Difference between revisions of "Zap"
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| − | '''Zap''' ( | + | '''Zap''' (株式会社ザップ) was a game development company started by entrepreneur Yuichiro Itakura (板倉雄一郎) in February 1984 [http://www.yuichiro-itakura.com/partner/prof_itakura.html] at the age of 19. [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Hitoshi_Akashi] It may have had its roots in a company called Way Limit. [http://www.generation-msx.nl/msxdb/softwareinfo/258] |
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, interviews, shared staff | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, interviews, shared staff | ||
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*''Chuugoku Janshi Story: Tonpuu'' (JP Publisher: Natsume) | *''Chuugoku Janshi Story: Tonpuu'' (JP Publisher: Natsume) | ||
*''Super Rugby'' (JP Publisher: TSS) | *''Super Rugby'' (JP Publisher: TSS) | ||
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| + | The following games share a font with ''Ankoku Shinwa'' and ''Super Rugby'': | ||
| + | *<div style="color:red">''Elysion'' (JP Publisher: Tokyo Shoseki)</div> | ||
| + | *<div style="color:red">''Paris-Dakar Rally Special'' (JP Publisher: CBS/Sony Group)</div> | ||
| + | *<div style="color:red">''Transformers: The Head Masters'' [FDS] (JP Publisher: Takara)</div> | ||
===Mark III/Master System=== | ===Mark III/Master System=== | ||
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*''Payload'' (JP Publisher: Sony) | *''Payload'' (JP Publisher: Sony) | ||
*''Pineapplin'' (JP Publisher: Zap) | *''Pineapplin'' (JP Publisher: Zap) | ||
| + | *''Raid on Bungeling Bay'' (JP Publisher: Sony) | ||
===MSX2=== | ===MSX2=== | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 10 June 2010
Zap (株式会社ザップ) was a game development company started by entrepreneur Yuichiro Itakura (板倉雄一郎) in February 1984 [1] at the age of 19. [2] It may have had its roots in a company called Way Limit. [3]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, interviews, shared staff
Related Interviews: Hitoshi Akashi
Famicom/NES
- Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu (JP Publisher: Tokyo Shoseki)
- Programming: Another
- Chuugoku Janshi Story: Tonpuu (JP Publisher: Natsume)
- Super Rugby (JP Publisher: TSS)
The following games share a font with Ankoku Shinwa and Super Rugby:
- Elysion (JP Publisher: Tokyo Shoseki)
- Paris-Dakar Rally Special (JP Publisher: CBS/Sony Group)
- Transformers: The Head Masters [FDS] (JP Publisher: Takara)
Mark III/Master System
- Summer Games / Jogos Olympícos (under subcontract with Kaga Electronics?) (EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
MSX1
- Bomber King (JP Publisher: Hudson)
- Cosmo Explorer (JP Publisher: Sony)
- Fairy (JP Publisher: Zap)
- Funky Mouse (JP Publisher: Sony)
- Glider (JP Publisher: Zap)
- Manes (JP Publisher: Zap)
- Midnight Brothers (JP Publisher: Sony)
- Payload (JP Publisher: Sony)
- Pineapplin (JP Publisher: Zap)
- Raid on Bungeling Bay (JP Publisher: Sony)
MSX2
- Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu (JP Publisher: Tokyo Shoseki)
- Barunba (JP Publisher: Namco)
- Ninja (JP Publisher: Bothtec)
- Taiyou no Shinden: Aztec II (JP Publisher: Tokyo Shoseki)
PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
- Barunba (JP Publisher: Namco)
- Dead Moon: Gessekai no Akumu / Dead Moon (JP Publisher: TSS; US Publisher: NEC Home Electronics)
