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*''Top Roller'' (Jaleco)
 
*''Top Roller'' (Jaleco)
 
*''Yamato'' (Sega)
 
*''Yamato'' (Sega)
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===MSX===
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*''Cannon Turbo'' (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother])
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*''Yellow Submarine'' (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother])
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:<small>Early versions of these games have an E.L.S. copyright that does not appear in the final releases. [https://twitter.com/gdri/status/1370117445541842944]</small>
  
 
===SG-1000/SC-3000===
 
===SG-1000/SC-3000===
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The following games use the same font as ''Yamato'' and came up in a code comparison:
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The following games use the same font as ''Yamato'' (and the MSX games) and came up in a code comparison:
  
 
*<div style="color:red">''Monaco GP'' (JP/EU Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Monaco GP'' (JP/EU Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Pachinko'' (JP Publisher: Sega)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Pachinko'' (JP Publisher: Sega)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Pachinko II'' (JP Publisher: Sega)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Pachinko II'' (JP Publisher: Sega)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''Sega Flipper / Video Flipper'' (JP/EU Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Sega Flipper'' / ''Video Flipper'' (JP/EU Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Star Jacker'' (JP/EU Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Star Jacker'' (JP/EU Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)</div>
  
Minoru Kidooka worked at Sega and was one of the programmers on ''Monaco GP''. Perhaps ELS used assets from other games. ''Yellow Submarine'' for the MSX also uses the same font and fits in with the military theme of ELS's other games.
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Names of two programmers can be found in the ''Monaco GP'' ROM [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/ELS_(hidden_data)#Monaco_GP_.28SG-1000.29]; one of them is "M. Kidooka," who could be future [[Arc System Works]] founder Minoru Kidooka, but he had worked at Sega since 1982 and was involved with the design of the SG-1000. [http://web.archive.org/web/20111202123120/http://blog.gamekult.com/blog/boulapoire/189980/an-afternoon-at-arc-system-works.html]
  
 
[[Category:Companies]]
 
[[Category:Companies]]

Revision as of 21:54, 13 March 2021

Research Methods: Hidden data

Arcade

  • Commando (Sega)
  • D-Day (Jaleco)
  • Top Roller (Jaleco)
  • Yamato (Sega)

MSX

  • Cannon Turbo (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother])
  • Yellow Submarine (JP Publisher: Takeru [Brother])
Early versions of these games have an E.L.S. copyright that does not appear in the final releases. [1]

SG-1000/SC-3000

  • Yamato (JP Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)


The following games use the same font as Yamato (and the MSX games) and came up in a code comparison:

  • Monaco GP (JP/EU Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)
  • Pachinko (JP Publisher: Sega)
  • Pachinko II (JP Publisher: Sega)
  • Sega Flipper / Video Flipper (JP/EU Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)
  • Star Jacker (JP/EU Publisher: Sega; AU Publisher: John Sands; NZ Publisher: Grandstand)

Names of two programmers can be found in the Monaco GP ROM [2]; one of them is "M. Kidooka," who could be future Arc System Works founder Minoru Kidooka, but he had worked at Sega since 1982 and was involved with the design of the SG-1000. [3]