Sunsoft Osaka

Started in June 1990 [1], the Osaka branch of Sunsoft mostly worked on games for the western market during a period when Sunsoft in Japan had otherwise ceased to do so.

It was closed down in 1994 but programmer Michio Okasaka (岡坂道夫) formed the independent Santaclaus in its place, contracting with Sunsoft for a number of years afterwards.

Research Methods: Interviews, shared staff

Arcade

• Virtual Batting (Sunsoft) [2]

Famicom/NES

• Barcode World (some graphics) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)

Developer: Epoch; Some Graphics: Tokyo Design Center

Game Boy

• Bomber King: Scenario 2 / Blaster Master Boy / Blaster Master Jr. (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
• Batman: Return of the Joker (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
• Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny to Yukai na Nakama Tachi / Looney Tunes (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
• Looney Tunes: Daffy Duck / Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (JP/US Publisher: Sunsoft)

Mega Drive/Genesis

• Lemmings (some graphics) (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
• Superman / Superman: The Man of Steel (some graphics) (US/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)

Developer: Thinking Rabbit

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

• Quiz no Hoshi (some graphics) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)

Developer: Tokyo Design Center

Super Famicom / Super NES

• Albert Odyssey Gaiden (unreleased) (Sunsoft)

Development was later restarted and completed at Nagoya. Osaka artist Hiroyuki Karashima is credited for his work on the original iteration in the final game.

• Pirates of Dark Water (US Publisher: Sunsoft)