Human

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Communicate, Inc., a company that developed some computer games and music sequencer software, and TRY (pronounced alphabetically) Corporation, a company that mostly developed Famicom/NES games, merged in April 1987 to form Sonata. [1] At some point, Sonata was renamed Human (ヒューマン株式会社) and got into the publishing business. (The first Human-published game was 1989's Fire Pro Wrestling: Combination Tag for the PC Engine.)

By the early 1990s, Human had become a relatively important publisher in Japan and remained so until it went bankrupt in November 1999. [2] The company also ran a game development school called Human Creative School.

Human started a pair of other development studios: BEC with Bandai in 1990 and HuneX with NEC in 1992. Both of these companies are still in operation. In addition, several other companies were started by former Human staff in the years leading up to and after its bankruptcy including 5pb. (sound director Chiyomaru Shikura), Grasshopper Manufacture (Fire Pro Wrestling director Goichi Suda), Nude Maker (Clock Tower director Hifumi Kouno), S-Neo (Satoru Minei and Takeshi Aikou), Sandlot (Shirou Kuroda), Suzak (producer Masahiro Yonezawa), and Vaill.

Given the company's back story, we are unsure to what the establishment date of May 1983 on Human's old website is referring.

Research Methods: Actual mentions, code comparisons, interviews (see below), online resources (see Links), shared staff

Related Interviews: Hitoshi Akashi

NOTE: For the time being, games published by Human (and Clock Tower for Wonderswan) will not be included in the list below.

Famicom/NES

  • The Adventures of Gilligan's Island (US Publisher: Bandai)
  • Exciting Boxing (JP Publisher: Konami)
  • Championship Rally / Exciting Rally: World Rally Championship (EU Publisher: HAL Laboratory; JP Publisher: Kaken)
  • F-1 Hero 2, Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu (JP Publisher: Varie)
  • Family Trainer 1: Athletic World / Athletic World (JP/US/EU Publisher: Bandai)
  • Family Trainer 2: Running Stadium / Stadium Events / World Class Track Meet (JP/US/EU Publisher: Bandai; US/CA Publisher: Nintendo)
  • Family Trainer 3: Aerobics Studio / Dance Aerobics (JP Publisher: Bandai; US Publisher: Nintendo)
  • Family Trainer 4: Jogging Race (JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • Family Trainer 5: Meiro Daisakusen (JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • Family Trainer 6: Manhattan Police / Street Cop (JP/US Publisher: Bandai)
  • Family Trainer 7: Famitre Daiundoukai / Super Team Games (JP Publisher: Bandai; US/CA Publisher: Nintendo)
  • Family Trainer 8: Totsugeki! Fuun Takeshijou (JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • Gyrodine (JP Publisher: Taito)
  • Jigoku Gokuraku Maru / Kabuki Quantum Fighter (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video; US Publisher: HAL Laboratory; EU Publisher: Nintendo)
  • Meimon! Dai San Yakyuu Bu (JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • Monster Party (US Publisher: Bandai)
  • Motocross Champion (JP Publisher: Konami)
  • Nakajima Satoru F-1 Hero / Michael Andretti's World GP (JP Publisher: Varie; US Publisher: Sammy)
  • Pro Wrestling (US/EU Publisher: Nintendo)
  • SD Gundam: Gachapon Senshi 2: Capsule Senki (JP Publisher: Shinsei)
  • Tatakae!! Ramen Man: Sakuretsu Choujin 102 Gei (JP Publisher: Shinsei)
  • Top Rider (JP Publisher: Varie)
  • Venus Senki (JP Publisher: Varie)
(Some?) Planning: Gen Creative House

Famicom Disk System

  • Kamen Rider Black: Taiketsu Shadow Moon (JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • Kinnikuman: Kinniku Ookurai Soudatsusen (JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • Pro Wres: Famicom Wrestling Association (JP Publisher: Nintendo)
  • SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi: Scramble Wars (JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi: Scramble Wars: Map Collection (JP Publisher: Bandai)

Links