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Lookie here...Another investigation. But at least the Aspect name is actually in most of the roms of the games they worked on, towards the beginning, so this will be easier to do.

How did this start? Well, while looking for Sanritsu/SIMS stuff, I found something similar to this sample code snippet:

MS SONIC¥CHAOS < Ver1.20 > 1993/08/03 @SEGA/Aspect Co.,Ltd

Now, here's a list of games that I've found were done by Aspect:

- Batman Returns (SMS/GG)
The GG rom doesn't have credits or the Aspect name, but we can safely assume it was done by them.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Sonic & Tails (SMS/GG)
- Sonic Chaos/Sonic & Tails 2 (SMS/GG)
- Sonic Blast/G Sonic (SMS/GG)
- Sonic Triple Trouble (GG)
- Tails' Adventure (GG)

Looks like they did mostly Sonic games. I'll investigate suspect games later on.

Between these, the Sanritsu/SIMS games, the Compile games, and the games by Western firms, how many games did Sega actually do for the SMS and GG themselves? I guess that's how you get away with supporting 15 different systems.

http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/aspect-co-ltd/

Emuaust wrote

http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/aspect-co-ltd/

I've seen the list. It's mostly incorrect. Sonic Spinball was done in the US by Sega. Sonic 1 was done by Yuzo Koshiro's company, Ancient.

Have you checked the Mickey Mouse games and Asterix for similarities within the code?

CRV wrote

Sonic Spinball was done in the US by Sega.

Only the Genesis version.

More games I've found to be by Aspect:
Cola Cola Kid (or Kids, as it says in the ROM)

gg sonic & tails2 < ver1.01 > 1993/09/07 @sega/aspect co.,ltd

For some reason, the Legend of Illusion ROM has the above code snippet. I guess the game is by Aspect.

Aspect's official site has all their games listed. But guess what? They use generic descriptions instead of actual game names. Let's try to figure these out together...

Game Gear
1997
"dinosaur action" (The Lost World: Jurassic Park?)
1996
"action" (G Sonic/Sonic Blast?)
1996
"hand-to-hand fighting" (?)
1995
"hand-to-hand fighting action (sound only)" (?)
1995
"action" (?)
1994
"action" (Sonic & Tails 2/Sonic Chaos?)
1994
"character mini-game collection" (?)
1994
"character action (3 kinds, type)" (Cola Cola Kid's probably one of them, the two others ?)
1993
"action (2 type, kind)" (?)
1992
"action" (?)

Master System
1993
"action (2 type, kind)" (?)
1991
"hand-to-hand fighting action" (?)

Updated Saturday, August 13, 2005:

Known Sega/Aspect Games:
Batman Returns (SMS/GG)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMS/GG)
Sonic Chaos/Sonic & Tails (SMS/GG)
Deep Duck Trouble (SMS/GG)
Sonic Blast/G Sonic (SMS/GG)
Jurassic Park (SMS/GG)
Sonic Triple Trouble (SMS/GG)
Tails' Adventures (GG)
Coca Cola Kid (GG)
Legend of Illusion (SMS/GG)

Credits from known Sega/Aspect games:

Batman Returns (SMS)

Planning Hase
Design M. Sato
Design Jyouoh Akk
Program Hiro. 777
Program K.O
Asp. Staff Toshi.Fujiyama
Asp. Staff Yasujirou.M
Sound Motohiro Kawashima
Sound Program Mikito Ichikawa
Sound Management Yuzo Koshiro
Special Thanks GG Batman Project Team

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMS)

Compose Tomozou
Compose Simachan
Compose Ray
Program Ko,Ko
Program Semimaru
Program Tea Tea
Program Tosiyan
Art Jly King
Art Noborin
Art Tez
Art U,D,K
Edit Raizou
Edit M,Shima
Edit End
Edit Mariyuri
Sound Gatao
Sound Nao Chan
Sound Dawasa
Thanks Asohy
Thanks Taku,S
Thanks The Hase
Thanks Thomas Y
Thanks Okusan
Thanks Lunarian
Thanks Hitmen
Thanks Aspect
and You

Sonic Chaos (SMS)

Game Design M. Shima, Ray, 500ZO
Art 7LY.Bigking, Gen, Noborin, East
Sound Mix Nagao N. Gee
Program Koko, Hiro 777, Toshiyan, Tomoyan
Thanks to Hitmen, The Hase, Kensan, Gadai, Mikarin, LLG, J.S, K. Dash, Hasuwo, Yokoyamasan, Tomozo, and You

Deep Duck Trouble

Game Designers Sharusharu, Otanuki Sp.
Artist Mikarin
Background Artists Manaby, 7LY Big King, Tamun
Sound Programers Nagao+O+Gee, Lotty
Sound Composer S. Kobayashi
Game Manual Shonan Boy, 168, Pantaloon
Producers Hitmen, Hase
Walt Disney Producer Patrick Gilmore
Main Programmer Hiro 777
Support Programmers Koko, Mix, Toshiyan, Gadai, Tomoyan
Special Thanks to Emirin, Yoshio, Yoshida, Suusang, Gaisu, Rei, Cindy, M. Inoue, E. Yamamoto, T. Matsuda

