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I've found a company history overview for Open in an old magazine with the following entry:

September 10th, 1994: Completed Bubble Bobble (8-bit Sega machine version) on request for Taito in Japan.

Bubble Bobble for Game Gear is copyright 1994, so that would fit into the time frame.

On a side note, the overview also lists Samgukji III (the game itself only shows Gameline for Copyright), so I'd say it is now save to assume that Dodgeball King was also made by them, with all the signs saying "Open" in the game (the game itself was made after the list, so it is not included).

Also listed is Twin Mouse, but not Red Wiz, so the latter one might be unreleased, after all.

BUBBLE BOBBLE
PROJECT STAFF
GAME GEAR VERSION
PROGRAMMER
C.Y.JUNG
Y.D.CHOE
GRAPHIC
J.J.LIM
E.H.LEE
MAP EDITOR
C.I.JUNG
MAP DESIGN
Y.D.CHOE
SPECIAL THANKS TO
GAME PROGRAMMER
NANNO KHK
MUSIC AND SOUND
YAG
OONUI
BY ZTT
GAME GRAPHIC
S.YAMANA
S.T
GAME DESIGN
RAINBOW S.T
ORIGINAL BUBBLE
BOBBLE TEAM
MTJ
I.F
KIM
AND
TAITO C.P. TEAM
DRANKER KZM
GAMER Y.K
HUCKER N.SANTA
SUPER M.HATANO
GREAT G.KURIKI
MR. NISHIKADO
OTHER PEOPLE...
PRODUCED
MR.SANBE
S.TAKAHASI

The people between "Special Thanks to" and "Original Bubble Bobble Team" are the SMS staff.

Awesome. C.Y.JUNG and C.I.JUNG are obviously Jung Chanyong and Jung Chanil of MbitM/Namu, who fusioned with Open in 1993 (did the Zemmix games New Boggle Boggle, Super Bubble Bobble, Micro Xevious and maybe Eagle 5, as well as a number of probably unreleased PC games).

J.J.LIM was involved in Metal Force (Famicom) and most likely Jang Pung 3 (full name Lim Jung Jae). Y.D.CHOE is also credited in Metal Force.

E.H.LEE is probably Lee.Eunhee from Samgukji 3.

I love it when a plan comes together.

GG Bubble Bobble also contains the string "YONGDEOK." I assume that's what "Y.D." stands for.

Did you notice Toto World 3 and Jang Pung II share music?

CRV wrote

GG Bubble Bobble also contains the string "YONGDEOK." I assume that's what "Y.D." stands for.

Hmm, all possible Korean words pronounced like that are extremely obscure stuff, so I'd say its quite likely. Does the ROM contain any other full names as strings?

CRV wrote

Did you notice Toto World 3 and Jang Pung II share music?

I think I did back when I first played them, but totally forgot about it... I guess that pretty much confirms that game, too.

derboo wrote

Hmm, all possible Korean words pronounced like that are extremely obscure stuff, so I'd say its quite likely. Does the ROM contain any other full names as strings?

I don't think so. I don't know if it's some random string or it performs a function like these.

derboo wrote

I think I did back when I first played them, but totally forgot about it... I guess that pretty much confirms that game, too.

Specifically, the World 1 BGM from Toto World 3 turns up in Jang Pung II.

Was Suho Jeonsa published by Daou Infosys? It, Toto World 3, and Koko Adventure (FC) have a "DS" item number.

CRV wrote

Was Suho Jeonsa published by Daou Infosys? It, Toto World 3, and Koko Adventure (FC) have a "DS" item number.

That's correct. Metal Force (FC) and the Soccer game, too (dunno if they have an item number, though).

Started an entry on GDRI for Open

Wasn't Jang Pung II released for Game Gear, not Master System? The name of the ROM indicates it's a Game Gear game that runs in SMS mode.

CRV wrote

Wasn't Jang Pung II released for Game Gear, not Master System? The name of the ROM indicates it's a Game Gear game that runs in SMS mode.

Yes that is correct, I think it has been found only as a GG cart so far (although I wouldn't be surprised if a SMS cartridge exists).

To clarify, the state of the Games/ DB for Korean stuff is quite rudimentary (fixes and comments always welcome).

Definitely exists.

st2-cart.jpg (19.01 KB)

- Actually, it sounds like ALL the music in Jang Pung II was used in Toto World 3.

- When I was playing Toto World 3 a couple days ago, about an hour in, a weird black screen came up with two purple Korean characters accompanied by something similar to the Konami pause tone.

- I can now beat Toto World 3 in about 20 minutes.

- Did Korean Master Systems not have pause buttons? Why don't these games pause?

- Derboo: I wrote up a new blog post with stuff from your HG101 feature.

CRV wrote

- When I was playing Toto World 3 a couple days ago, about an hour in, a weird black screen came up with two purple Korean characters accompanied by something similar to the Konami pause tone.

