Zap

From Game Developer Research Institute
Revision as of 13:28, 2 October 2010 by CRV (Talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search

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]

Notable employees include Hitoshi Akashi (赤司仁) of Beyond Interactive and Sony Computer Entertainment producer Takeshi Kajii (梶井健) (Demon's Souls [PS3]). [4]

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)