Sonic Blast (GG)

Producer Hiroshi Aso
(Hiroshi Aso is a SEGA employee. I have a feeling these games weren't completely by Aspect.)
Director Ryushin Hamada
Map Design Akira Okamoto, Ken Sasaki
Chief Programmer Toshiaki Araki
Programmer Yoshiaki Makishima
Chief Designer Fumikazu Sugawara
Designer Taro Murayama
Sound Composer Kojiro Mikusa
Special Thanks Kazuyuki Oikawa, Aspect All Staff

Jurassic Park (SMS)

Director Asohy
Producer Jun Tsu Chi
Chief Programmer ToToYo
Programmer Com Blue, Saku, Ken-San
Art Work Ei Ei O, Jyouoh Akk, Tez Mania
Sound Management Lotty, N. Gee
Planner LLG, Suu Sang
Special Thanks Hase, James S., Jessy T., Steve B., Kazu

Sonic Triple Trouble

Producer M. Hoko
Director K. Hase
Staff M. Sima, N. Honda, Saori K., T. Ihoroi, S. Higashi, O. Kodera, Toshiaki, K. Oikawa, H. Sai, K. Mixa, Sukioka, M. Tatsu, Tomoko, Fumi, Yoshiki
Composer Yayoi F.
Thanks H. Kojima, Y. Furuta, Hayato T., N. Taidai, K. Unoki, Ray F., J. Spahn, N. Katoh, R. Somaki, J. Misima, Y. Okitsu, T. Tanaka, Manabu M. and You

Suspicious Sega/Aspect Games

Asterix & the Secret Mission (SMS/GG)
Golden Axe Warrior (SMS)
The Cyber Shinobi (SMS)
Defenders of Oasis (GG)
Running Battle (SMS)

Credits from suspicious Sega/Aspect Games

Asterix & the Secret Mission (SMS)

Artist Kyuzou, Tamun, Choko, U D K
Program Milk Tea, Atsu
Sound Funky K.H.
Game Design Ken A, Taidai, K. Dash
Director Asohy, Hase, Hide
Special Thanks to Taku, Tomozou, Michael, Kia

Golden Axe Warrior (SMS)
I had suspected this as a Sanritsu game, but it shares staff from the known games, and not really any from Sanritsu. But it came out before Aspect's first game (a "hand-to-hand fighting game" which came out in 1991), so it's probably not from them.

Programmers Pochi, Com Blue
Planner Okaru
Designers Gen, Chouko, Hide, Aiou_Tmkf
Sound Tarnya
Special Thanks to Cap-Elf, LLG

The Cyber Shinobi (SMS)

Planners Cap-Elf, Min
Designers Hide, Udi, Mic-Satho, Fudho-Jyo
Programmers K.Tany, [unknown], Sekihin
Composers Shirige Nuki, Shiriko Dama
Director Chief-N

Defenders of Oasis (GG)

9PROGRAM 2 Lunarian SG ÿ6PLANNING @K,OCT 9(TOMARIN ÿ SCENARIO ADVISER MASAYUKI ISHIKAWA ,$ILLUSTRATION 40KINO CHAN ÿ?SOUND >TYPE-O .$VOICE ACTOR )0POLMI ATSU ÿ' GRAPHIC DESIGN E-IRO JYOUOH (SADA 4CHOKO \7 BIG KING `Y,NOZAKI m(HIDE n4GEN ÿ<THANKS SIVA KUDO ,TATE bRAI-ZOU k SATO h,ASOHY ÿPRESENTED BY SEGA

Decipher them yourselves.

I've searched my SMS folder for the string "Aspect", and besides the games listed above, I've also found it in Marko's Magic Football.

CRV, may I write a page at Sonic the Hedgehog Information treasury using your info? http://shit.sclassic.net/index.php/Main_Page

Phred wrote

I've searched my SMS folder for the string "Aspect", and besides the games listed above, I've also found it in Marko's Magic Football.

CRV, may I write a page at Sonic the Hedgehog Information treasury using your info? http://shit.sclassic.net/index.php/Main_Page

Yes, "Aspect" is in the game, but it's part of the word "Aspecto" in some foreign language dialogue.

And yes, you can use the info. But as I hinted before, Aspect may have only served as a co-producer on these games. I don't know (the same may be possible for Sanritsu/SIMS, but it seems more likely with Aspect).

CRV wrote

1994
"character mini-game collection" (?)

Doraemon?

How about Shadam crusader?

PROGRAM　-
Lunarian SG
　
-　PLANNING　-
K,OCT
TOMARIN
　
-　SCENARIO ADVISER　-
MASAYUKI ISHIKAWA
　
-　ILLUSTRATION　-
KINO CHAN
　
-　SOUND　-
TYPE-O
　
-　VOICE ACTOR　-
POLMI
ATSU
　
-　GRAPHIC DESIGN　-
E-IRO
7 BIG KING
JYOUOH
Y,NOZAKI
SADA
HIDE
CHOKO
GEN
　
-　THANKS　-
SIVA
RAI-ZOU
KUDO
SATO
TATE
ASOHY

idrougge wrote

How about Shadam crusader?

