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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 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] It may have shut down around 2000. [http://www.kyonetsu.jp/company.html]
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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. [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] It may have shut down around 2000. [http://www.kyonetsu.jp/company.html]
  
Iwasaki was first contracted by Nintendo to reverse engineer ''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.
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Iwasaki was 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.
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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
  
 
===Arcade===
 
===Arcade===
*<div style="color:red">''Space Stranger'' (Yachiyo) [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/File:Space_Stranger.jpg]</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Space Stranger'' (Yachiyo) </div>
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:<small>The company's name is written (in Japanese) on the schematics. [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/File:Space_Stranger.jpg] [https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNia5DRC1RqSuvyEK618lmqe2wvJhsuLHiOIgysy6IAiUmB0LyGzKx8mymPoAwFZg?key=a3NqVDltd3hQbkowQ0V2OGo5MzU1QUZXbnhnTGFB]</small>
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*''Vs. Soccer'' (Nintendo)
  
 
===Famicom/NES===
 
===Famicom/NES===
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*''Hogan's Alley'' (programming?)
 
*''Hogan's Alley'' (programming?)
 
*''Mario Bros.'' (programming?)
 
*''Mario Bros.'' (programming?)
*''Metroid'' [disk] (programming)
 
 
*''Robot Block'' / ''Stack-Up'' (programming?)
 
*''Robot Block'' / ''Stack-Up'' (programming?)
 
*''Robot Gyro'' / ''Gyromite'' (programming?)
 
*''Robot Gyro'' / ''Gyromite'' (programming?)
*''Soccer'' [cart, disk]
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*''Soccer''
*''Tennis'' [cart, disk] (programming?)
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*''Tennis'' (programming?)
 
*''Wild Gunman'' (programming?)
 
*''Wild Gunman'' (programming?)
 
*''Wrecking Crew'' (programming?)
 
*''Wrecking Crew'' (programming?)
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===Famicom Disk System===
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*''Metroid'' (programming)
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*''Soccer''
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*''Tennis'' (programming?)
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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[[Category:Companies]]
 
[[Category:Companies]]
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[[Category:Nintendo]]
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[[Category:Companies based in Kyoto]]

Latest revision as of 23:49, 13 September 2021

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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 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?)

Links