Kaga Tech
Kaga Tech Co., Ltd. (加賀テック株式会社) is a subsidiary of Kaga Electronics based in Tokyo that makes and sells electronic components. It was established on June 22, 1988 [1], as Naxat Co., Ltd. (株式会社ナグザット; "Naxat Soft" and later "Naxat" brand). It became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kaga Electronics in April 1990. The name was changed to Kaga Tech in May 1998, but games continued to be published under the Naxat brand. [2]
As Naxat, the company published and developed video games. Initially, it did no in-house development [3]; games were developed by outside companies such as Compile, Flight-Plan, KLON, Sting, and Tose. Eventually the team that developed W-Ring (PC Engine) at Flight-Plan joined Naxat, followed by the team that developed Eternal City (PC Engine) (company of origin unknown). [4] During the PC Engine era, both teams worked in the same development room, mostly on different projects. [5] Contractors from Spiel and Radical Plan worked in the same building. [6]
Naxat's development staff was expanded in the mid 1990s with the addition of IMP (Interactive Multimedia Products) in Osaka. Some of the IMP development staff came from GAPS, a company with which Naxat had collaborated on several Super Famicom games ("N&G Project"), and Magical. The Tokyo staff would resign from the company, allegedly following disparaging comments made by an IMP sales representative involving the game Planet Joker (Saturn). [7]
The exact details of what happened with IMP and the Osaka team are not known, but it appears the team stayed on with Kaga Tech into the 2000s. Kaga Tech and Kanto Automation, another Kaga Electronics subsidiary, merged in 2005. As part of the merger, Kaga Tech's "Entrust Business for Game Software Development" (as it is referred to in this press release) was expected to transfer to Digital Media Lab. This may be referring to the Osaka team because it looks some staff ended up over there. [8]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, shared staff
Naxat Tokyo R&D (ナグザット東京開発)
PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
- 1943 Kai (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Coryoon (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Some Programming: Spiel?
- PC Denjin: Punkic Cyborgs / Air Zonk (JP/US Publisher: Hudson)
- Game Design, etc.: Red
- Toshi Tensou Keikaku: Eternal City (JP Publisher: Naxat)
PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-CD
- Alzadick (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Kaze Kiri (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Mahjong Sword: Princess Quest Gaiden (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Programming, Some Visual Graphics: Spiel; Some Visual Graphics: Winds; Sound: Opus
- Super Real Mahjong PII & III Custom (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Programming, PII Graphics: Spiel?
- Super Real Mahjong PIV Custom (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Some Graphics: Winds
- Super Real Mahjong PV Custom (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Programming, Original Graphics: Spiel?; Graphics: Winds; Music, Sound Effects; Opus
- Wizardry I・II (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Programming, Some Graphics: Access; Sound: Cube
- Wizardry III・IV (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Programming, Some Graphics: Access; Some Sound: Cube
Saturn
- Honkaku Pro Mahjong Tetsuman Special (planning, graphics) (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Programming, Sound Support: Chatnoir; Sound: Opus
Super NES/Super Famicom
- Chou Makai Taisen! Dorabocchan / The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang (JP Publisher: Naxat; US Publisher: BPS)
- Some Production, Character Design?: Red
- Spriggan Powered (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Programming: Khaos
- Super Naxat Open: Golf de Shoubu da! Dorabocchan (JP Publisher: Naxat Soft) [9]
- Character Design: Red; Programming: Kuusoukagaku; Some Graphics?: KID
Naxat Tokyo R&D - 1st Div.
Saturn
- Kyuukyoku Tiger II Plus (co-developed with Takumi?) (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Sound: Sound Media
Team Nagoyan
A team in Nagoya?
PlayStation
- Fighting Network Rings (JP Publisher: Naxat)
IMP/Naxat Osaka R&D (ナグザット大阪開発)
Game Boy Advance
- Bouken-Ou Beet: Busters Road (JP Publisher: Bandai)
- Tales of the World: Summoner's Lineage (JP Publisher: Namco)
- Some Graphics: Studio Owl?*; Sound: Yoshidayama-Workshop
Game Boy Color
- Pocket King (JP Publisher: Namco) [10]
- Pocket Lure Boy (JP Publisher: King Records)
- Programming: Khaos?; Character Design: Studio Owl?*; Sound: Yoshidayama-Workshop
Saturn
- Planet Joker (JP Publisher: Naxat)
- Graphics: Studio Owl?*; Visual Graphics: Giraffe Soft; Animation: Yoyogi Animation Gakuin; Sound: Eurhythm
Super Famicom/Super NES
- Zootto Mahjong! (JP Publisher: Nintendo)
- Some Programming: Khaos?; Some Graphics: Studio Owl?*; Sound: Yoshidayama-Workshop
WonderSwan Color
- Mr. Driller (JP Publisher: Namco)
- Programming: Dragnet?; Graphics: Studio Owl?*; Sound: Yoshidayama-Workshop
*Studio Owl is credited on Planet Joker. Was this designer Daiya Yoshida's company?