I don't know. The more I think about it, the more I think Aspect was just a co-producer, not the sole developer. Com Blue, Gen, Choko, and Hide turn up on the Phantasy Star series credits. They can't be Aspect employees.

It's going to be tough to figure out what was worked on by Aspect because we don't know who worked for Aspect. And frankly, I'm not as motivated with this as I was with the Sanritsu/SIMS investigation.

CRV wrote

I don't know. The more I think about it, the more I think Aspect was just a co-producer, not the sole developer. Com Blue, Gen, Choko, and Hide turn up on the Phantasy Star series credits. They can't be Aspect employees.

Yeah, I'm guessing they're a company like Red Entertainment in that companies contract them out to do certain parts of development, like graphics and art but they don't make the games in their entirety.

I'm pretty much just going to say Aspect was a co-developer on these SMS/GG games. And I'm only going to count the games that mention Aspect in the ROM. That leaves us with...

Batman Returns (SMS)
Coca Cola Kid (GG)
Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (SMS/GG)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMS/GG)
Sonic Chaos/Sonic & Tails (SMS/GG)
Sonic the Hedgehog in Triple Trouble/Sonic & Tails 2 (GG)
Sonic Blast/G Sonic (SMS/GG)
Tails' Adventures (GG)

They worked on others, such as a hand-to-hand fighting game for the SMS in 1991 (probably Running Battle). But thanks to the vague descriptions on their site instead of actual game titles, we may never know what.

CRV wrote

"hand-to-hand fighting action (sound only)" (?) 1995

I've now solved this. The game is Fatal Fury Special. Sound credits:
K.OIKAWA
K.MIKUSA

K. Mikusa is Kojiro Mikusa, who also did sound on Sonic Blast.
K. Oikawa should be none other than Aspect boss, Kazuyuki Oikawa.
The same team did sound on Fatal Fury 2 on Megadrive.

idrougge wrote

CRV wrote

"hand-to-hand fighting action (sound only)" (?) 1995

I've now solved this. The game is Fatal Fury Special. Sound credits:
K.OIKAWA
K.MIKUSA

K. Mikusa is Kojiro Mikusa, who also did sound on Sonic Blast.
K. Oikawa should be none other than Aspect boss, Kazuyuki Oikawa.
The same team did sound on Fatal Fury 2 on Megadrive.

Very good find.

Aspect is one of the leading guidebook publisher in Japan. They work usually on the guidebook during the game developpement with the creative team. So it's normal the developpers thanks Aspect at the game credits.

Adoru wrote

Aspect is one of the leading guidebook publisher in Japan. They work usually on the guidebook during the game developpement with the creative team. So it's normal the developpers thanks Aspect at the game credits.

Good point, but I don't think they made guidebooks for, say, the SMS version of Batman Returns, which wasn't released in Japan.

Yes, it's weird to read that.

CRV wrote

- Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Sonic & Tails (SMS/GG)
- Sonic Chaos/Sonic & Tails 2 (SMS/GG)
- Sonic Triple Trouble (GG)

I thought that Sonic Triple Trouble = Sonic & Tails 2... are you sure that your classification is correct?

Tommaso.Accinelli wrote

I thought that Sonic Triple Trouble = Sonic & Tails 2... are you sure that your classification is correct?

No, you're right. If you had read further, you would have seen I corrected myself.

Thanks to being given some credits from a Super Famicom game that Aspect did called "Go Go Ackman 2," I can now basically confirm that the following SMS/GG games were developed by Aspect:

G Sonic/Sonic Blast
Lost World, The: Jurassic Park
Sonic & Tails 2/Sonic Triple Trouble
Tails Adventures
Virtua Fighter Mini/Virtua Fighter Animation

Go Go Ackman 2 (SFC)

Executive Producer Yukimasa Sugiura
Producer Hajime Ishikawa
Project Reader Tatsuo Masuda*
Planner Xyzzy
Chief Programmer Tatsuo Masuda*
Programmer Toshiaki Araki*
Chief Designer Sukeyasu Arimoto
Graphic Designer Teruo Hamai*
Taro Murayama*
Sound Composer Koujiro Mikusa (K.Mixa)*
Data Converter Yoshiki Matsushima
Map Editer Taro Murayama*
Scenario and Game
Design Xyzzy
Guest Character
Design Akira Toriyama
Publicity Kazue Hitomi
Special Thanks Kazuhiko Torishima
Kenzi Okamoto
V Jump
Kazuyuki Oikawa*
Aspect
Super Visor Kisaburo Higashi
Takashi Shimomichi

Lost World, The: Jurassic Park (GG)

