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Iwasaki was first contracted by Nintendo to reverse engineer the arcade game ''Donkey Kong'' so the latter 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 continues to develop games and tools and has maintained a close relationship with Nintendo for its entire existence.
 
Iwasaki was first contracted by Nintendo to reverse engineer the arcade game ''Donkey Kong'' so the latter 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 continues to develop games and tools and has maintained a close relationship with Nintendo for its entire existence.
  
HAL Laboratory was originally an associated company of Iwasaki. [https://twitter.com/Kenzoo6601/status/254402766531862528]
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Iwasaki was once the parent company of HAL Laboratory. [https://www.dtmstation.com/archives/52016817.html] [https://twitter.com/Kenzoo6601/status/254402766531862528]
  
 
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Hidden data, online resources
 
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Hidden data, online resources

Revision as of 05:34, 12 March 2020

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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 known primarily for making software development tools such as in-circuit emulators. Hiroji Iwasaki was the president. [1] [2] It may have shut down around 2000. [3]

Iwasaki was first contracted by Nintendo to reverse engineer the arcade game Donkey Kong so the latter could produce the sequel Donkey Kong Junior. [4] 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 continues to develop games and tools and has maintained a close relationship with Nintendo for its entire existence.

Iwasaki was once the parent company of HAL Laboratory. [5] [6]

Research Methods: Hidden data, online resources

Arcade

  • Space Stranger (Yachiyo)
The company's name is written (in Japanese) on the schematics. [7] [8]
  • Vs. Soccer (Nintendo)

Famicom/NES

  • Devil World (programming)
  • Donkey Kong 3 (programming?)
  • Duck Hunt (programming?)
  • Hogan's Alley (programming?)
  • Mario Bros. (programming?)
  • Robot Block / Stack-Up (programming?)
  • Robot Gyro / Gyromite (programming?)
  • Soccer
  • Tennis (programming?)
  • Wild Gunman (programming?)
  • Wrecking Crew (programming?)

Famicom Disk System

  • Metroid (programming)
  • Soccer
  • Tennis (programming?)

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