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Satoru Miki and Hiroyuki Fujiwara were freelance programmers that worked together on games for the likes of Pony Canyon and ISCO. In 1989 [1], they established Opera House in Naka-Meguro, Tokyo.

The fate of Opera House is unknown, but it appears that Miki went on to work for Gram Design [2] and Fujiwara went on to work for Nintendo. [3]

Research Methods: Code comparisons, e-mail, online resources (see external links), shared credits

Works

3DO

• F1GP (game program) (Plan, Game Design, Direction: Office Dynamite; JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)

Famicom/NES

• Break Time: The National Pool Tour (US Publisher: FCI)

[Actual mention - title screen] [Shared credits]

FM Towns

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance (game program) (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)

Actual mention

Game Boy

• Bubble Ghost (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon; US Publisher: FCI)

[Shared credits]

Game Gear

• Devilish (JP Publisher: Genki; US Publisher: Sage's Creation; EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
• Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei (game program) (Plan, Graphics, Sound: SIMS; JP Publisher: Sega)
• Side Pocket (under ISCO) (US Publisher: Data East)

Mark III/Master System

• Cloud Master (US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
• Double Hawk (game design, program) (Plan, Direction: Sanritsu; EU Publisher: Sega)
• Running Battle (EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)

Mega CD/Sega CD

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon; US/EU Publisher: Sega)

[Shared credits]

Mega Drive/Genesis

• Captain America and the Avengers (under ISCO) (US Publisher: Data East; EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
• Master of Monsters (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Toshiba EMI; US Publisher: Renovation)
• Midnight Resistance (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Data East; US Publisher: Sega)
• Verytex (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Asmik)

[Shared credits]

MSX1

• Alpharoid (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)
• Come On! Picot (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)

MSX2

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)
• American Soccer (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Nidecom)
• Nekketsu Kudo (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)
• Ninja Kun: Ashura no Shou (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: HAL Laboratory)
• Project A2 (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)
• R-Type (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Irem)
• Super Runner (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)
• Ultima: Exodus (game program) (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)

PC-98

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance (JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)

PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-CD

• Shin Megami Tensei (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Atlus)

[Shared credits]

Super Famicom/Super NES

• Classic Road (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Victor)
• Classic Road II: Real Kouma Simulation (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Victor)
• Jungle Wars 2: Kodai Mahou Atimos no Nazo (work cooperation with Marionette) (Program: Atelier Double; Game Design: Powwow; JP Publisher: Pony Canyon)
• Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Atlus)
• Super Hockey '94 (under ISCO) (JP Publisher: Party Room 21)

CRV's Theory of Opera House Development

My theory is simple: If game music guru Hitoshi Sakimoto worked on it and it was published by Pony Canyon or done under ISCO, then it was probably programmed by Opera House. It seems to have held true thus far.

The following are the most likely candidates. However, credits are not available, so I cannot confirm these at this time. CRV 20:28, 14 January 2007 (CST)

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dragons of Flame (PC-9801)
• Death Knight of Krynn (PC-9801)
• Crude Buster / Two Crude Dudes (Mega Drive/Genesis)
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Champions of Krynn (PC-9801)
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder (PC-9801)
• My Best Friends: St. Andrew Jogakuin Hen (Saturn)
• Virtual Gallop Kishudou (PlayStation)

External links

• Game credits
• SIT Developer Table - Opera House