Producer Steve Hutchins
Producer Makoto Oshitani
Director Katsuhiro Hasegawa
Programmer Tatsuo Matsuda*
Programmer Yoshiaki Makishima*
Planner Hiroko Mori
Designer Hirobumi Kanoh
Designer Kenji Sasaki (Kanji Sasaki)
Designer Hitomi Hattori
Sound Composer Koujiro Mikusa*
Special Thanks Kazuyuki Oikawa*
Assoc. Producer Mike Jablonn
Lead Tester Karen Brown
Assistant Lead Todd Slepian
Assistant Lead Matt Underwood
Testers Aaron Hommes
Testers Paulita Villatuya
Testers Tony Lynch
Testers Marcus Montgomery
Testers Tim Spengler
Product Manager Kristin McCloskey
Special Thanks Shuji Utsumi
Special Thanks Steve Booth - MCA
Special Thanks Geraldine
Special Thanks Janine
Special Thanks Bot
Special Thanks Ryoichi Hasegawa

Sonic Blast (GG/SMS)

Producer Hiroshi Aso
Director Ryushin Hamada
Planner Katsunori Murakami
Hiroaki Suzuki
Map Design Akira Okamoto
Kenji Sasaki (Ken Sasaki)
Chief Programmer Toshiaki Araki*
Programmer Yoshiaki Makishima*
Chief Designer Fumikazu Sugawara*
Designer Taro Murayama*
Sound Composer Koujiro Mikusa (Kojiro Mikusa)*
Special Thanks Kazuyuki Oikawa (Aspect)*
Aspect All Staff

Tails Adventures (GG)

Producer Katsuhiro Hasegawa (K. Hasegawa)
Directors Katsuhiro Hasegawa (K. Hasegawa)
M. Simamura
O. Kodera
Artists Nobuhiko Honda (N. Honda)
Shin'ichi Higashi (S. Higashi)
Programmers Kazuyuki Oikawa (K. Oikawa)*
H. Saigusa
Yoshiaki Makishima (Y. Makishima)*
Sound Producer Koujiro Mikusa (K. Mixa)*
Special Thanks Tadashi Ihoroi (T. Ihoroi)
P. Tezuka
Hisayoshi Yoshida (H. Yoshida)
R. Fujiwara
Ryoichi Hasegawa (R. Hasegawa)
Osamu Nakazato (O. Nakazato)
T. Kojima

Virtua Fighter Mini/Virtua Fighter Animation (GG/SMS)

Producer Yasuhiro Nishimoto
Programmers Tatsuo Matsuda*
Yoshiaki Makishima*
Chief Designer Teruo Hamai*
Designer Fumikazu Sugawara*
Taro Murayama*
Aya Sato
Data Converter Satoshi Ozawa
Yukio Shimeno
Music Composer Koujiro Mikusa (Koujiro Mixa)*
Special Thanks Hisayoshi Yoshida
Kazuyuki Oikawa*

I have done a bit of investigation with the help of CRV's list above about these credited names. The ones that are question marked are not sure.

Also I have looked at the other games but these may or may not be Aspect.

# K. Mixa was credited in Sonic Triple Trouble as staff, 3 music tracks from Sonic Chaos was also used in that game (Try Again, Sunset Park Boss Unused, Boss Defeated STT Unused), it is probably a guess that he had worked on this game.

Hiro 777 worked on Sonic's Gameworld that was done by Aspect but some of the credits here on Sonic Chaos look like they belong to Sega.

As for Asterix and the Secret Mission, the only recognisable names are:
Katsuhiro Hayashi (Funky K.H.)
N. Taidai (Taidai) [Thanks on Sonic Triple Trouble]
Hiroshi Aso? (Asohy) - Director
Katsuhiro Hasegawa (Hase) - Director
Tomozou Endo (Tomozou)

Unless these are freelance, most of these are Sega's own staff since they appear in both Sega and Aspect games. I think Aspect was like a co-developer that got more seperated as time went on.

I don't really take producers/directors or even sound and graphics people into account when determining the developer. What you first need to look at is the programmers.

I can probably safely say that Asterix & the Secret Mission was not by Aspect in any way, shape, or form.

Add another game to the Aspect pile: "Tama & Friends - 3chome Koen Tamalympic"

The following can be found in the ROM:

TAMA Ver 1.02 1994/11/01 SEGA/Aspect Co.,Ltd

Frankly, I haven't kept this thread as up-to-date as I have some of the others.

For up-to-date findings on Aspect, go to:
http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Aspect

Taking another glance at the GG/SMS credits and breaking them down into planning, graphics, programming, and sound, it looks like Aspect really didn't have anything to do with most of these games beyond programming and sound. So it is probably more accurate to list Sega and Aspect as co-developers on many of these games. See GDRI entry for more details.

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CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Whodunit: Aspect Co., Ltd. Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:03 am Last edited by CRV on Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:31 pm; edited 1 time in total
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Lookie here...Another investigation. But at least the Aspect name is actually in most of the roms of the games they worked on, towards the beginning, so this will be easier to do. How did this start? Well, while looking for Sanritsu/SIMS stuff, I found something similar to this sample code snippet: MS SONIC¥CHAOS < Ver1.20 > 1993/08/03 @SEGA/Aspect Co.,Ltd Now, here's a list of games that I've found were done by Aspect: - Batman Returns (SMS/GG) The GG rom doesn't have credits or the Aspect name, but we can safely assume it was done by them. - Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Sonic & Tails (SMS/GG) - Sonic Chaos/Sonic & Tails 2 (SMS/GG) - Sonic Blast/G Sonic (SMS/GG) - Sonic Triple Trouble (GG) - Tails' Adventure (GG) Looks like they did mostly Sonic games. I'll investigate suspect games later on. Between these, the Sanritsu/SIMS games, the Compile games, and the games by Western firms, how many games did Sega actually do for the SMS and GG themselves? I guess that's how you get away with supporting 15 different systems.

