Astroll

Astroll Co., Ltd. (株式会社アストロール), headed by Junichi Mizutari (水足淳一), was originally established on April 28, 1977, as 有限会社ユニック (Unic? Unique?). It became Astroll in June 1997. [1]

The company profile linked above does not mention anything about Lenar Co., Ltd. (株式会社レナール). There is a possibility it operated as a separate entity.

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

Lenar

Famicom/NES

• Bird Week (JP Publisher: Toshiba EMI)
• Image Fight (JP/US Publisher: Irem)
• Major League (JP Publisher: Irem)
• Mashou / Deadly Towers (JP Publisher: Irem; US Publisher: Brøderbund)
• Napoleon Senki (JP Publisher: Irem)
• Tetris 2 + BomBliss (JP Publisher: BPS)

Junichi Mizutari is credited with bomb sound digitization. [2] Did he do this on behalf of Lenar?

• Zombie Hunter (background graphics, sound, voice synthesis) (JP Publisher: Hi-Score)

Game Boy

• Battle of Kingdom (JP Publisher: Meldac)
• F1 Boy (JP Publisher: ASK Kodansha)
• Knight Quest (US/JP Publisher: Taito)
• Tenjin Kaisen / Mercenary Force (JP/US Publisher: Meldac; EU Publisher: Nintendo)

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

• Klax (JP/US Publisher: Tengen)

"J. Mizutari" is credited with audio.

• Monster Pro Wres (JP Publisher: ASK Kodansha)

Super Famicom/Super NES

• GT Racing (JP Publisher: Imagineer)
• Gunman's Proof (JP Publisher: ASCII)
• Magna Braban: Henreki no Yuusha (JP Publisher: ASK Kodansha)
• Shushoku Game (JP Publisher: Imagineer)
• Sun Spo Fishing Keiryu Ou (JP Publisher: Imagineer)
• Touge Densetsu Saisoku Battle (JP Publisher: BPS)

Astroll

DS

• Akiyama Jin Kyouju Kanshuu: Zennou JinJin / MinDStorm / Master Jin Jin's IQ Challenge (co-developed with Altair) (JP Publisher: ASK; EU/AU Publisher: 505 Games; US Publisher: Valcon Games)

PlayStation

• Cocktail Harmony / Cocktail no Recipe (JP Publisher: Astroll/D3 Publisher)
• Itadaki Street: Gorgeous King (some graphics) (JP Publisher: Enix)

Scenario, Game Design: Armor Project; Developer: Tomcat System; Some Graphics: Algo-Nicus, Goukaido; Sound: BeatManiac; Opening Movie: Shadow Entertainment

• Sound Novel Evolution 2: Kamaitachi no Yoru Tokubetsu-hen (JP Publisher: Chunsoft)

PlayStation 2

• American Arcade / Pinball (JP Publisher: Astroll; EU Publisher: Play It)
• EX Billiard / Real Pool (JP Publisher: Takara; US/EU Publisher: Infogrames)
• Mahou Tsukai Kurohime (JP Publisher: Tomy)

PlayStation 3

• Seikan (unreleased)

Links

• Official Astroll website (Japanese)
• Lenar entry on Developer Table (Japanese)
• Astroll entry on Developer Table (Japanese)