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'''Welcome to GDRI (Game Developer Research Institute)!'''
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<div style="background-color:#C8C8C8; text-align: right;"><small>'''FOLLOW GDRI ON [https://twitter.com/gdri TWITTER]''' :: [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</small></div>
  
GDRI is a website dedicated to finding out more about the companies and people involved with video game development. For more information, please read our [[About]] section. All are invited to contribute!
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'''GDRI (Game Developer Research Institute)''' is a website dedicated to researching the companies and people involved with video game development, especially the hidden world of contract development. To find out more about who we are and what we do, read [[About|our about page]]. Otherwise, please click one of the links on the menu to the left, or read our blog below. <small>(For increased enjoyment, go to a [[Special:Random|random page]].)</small>
 
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==Blog==
 
==Blog==
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For the time being, new blog entries will be posted on [https://cohost.org/gdri our Cohost account]. Here are the ten latest posts:
 
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===The LJN Mysteries: X-Men Part 2 and Some Other News===
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X-Men Part 2:
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*According to [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ボーステック Japanese Wikipedia], software company Bothtec merged with Quest in 1990. It separated from Quest in 1997, "but it is merged in the B B M F that performed a capital tie-up on May 1, 2009, and the company will become extinct."
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*In [http://ton.2ch.net/retro/kako/983/983720642.html this old 2ch thread], post 832 says Dungeon Kid (FC RPG from Quest and [[Company:Pixel|Pixel]]) shares a piece of music with the FDS version of Relics (published by Bothtec). Post 856 suggests Pixel and Bothtec may have been in the same building.
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*We know Pixel did stuff for Quest, but what about Bothtec?
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*I previously pointed out a cheat in FDS Topple Zip which involves entering "PIXEL" as a player name to become invincible.
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*The shared music between Dungeon Kid and Relics is not a solid piece of evidence. Composer Masaharu Iwata, who went on to work on several Pixel games, would have been a Bothtec employee when he was working on Relics, going by [http://iwata.cocoebiz.com/index.shtml his profile]. He was probably still with Quest when he did Dungeon Kid. He worked for Quest (post-Bothtec merger) for a year before becoming a freelancer.
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*Relics does have a X-Men vibe to it...maybe.
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*It's possible I read [http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=18325#18325 this old post from ArnoldRimmer83] long before he contacted me a couple days ago.
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Other news:
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*The Hitoshi Akashi interview is slowly coming along. I keep procrastinating editing it, and I still have more questions.
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*Thanks to PingvinBlueJeans for sharing his research of "pre-Crash" developers with us.
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*[http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~sumwel_h/doc/juris/odsbcj-h2-3-29.htm Judgment handed down by Judge Hashimoto from the Osaka District Court regarding the Ikegami/Nintendo/Donkey Kong case]. Of course, it's all in Japanese.
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*Read GDRI's past LJN exposé posts in their new permanent locations:
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:[[Blog:6#The LJN Mysteries: X-Men|The LJN Mysteries: X-Men]]
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:[[Blog:6#LJN and...Atlus? UPDATE!|LJN and...Atlus? UPDATE!]]
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:[[Blog:6#LJN and...Atlus?|LJN and...Atlus?]]
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<div align="right">[[User:CRV|CRV]], 17 May 2009</div>
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==Links==
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*[http://twitter.com/gdri GDRI on Twitter]
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*[http://mixi.jp/show_friend.pl?id=20864637 GDRI on Mixi] (Japanese)
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*[http://www.smspower.org/ SMS Power]
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*[http://www.vgrebirth.org/ Video Game Rebirth]
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*[http://www.atariage.com/ AtariAge]
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*[http://www.lostlevels.org/ Lost Levels]
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[[Links|More...]]
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==Featured posts==
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COMING SOON?
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==Did you know...==
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...[[Company:Atlus|Atlus]] developed games for LJN?
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...[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Sega Sega] had a development studio [[Company:Sega Midwest Studio|in the midwestern United States]]?
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...[[Company:Zippo Games|Zippo Games]] developed both NES Wizards & Warriors sequels?
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==Blog archive==
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/5542274-xenon-2-megablast Xenon 2: Megablast (X68000/PC-98)]
Newest-to-oldest
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::Taking a look at the X68000 and PC-98 versions of the Amiga shooter ''Xenon 2'', ported by [[System Sacom]]
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/4701254-one-theory-that-has Road Prosecutor (LaserActive)]
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::Why are there all these people from ''GameFan'' magazine in the ending credits?
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/4104045-it-s-the-35th-annive Space Harrier (Famicom)]
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::Yes, they made ''Space Harrier'' for the Famicom.
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/4081961-hoashi-s-tweet-also SD Gundam Sangokushi Rainbow Tairiku Senki (Arcade)]
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::Kenji Eno's ''Contra'' clone
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/3421681-the-hanshin-tigers-b Mouko Densetsu '95: Hanshin Tigers (Super Famicom)]
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::An unreleased Super Famicom baseball game, apparently developed by [[Arc System Works]]
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/2992433-fast-facts-about Fast (?) Facts About "The Legendary Axe"]
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::Interesting things about the TurboGrafx barbarian action game
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/408489-enter-exerion Enter Exerion]
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::Some history on Jaleco's early arcade shooter
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/2671211-the-pc-98-version-of The PC-98 version of Karateka is a thing]
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::Looking at the rare PC-98 version of the classic ''Karateka''
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/2540425-i-was-going-through B-17: The Flying Fortress and U-Boats: The Wolfpack (Windows)]
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::They're not games; they're videos on CD-ROM.
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*[https://cohost.org/gdri/post/1770728-sonic-origins-plus Arc System Works and Sonic 1 for Game Gear]
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::Why does Arc take credit for this?
  
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Latest revision as of 05:37, 13 April 2024


FOLLOW GDRI ON TWITTER :: Recent Changes    

GDRI (Game Developer Research Institute) is a website dedicated to researching the companies and people involved with video game development, especially the hidden world of contract development. To find out more about who we are and what we do, read our about page. Otherwise, please click one of the links on the menu to the left, or read our blog below. (For increased enjoyment, go to a random page.)

Blog

For the time being, new blog entries will be posted on our Cohost account. Here are the ten latest posts:

Taking a look at the X68000 and PC-98 versions of the Amiga shooter Xenon 2, ported by System Sacom
Why are there all these people from GameFan magazine in the ending credits?
Yes, they made Space Harrier for the Famicom.
Kenji Eno's Contra clone
An unreleased Super Famicom baseball game, apparently developed by Arc System Works
Interesting things about the TurboGrafx barbarian action game
Some history on Jaleco's early arcade shooter
Looking at the rare PC-98 version of the classic Karateka
They're not games; they're videos on CD-ROM.
Why does Arc take credit for this?

You can still read older blog entries below:

BLOG ARCHIVE (Newest-to-oldest) 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1