Emuaust Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 79	Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:10 am
Emuaust Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 79	http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/aspect-co-ltd/

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:14 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Emuaust wrote http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/aspect-co-ltd/ I've seen the list. It's mostly incorrect. Sonic Spinball was done in the US by Sega. Sonic 1 was done by Yuzo Koshiro's company, Ancient.

ICEknight Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 601 Location: Asturias	Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:00 pm
	Have you checked the Mickey Mouse games and Asterix for similarities within the code? CRV wrote Sonic Spinball was done in the US by Sega. Only the Genesis version.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:19 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	More games I've found to be by Aspect: Cola Cola Kid (or Kids, as it says in the ROM) gg sonic & tails2 < ver1.01 > 1993/09/07 @sega/aspect co.,ltd For some reason, the Legend of Illusion ROM has the above code snippet. I guess the game is by Aspect. Aspect's official site has all their games listed. But guess what? They use generic descriptions instead of actual game names. Let's try to figure these out together... Game Gear 1997 "dinosaur action" (The Lost World: Jurassic Park?) 1996 "action" (G Sonic/Sonic Blast?) 1996 "hand-to-hand fighting" (?) 1995 "hand-to-hand fighting action (sound only)" (?) 1995 "action" (?) 1994 "action" (Sonic & Tails 2/Sonic Chaos?) 1994 "character mini-game collection" (?) 1994 "character action (3 kinds, type)" (Cola Cola Kid's probably one of them, the two others ?) 1993 "action (2 type, kind)" (?) 1992 "action" (?) Master System 1993 "action (2 type, kind)" (?) 1991 "hand-to-hand fighting action" (?)

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:16 am Last edited by CRV on Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:18 am; edited 1 time in total
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Updated Saturday, August 13, 2005: Known Sega/Aspect Games: Batman Returns (SMS/GG) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMS/GG) Sonic Chaos/Sonic & Tails (SMS/GG) Deep Duck Trouble (SMS/GG) Sonic Blast/G Sonic (SMS/GG) Jurassic Park (SMS/GG) Sonic Triple Trouble (SMS/GG) Tails' Adventures (GG) Coca Cola Kid (GG) Legend of Illusion (SMS/GG) Credits from known Sega/Aspect games: Batman Returns (SMS) Planning Hase Design M. Sato Design Jyouoh Akk Program Hiro. 777 Program K.O Asp. Staff Toshi.Fujiyama Asp. Staff Yasujirou.M Sound Motohiro Kawashima Sound Program Mikito Ichikawa Sound Management Yuzo Koshiro Special Thanks GG Batman Project Team Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMS) Compose Tomozou Compose Simachan Compose Ray Program Ko,Ko Program Semimaru Program Tea Tea Program Tosiyan Art Jly King Art Noborin Art Tez Art U,D,K Edit Raizou Edit M,Shima Edit End Edit Mariyuri Sound Gatao Sound Nao Chan Sound Dawasa Thanks Asohy Thanks Taku,S Thanks The Hase Thanks Thomas Y Thanks Okusan Thanks Lunarian Thanks Hitmen Thanks Aspect and You Sonic Chaos (SMS) Game Design M. Shima, Ray, 500ZO Art 7LY.Bigking, Gen, Noborin, East Sound Mix Nagao N. Gee Program Koko, Hiro 777, Toshiyan, Tomoyan Thanks to Hitmen, The Hase, Kensan, Gadai, Mikarin, LLG, J.S, K. Dash, Hasuwo, Yokoyamasan, Tomozo, and You Deep Duck Trouble Game Designers Sharusharu, Otanuki Sp. Artist Mikarin Background Artists Manaby, 7LY Big King, Tamun Sound Programers Nagao+O+Gee, Lotty Sound Composer S. Kobayashi Game Manual Shonan Boy, 168, Pantaloon Producers Hitmen, Hase Walt Disney Producer Patrick Gilmore Main Programmer Hiro 777 Support Programmers Koko, Mix, Toshiyan, Gadai, Tomoyan Special Thanks to Emirin, Yoshio, Yoshida, Suusang, Gaisu, Rei, Cindy, M. Inoue, E. Yamamoto, T. Matsuda Sonic Blast (GG) Producer Hiroshi Aso (Hiroshi Aso is a SEGA employee. I have a feeling these games weren't completely by Aspect.) Director Ryushin Hamada Map Design Akira Okamoto, Ken Sasaki Chief Programmer Toshiaki Araki Programmer Yoshiaki Makishima Chief Designer Fumikazu Sugawara Designer Taro Murayama Sound Composer Kojiro Mikusa Special Thanks Kazuyuki Oikawa, Aspect All Staff Jurassic Park (SMS) Director Asohy Producer Jun Tsu Chi Chief Programmer ToToYo Programmer Com Blue, Saku, Ken-San Art Work Ei Ei O, Jyouoh Akk, Tez Mania Sound Management Lotty, N. Gee Planner LLG, Suu Sang Special Thanks Hase, James S., Jessy T., Steve B., Kazu Sonic Triple Trouble Producer M. Hoko Director K. Hase Staff M. Sima, N. Honda, Saori K., T. Ihoroi, S. Higashi, O. Kodera, Toshiaki, K. Oikawa, H. Sai, K. Mixa, Sukioka, M. Tatsu, Tomoko, Fumi, Yoshiki Composer Yayoi F. Thanks H. Kojima, Y. Furuta, Hayato T., N. Taidai, K. Unoki, Ray F., J. Spahn, N. Katoh, R. Somaki, J. Misima, Y. Okitsu, T. Tanaka, Manabu M. and You Suspicious Sega/Aspect Games Asterix & the Secret Mission (SMS/GG) Golden Axe Warrior (SMS) The Cyber Shinobi (SMS) Defenders of Oasis (GG) Running Battle (SMS) Credits from suspicious Sega/Aspect Games Asterix & the Secret Mission (SMS) Artist Kyuzou, Tamun, Choko, U D K Program Milk Tea, Atsu Sound Funky K.H. Game Design Ken A, Taidai, K. Dash Director Asohy, Hase, Hide Special Thanks to Taku, Tomozou, Michael, Kia Golden Axe Warrior (SMS) I had suspected this as a Sanritsu game, but it shares staff from the known games, and not really any from Sanritsu. But it came out before Aspect's first game (a "hand-to-hand fighting game" which came out in 1991), so it's probably not from them. Programmers Pochi, Com Blue Planner Okaru Designers Gen, Chouko, Hide, Aiou_Tmkf Sound Tarnya Special Thanks to Cap-Elf, LLG The Cyber Shinobi (SMS) Planners Cap-Elf, Min Designers Hide, Udi, Mic-Satho, Fudho-Jyo Programmers K.Tany, [unknown], Sekihin Composers Shirige Nuki, Shiriko Dama Director Chief-N Defenders of Oasis (GG) 9PROGRAM 2 Lunarian SG ÿ6PLANNING @K,OCT 9(TOMARIN ÿ SCENARIO ADVISER MASAYUKI ISHIKAWA ,$ILLUSTRATION 40KINO CHAN ÿ?SOUND >TYPE-O .$VOICE ACTOR )0POLMI ATSU ÿ' GRAPHIC DESIGN E-IRO JYOUOH (SADA 4CHOKO \7 BIG KING `Y,NOZAKI m(HIDE n4GEN ÿ<THANKS SIVA KUDO ,TATE bRAI-ZOU k SATO h,ASOHY ÿPRESENTED BY SEGA Decipher them yourselves.

