Difference between revisions of "Iwasaki"
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− | '''Iwasaki Electronics Co., Ltd.''' (岩崎技研工業株式会社; Iwasaki Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd.; formerly Iwasaki Engineering Co., Ltd. in English) was a Kyoto-based company with an office in Tokyo. It was primarily known for making software development tools such as in-circuit emulators. Hiroji Iwasaki was the company president. [http://books.google.com/books?id=5JqZAAAAIAAJ&q=%22hiroji+iwasaki%22&dq=%22hiroji+iwasaki%22&hl=en&ei=SJbCTdyhKIfZgAee26yAAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ] | + | '''Iwasaki Electronics Co., Ltd.''' (岩崎技研工業株式会社; Iwasaki Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd.; formerly Iwasaki Engineering Co., Ltd. in English) was a Kyoto-based company with an office in Tokyo. It was primarily known for making software development tools such as in-circuit emulators. Hiroji Iwasaki was the company president. [https://books.google.com/books?ei=SJbCTdyhKIfZgAee26yAAg&ct=result&id=5JqZAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22hiroji+iwasaki%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22iwasaki+electronics%22] [http://books.google.com/books?id=5JqZAAAAIAAJ&q=%22hiroji+iwasaki%22&dq=%22hiroji+iwasaki%22&hl=en&ei=SJbCTdyhKIfZgAee26yAAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ] |
− | Iwasaki was first contracted by Nintendo to reverse engineer ''Donkey Kong'' so that it could produce the sequel ''Donkey Kong Junior''. [https://www.mc-law.jp/kigyohomu/24294/] Nintendo did not have the source code as that was written by another company ([[Ikegami Tsushinki]]). Iwasaki would go on to program several of Nintendo's early Famicom/NES games. | + | Iwasaki was first contracted by Nintendo to reverse engineer ''Donkey Kong'' so that it could produce the sequel ''Donkey Kong Junior''. [https://www.mc-law.jp/kigyohomu/24294/] Nintendo did not have the source code as that was written by another company ([[Ikegami Tsushinki]]). Iwasaki would go on to program several of Nintendo's early Famicom/NES games. Members of Iwasaki then started a new company in 1986 called Intelligent Systems, which also develops games and tools and has maintained a close relationship with Nintendo for its entire existence. |
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Hidden data, online resources | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Hidden data, online resources | ||
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*''Hogan's Alley'' (programming?) | *''Hogan's Alley'' (programming?) | ||
*''Mario Bros.'' (programming?) | *''Mario Bros.'' (programming?) | ||
− | *''Metroid'' (programming | + | *''Metroid'' [disk] (programming) |
*''Robot Block'' / ''Stack-Up'' (programming?) | *''Robot Block'' / ''Stack-Up'' (programming?) | ||
*''Robot Gyro'' / ''Gyromite'' (programming?) | *''Robot Gyro'' / ''Gyromite'' (programming?) | ||
− | *''Soccer'' | + | *''Soccer'' [cart, disk] |
− | *''Tennis'' (programming?) | + | *''Tennis'' [cart, disk] (programming?) |
*''Wild Gunman'' (programming?) | *''Wild Gunman'' (programming?) | ||
*''Wrecking Crew'' (programming?) | *''Wrecking Crew'' (programming?) | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== |
Revision as of 05:06, 18 December 2017
Iwasaki Electronics Co., Ltd. (岩崎技研工業株式会社; Iwasaki Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd.; formerly Iwasaki Engineering Co., Ltd. in English) was a Kyoto-based company with an office in Tokyo. It was primarily known for making software development tools such as in-circuit emulators. Hiroji Iwasaki was the company president. [1] [2]
Iwasaki was first contracted by Nintendo to reverse engineer Donkey Kong so that it could produce the sequel Donkey Kong Junior. [3] Nintendo did not have the source code as that was written by another company (Ikegami Tsushinki). Iwasaki would go on to program several of Nintendo's early Famicom/NES games. Members of Iwasaki then started a new company in 1986 called Intelligent Systems, which also develops games and tools and has maintained a close relationship with Nintendo for its entire existence.
Research Methods: Hidden data, online resources
Famicom/NES
- Devil World (programming)
- Donkey Kong 3 (programming?)
- Duck Hunt (programming?)
- Hogan's Alley (programming?)
- Mario Bros. (programming?)
- Metroid [disk] (programming)
- Robot Block / Stack-Up (programming?)
- Robot Gyro / Gyromite (programming?)
- Soccer [cart, disk]
- Tennis [cart, disk] (programming?)
- Wild Gunman (programming?)
- Wrecking Crew (programming?)