Dragnet

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Dragnet Incorporated (有限会社ドラグネット) is a software development firm in Hyogo Prefecture established in 1990. [1] It is presumably run by Masaharu Ohno (大野正治), a former Thinking Rabbit programmer.

Research Methods: Actual mentions, hidden data, shared staff

Game Boy

  • Go Go Ackman (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
The high score table initials spell out "OZUKA AKUZO," which seems to be a pseudonym used by programmer Kazuo Okabayashi.

Game Boy Color

  • Pocket King (some programming) (JP Publisher: Namco)
Developer: Kaga Tech; Some Programming: Khaos?; Some Graphics: Studio Owl?; Sound: Yoshidayama-Workshop
  • Speedy Gonzales: Aztec Adventure (programming?; under subcontract with Outback) (US/EU Publisher: Sunsoft)

Mega CD/Sega CD

  • Sengoku Denshou (JP Publisher: Sammy)
Graphics: ?; Sound: Kan's?

Mega Drive/Genesis

  • Caliber .50 (US Publisher: Mentrix Software)
Graphics: ?
  • Chiki Chiki Boys (sound driver?) (JP/US/EU/AU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy; KR Publisher: Samsung)
  • The NewZealand Story (JP Publisher: Taito)
Development predates Dragnet's establishment, but it wasn't by Thinking Rabbit, either.
  • Superman / Superman: The Man of Steel (some programming?) (US Publisher: Sunsoft; EU/AU Publisher: Virgin)
Co-Developer: Thinking Rabbit
  • Wardner no Mori Special / Wardner (JP Publisher: Visco; US Publisher; Mentrix Software)
Graphics: ?

PlayStation

  • Gionbana 2: Kanazawa Fumiko-hen (programming) (JP Publisher: Nichibutsu)
Developer: O-Two; ?: Dplus, Ponytail Soft
  • Kakugo no Susume (some programming) (JP Publisher: Tomy)
Developer: Kan's
  • Koukaku Kikai Shidan Bein Panzer (programming support) (JP Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Natsuiro Kenjutsu Komachi (JP Publisher: NEC Interchannel)
  • Kyuukyoku no Sokoban ([some?] programming) (JP Publisher: Itochu)
Developer: Thinking Rabbit; Movie Music: Tomo Music; Sound Design: Bluemoon
  • Sokoban Basic (programming; under subcontract with Outback) (JP Publisher: Itochu)
Some Graphics: Studio K; Some Music: Tomo Music

Super Famicom/Super NES

  • Dear Boys (some programming?) (JP Publisher: Yutaka)
Developers: Kan's, Brightside
  • Hissatsu Pachinko Collection 4 (some programming?) (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
Programming, Graphics: Falcon
  • Illvanian no Shiro (some programming?) (JP Publisher: Clary)
Developer: Thinking Rabbit; Some Programming?: Giraffe Soft; Sound Driver: Atelier Double; ?: O-Two
  • Koushien 4 (some programming) (JP Publisher: Magical)
  • Super Drift Out (programming) (JP Publisher: Visco)
Sound Programming: Kan's?
  • Super Sokoban (programming?) (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
Developer: Thinking Rabbit; ?: Giraffe Soft?
  • Zenkoku Koukou Soccer Senshuken '96 (some programming) (JP Publisher: Magical)
Some Programming: System Prisma

WonderSwan Color

  • Mr. Driller ([some?] programming) (JP Publisher: Namco)
Developer: Kaga Tech; Graphics: Studio Owl?; Sound: Yoshidayama-Workshop

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