Phred Guest	Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:14 pm
Phred Guest	I've searched my SMS folder for the string "Aspect", and besides the games listed above, I've also found it in Marko's Magic Football. CRV, may I write a page at Sonic the Hedgehog Information treasury using your info? http://shit.sclassic.net/index.php/Main_Page

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:22 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Phred wrote I've searched my SMS folder for the string "Aspect", and besides the games listed above, I've also found it in Marko's Magic Football. CRV, may I write a page at Sonic the Hedgehog Information treasury using your info? http://shit.sclassic.net/index.php/Main_Page Yes, "Aspect" is in the game, but it's part of the word "Aspecto" in some foreign language dialogue. And yes, you can use the info. But as I hinted before, Aspect may have only served as a co-producer on these games. I don't know (the same may be possible for Sanritsu/SIMS, but it seems more likely with Aspect).

ICEknight Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 601 Location: Asturias	Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:24 pm
	CRV wrote 1994 "character mini-game collection" (?) Doraemon?

idrougge Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 360 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:51 am
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CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:19 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	idrougge wrote How about Shadam crusader? I don't know. The more I think about it, the more I think Aspect was just a co-producer, not the sole developer. Com Blue, Gen, Choko, and Hide turn up on the Phantasy Star series credits. They can't be Aspect employees. It's going to be tough to figure out what was worked on by Aspect because we don't know who worked for Aspect. And frankly, I'm not as motivated with this as I was with the Sanritsu/SIMS investigation.

