: Samsung; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

  • Gaiframe (JP Publisher: Masaya)
Character Design: Winds; Sound: Goblin Sound
  • Sekigahara (JP Publisher: Tonkin House)
Sound: Opus

PlayStation

  • CRW: Counter Revolution War (JP Publisher: Acclaim)
Movie: Studio Fantasia; Sound: Team X-Fade
  • Katou Hifumi Kudan Shougi Club (JP Publisher: Hect)
  • Mahjong Club (JP Publisher: Hect)
  • Seirei Shoukan: Princess of Darkness (JP Publisher: Shoeisha)
Some Sound: Team X-Fade
  • Tutankhamun no Nazo: Ankh (co-developer) (JP Publisher: Ray Corporation)
Co-Developer: Warashi

Saturn

  • Beach de Reach! (JP Publisher: MyCom)
Sound: Team X-Fade
  • Pyon Pyon Kyaruru no Mahjong Biyori (JP Publisher: Natsume)
Sound: Team X-Fade
  • Tokimeki Mahjong Graffiti: Toshishita no Tenshi Tachi (programming?) (JP Publisher: Sonnet Computer Entertainment)
  • Tutankhamun no Nazo: Ankh (co-developer) (JP Publisher: Ray Corporation)
Co-Developer: Warashi

Super Famicom/Super NES

  • Bishin Densetsu Zoku (programming?) (JP Publisher: Magifact)
Developer: WiZ; Sound Programming: Cue
  • Katou Hifumi Kudan Shogi Club (JP Publisher: Hect)
  • Mahjong Club (JP Publisher: Hect)
  • Shin Shogi Club (JP Publisher: Hect)
  • Shogi Club (JP Publisher: Hect)
  • Table Game Daishuugou!! (programming) (JP Publisher: Varie)
  • U-Jin Janjuu Gakuen 2 (programming?) (JP Publisher: Varie)
Programming is credited to Art Developers Corporation, but the programmers seem to be from Natsu System.
  • Wally o Sagase!: Ehon no Kuni no Daibouken (programming) (JP Publisher: Tomy)
Coordination?: WiZ; Developer: Opus

Windows

  • Mahjong Aotenjou for Windows (JP Publisher: Mycom)
  • VoiPara Vol. 1: Kanai Mika (JP Publisher: Natsu System)
  • VoiPara Vol. 2: Yoshida Konami (JP Publisher: Natsu System)
  • VoiPara Vol. 3: Nagasawa Miki (JP Publisher: Natsu System)

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