Mega Soft

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Originally called Whiteboard. Later renamed Santos. Became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sega called Megasoft in December 1991 [1], which was merged into Sega during the production of the two titles listed below.

The President of Megasoft assisted with the establishment of Treasure, which was in the same building. Some people from Megasoft apparently went on to work for Treasure.

Gaibrain was started by former Santos/Megasoft staff.

It is possible that the ex-President of Santos, who was replaced by the aforementioned President of Megasoft at the time of the changeover from Santos to Megasoft, went off and started a new company with the Santos name (similar to the situation with Aicom). This other Santos published and developed the PlayStation shooters AirGrave and Stahlfeder: Tetsukou Hikuudan.

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

As Whiteboard

Arcade

  • Dakko-chan House (Sega)
  • Photo Mahjong: Geki-san (Whiteboard)
  • Sukeban Janshi Ryuuko (Sega)

Mega Drive/Genesis

  • Mahjong Cop Ryuu: Hakurou no Yabou (JP Publisher: Sega)

As Santos

Arcade

  • Hammer Away (unreleased) (Sega)
Went on location test but was cancelled
  • Mahjong Quest (Taito)

Mega Drive/Genesis

  • Battle Golfer Yui (JP Publisher: Sega)
  • Toki: Going Ape Spit / JuJu Densetsu (US/EU/JP Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy; SK Publisher: Samsung)

As Megasoft

  • Aa Harimanada (JP Publisher: Sega)
  • Super Shinobi II, The / Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy; SK Publisher: Samsung)

As ?

Neo Geo

  • Janshin Densetsu [MVS/CD] (JP Publisher: Aicom [MVS], SNK [CD])
CRV's theory: Janshin Densetsu might have been developed by "the old" Santos but was cancelled. "The new" Santos (if it was indeed related to "the old" Santos) might have later sold it to "the new" Aicom. "The new" Santos and "the new" Aicom clearly had a relationship - Aicom's Akio Inoue is the producer on "the new" Santos' Stahlfeder: Tetsukou Hikuudan (PS), and former "old" Aicom programmer "Terayan" mentions Santos in a post about Aicom. [2] But then again, "sound creation" is credited to "Megabeat," which could be a play on "Megasoft." [3]

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