NeoZeedeater Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 31 Location: Vancouver, Canada	Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:02 am
	CRV wrote I don't know. The more I think about it, the more I think Aspect was just a co-producer, not the sole developer. Com Blue, Gen, Choko, and Hide turn up on the Phantasy Star series credits. They can't be Aspect employees. Yeah, I'm guessing they're a company like Red Entertainment in that companies contract them out to do certain parts of development, like graphics and art but they don't make the games in their entirety.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:34 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	I'm pretty much just going to say Aspect was a co-developer on these SMS/GG games. And I'm only going to count the games that mention Aspect in the ROM. That leaves us with... Batman Returns (SMS) Coca Cola Kid (GG) Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (SMS/GG) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMS/GG) Sonic Chaos/Sonic & Tails (SMS/GG) Sonic the Hedgehog in Triple Trouble/Sonic & Tails 2 (GG) Sonic Blast/G Sonic (SMS/GG) Tails' Adventures (GG) They worked on others, such as a hand-to-hand fighting game for the SMS in 1991 (probably Running Battle). But thanks to the vague descriptions on their site instead of actual game titles, we may never know what.

idrougge Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 360 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:05 am
	CRV wrote "hand-to-hand fighting action (sound only)" (?) 1995 I've now solved this. The game is Fatal Fury Special. Sound credits: K.OIKAWA K.MIKUSA K. Mikusa is Kojiro Mikusa, who also did sound on Sonic Blast. K. Oikawa should be none other than Aspect boss, Kazuyuki Oikawa. The same team did sound on Fatal Fury 2 on Megadrive.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:52 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	idrougge wrote CRV wrote "hand-to-hand fighting action (sound only)" (?) 1995 I've now solved this. The game is Fatal Fury Special. Sound credits: K.OIKAWA K.MIKUSA K. Mikusa is Kojiro Mikusa, who also did sound on Sonic Blast. K. Oikawa should be none other than Aspect boss, Kazuyuki Oikawa. The same team did sound on Fatal Fury 2 on Megadrive. Very good find.

Adoru Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 4 Location: RP - FRANCE	Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 6:34 am
Adoru Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 4 Location: RP - FRANCE	Aspect is one of the leading guidebook publisher in Japan. They work usually on the guidebook during the game developpement with the creative team. So it's normal the developpers thanks Aspect at the game credits.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 6:51 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Adoru wrote Aspect is one of the leading guidebook publisher in Japan. They work usually on the guidebook during the game developpement with the creative team. So it's normal the developpers thanks Aspect at the game credits. Good point, but I don't think they made guidebooks for, say, the SMS version of Batman Returns, which wasn't released in Japan.

Adoru Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 4 Location: RP - FRANCE	Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:08 am
Adoru Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 4 Location: RP - FRANCE	Yes, it's weird to read that.

Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1356 Location: italy	Re: Who Done What: Aspect Co., Ltd. Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:42 am
Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1356 Location: italy	CRV wrote - Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Sonic & Tails (SMS/GG) - Sonic Chaos/Sonic & Tails 2 (SMS/GG) - Sonic Triple Trouble (GG) I thought that Sonic Triple Trouble = Sonic & Tails 2... are you sure that your classification is correct?

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Re: Who Done What: Aspect Co., Ltd. Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:11 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Tommaso.Accinelli wrote I thought that Sonic Triple Trouble = Sonic & Tails 2... are you sure that your classification is correct? No, you're right. If you had read further, you would have seen I corrected myself.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:59 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Thanks to being given some credits from a Super Famicom game that Aspect did called "Go Go Ackman 2," I can now basically confirm that the following SMS/GG games were developed by Aspect: G Sonic/Sonic Blast Lost World, The: Jurassic Park Sonic & Tails 2/Sonic Triple Trouble Tails Adventures Virtua Fighter Mini/Virtua Fighter Animation Go Go Ackman 2 (SFC) Executive Producer Yukimasa Sugiura Producer Hajime Ishikawa Project Reader Tatsuo Masuda* Planner Xyzzy Chief Programmer Tatsuo Masuda* Programmer Toshiaki Araki* Chief Designer Sukeyasu Arimoto Graphic Designer Teruo Hamai* Taro Murayama* Sound Composer Koujiro Mikusa (K.Mixa)* Data Converter Yoshiki Matsushima Map Editer Taro Murayama* Scenario and Game Design Xyzzy Guest Character Design Akira Toriyama Publicity Kazue Hitomi Special Thanks Kazuhiko Torishima Kenzi Okamoto V Jump Kazuyuki Oikawa* Aspect Super Visor Kisaburo Higashi Takashi Shimomichi Lost World, The: Jurassic Park (GG) Producer Steve Hutchins Producer Makoto Oshitani Director Katsuhiro Hasegawa Programmer Tatsuo Matsuda* Programmer Yoshiaki Makishima* Planner Hiroko Mori Designer Hirobumi Kanoh Designer Kenji Sasaki (Kanji Sasaki) Designer Hitomi Hattori Sound Composer Koujiro Mikusa* Special Thanks Kazuyuki Oikawa* Assoc. Producer Mike Jablonn Lead Tester Karen Brown Assistant Lead Todd Slepian Assistant Lead Matt Underwood Testers Aaron Hommes Testers Paulita Villatuya Testers Tony Lynch Testers Marcus Montgomery Testers Tim Spengler Product Manager Kristin McCloskey Special Thanks Shuji Utsumi Special Thanks Steve Booth - MCA Special Thanks Geraldine Special Thanks Janine Special Thanks Bot Special Thanks Ryoichi Hasegawa Sonic Blast (GG/SMS) Producer Hiroshi Aso Director Ryushin Hamada Planner Katsunori Murakami Hiroaki Suzuki Map Design Akira Okamoto Kenji Sasaki (Ken Sasaki) Chief Programmer Toshiaki Araki* Programmer Yoshiaki Makishima* Chief Designer Fumikazu Sugawara* Designer Taro Murayama* Sound Composer Koujiro Mikusa (Kojiro Mikusa)* Special Thanks Kazuyuki Oikawa (Aspect)* Aspect All Staff Tails Adventures (GG) Producer Katsuhiro Hasegawa (K. Hasegawa) Directors Katsuhiro Hasegawa (K. Hasegawa) M. Simamura O. Kodera Artists Nobuhiko Honda (N. Honda) Shin'ichi Higashi (S. Higashi) Programmers Kazuyuki Oikawa (K. Oikawa)* H. Saigusa Yoshiaki Makishima (Y. Makishima)* Sound Producer Koujiro Mikusa (K. Mixa)* Special Thanks Tadashi Ihoroi (T. Ihoroi) P. Tezuka Hisayoshi Yoshida (H. Yoshida) R. Fujiwara Ryoichi Hasegawa (R. Hasegawa) Osamu Nakazato (O. Nakazato) T. Kojima Virtua Fighter Mini/Virtua Fighter Animation (GG/SMS) Producer Yasuhiro Nishimoto Programmers Tatsuo Matsuda* Yoshiaki Makishima* Chief Designer Teruo Hamai* Designer Fumikazu Sugawara* Taro Murayama* Aya Sato Data Converter Satoshi Ozawa Yukio Shimeno Music Composer Koujiro Mikusa (Koujiro Mixa)* Special Thanks Hisayoshi Yoshida Kazuyuki Oikawa*

Yawackhary Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 62	Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:18 pm
Yawackhary Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 62	I have done a bit of investigation with the help of CRV's list above about these credited names. The ones that are question marked are not sure. Sonic Triple Trouble (Bracket - Credited name) Producer M. Hoko Director Katsuhiro Hasegawa (K. Hase) Staff M. Simamura (M. Sima)* Nobuhiko Honda (N. Honda)* Saori Kobayashi (Saori K.) Tadashi Ihoroi (T. Ihoroi)* Shin'ichi Higashi (S. Higashi)* Osamu Kodera? (O. Kodera) Toshiaki Araki (Toshiaki) Kazuyuki Oikawa (K. Oikawa)* Hiroyuki Saigusa (H. Sai)* Koujiro Mikusa (K. Mixa)* Sukioka, Tatsuo Matsuda (M. Tatsu)* Tomoko, Fumikazu Sugawara (Fumi) Yoshiki Matsushima (Yoshiki) Composer Yayoi F. Thanks H. Kojima, Y. Furuta, Hayato T., N. Taidai, K. Unoki, Ray F., J. Spahn, N. Katoh, R. Somaki, J. Misima, Y. Okitsu, T. Tanaka, Manabu M. and You Also I have looked at the other games but these may or may not be Aspect. Sonic Chaos Game Design M. Shima, Ray F.? (Ray), 500ZO Art 7LY.Bigking, Gen, Noborin, East Sound Koujiro Mikusa? (Mix)# Nagao N. Gee Program Koko, Hiro 777, Toshiyan, Tomoyan Thanks to Hitomi Hattori? (Hitmen) Katsuhiro Hasegawa? (The Hase) Kensan, Gadai, Mikarin, LLG, J.S, K. Dash, Hasuwo, Yokoyamasan, Tomozou Endo (Tomozo), and You # K. Mixa was credited in Sonic Triple Trouble as staff, 3 music tracks from Sonic Chaos was also used in that game (Try Again, Sunset Park Boss Unused, Boss Defeated STT Unused), it is probably a guess that he had worked on this game. Hiro 777 worked on Sonic's Gameworld that was done by Aspect but some of the credits here on Sonic Chaos look like they belong to Sega. As for Asterix and the Secret Mission, the only recognisable names are: Katsuhiro Hayashi (Funky K.H.) N. Taidai (Taidai) [Thanks on Sonic Triple Trouble] Hiroshi Aso? (Asohy) - Director Katsuhiro Hasegawa (Hase) - Director Tomozou Endo (Tomozou) Unless these are freelance, most of these are Sega's own staff since they appear in both Sega and Aspect games. I think Aspect was like a co-developer that got more seperated as time went on.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:05 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	I don't really take producers/directors or even sound and graphics people into account when determining the developer. What you first need to look at is the programmers. I can probably safely say that Asterix & the Secret Mission was not by Aspect in any way, shape, or form.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:27 pm
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Add another game to the Aspect pile: "Tama & Friends - 3chome Koen Tamalympic" The following can be found in the ROM: TAMA Ver 1.02 1994/11/01 SEGA/Aspect Co.,Ltd

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:24 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Frankly, I haven't kept this thread as up-to-date as I have some of the others. For up-to-date findings on Aspect, go to: http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Aspect

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:53 pm
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Taking another glance at the GG/SMS credits and breaking them down into planning, graphics, programming, and sound, it looks like Aspect really didn't have anything to do with most of these games beyond programming and sound. So it is probably more accurate to list Sega and Aspect as co-developers on many of these games. See GDRI entry for more details.

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