Oh, yeah, another thing I totally forgot about. You know the reccomendation in many game manuals not to play longer than a certain time. This game kindly reminds you when that time passes (50 minutes in this case. The "feature" is even mentioned on the back cover of the box.

Btw. I could scan the cover & manual for Toto World for the site, if you guys don't already have them waiting to be entered in the database.

Heh, just like some Wii games tend to do nowadays. How cool.

I think I don't have scans of that waiting to go online.

Here are the scans: http://www.derboo.de/files/totoworld-scans.zip

I've added them to the site.

http://www.smspower.org/Scans/TotoWorld3-SMS

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derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Whodunit: Open and Bubble Bobble GG Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:53 pm
derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	I've found a company history overview for Open in an old magazine with the following entry: September 10th, 1994: Completed Bubble Bobble (8-bit Sega machine version) on request for Taito in Japan. Bubble Bobble for Game Gear is copyright 1994, so that would fit into the time frame. On a side note, the overview also lists Samgukji III (the game itself only shows Gameline for Copyright), so I'd say it is now save to assume that Dodgeball King was also made by them, with all the signs saying "Open" in the game (the game itself was made after the list, so it is not included). Also listed is Twin Mouse, but not Red Wiz, so the latter one might be unreleased, after all.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:10 pm
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	BUBBLE BOBBLE PROJECT STAFF GAME GEAR VERSION PROGRAMMER C.Y.JUNG Y.D.CHOE GRAPHIC J.J.LIM E.H.LEE MAP EDITOR C.I.JUNG MAP DESIGN Y.D.CHOE SPECIAL THANKS TO GAME PROGRAMMER NANNO KHK MUSIC AND SOUND YAG OONUI BY ZTT GAME GRAPHIC S.YAMANA S.T GAME DESIGN RAINBOW S.T ORIGINAL BUBBLE BOBBLE TEAM MTJ I.F KIM AND TAITO C.P. TEAM DRANKER KZM GAMER Y.K HUCKER N.SANTA SUPER M.HATANO GREAT G.KURIKI MR. NISHIKADO OTHER PEOPLE... PRODUCED MR.SANBE S.TAKAHASI The people between "Special Thanks to" and "Original Bubble Bobble Team" are the SMS staff.

derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:34 pm
derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Awesome. C.Y.JUNG and C.I.JUNG are obviously Jung Chanyong and Jung Chanil of MbitM/Namu, who fusioned with Open in 1993 (did the Zemmix games New Boggle Boggle, Super Bubble Bobble, Micro Xevious and maybe Eagle 5, as well as a number of probably unreleased PC games). J.J.LIM was involved in Metal Force (Famicom) and most likely Jang Pung 3 (full name Lim Jung Jae). Y.D.CHOE is also credited in Metal Force. E.H.LEE is probably Lee.Eunhee from Samgukji 3. I love it when a plan comes together.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:03 pm
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	GG Bubble Bobble also contains the string "YONGDEOK." I assume that's what "Y.D." stands for. Did you notice Toto World 3 and Jang Pung II share music?

derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:09 pm
derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	CRV wrote GG Bubble Bobble also contains the string "YONGDEOK." I assume that's what "Y.D." stands for. Hmm, all possible Korean words pronounced like that are extremely obscure stuff, so I'd say its quite likely. Does the ROM contain any other full names as strings? CRV wrote Did you notice Toto World 3 and Jang Pung II share music? I think I did back when I first played them, but totally forgot about it... I guess that pretty much confirms that game, too.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:39 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	derboo wrote Hmm, all possible Korean words pronounced like that are extremely obscure stuff, so I'd say its quite likely. Does the ROM contain any other full names as strings? I don't think so. I don't know if it's some random string or it performs a function like these. derboo wrote I think I did back when I first played them, but totally forgot about it... I guess that pretty much confirms that game, too. Specifically, the World 1 BGM from Toto World 3 turns up in Jang Pung II. Was Suho Jeonsa published by Daou Infosys? It, Toto World 3, and Koko Adventure (FC) have a "DS" item number.

derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:34 am
derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	CRV wrote Was Suho Jeonsa published by Daou Infosys? It, Toto World 3, and Koko Adventure (FC) have a "DS" item number. That's correct. Metal Force (FC) and the Soccer game, too (dunno if they have an item number, though).

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:43 pm
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Started an entry on GDRI for Open

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:00 pm
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Wasn't Jang Pung II released for Game Gear, not Master System? The name of the ROM indicates it's a Game Gear game that runs in SMS mode.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8648 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:42 pm
	CRV wrote Wasn't Jang Pung II released for Game Gear, not Master System? The name of the ROM indicates it's a Game Gear game that runs in SMS mode. Yes that is correct, I think it has been found only as a GG cart so far (although I wouldn't be surprised if a SMS cartridge exists). To clarify, the state of the Games/ DB for Korean stuff is quite rudimentary (fixes and comments always welcome).

derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:13 pm
derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Definitely exists. st2-cart.jpg (19.01 KB)

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:52 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	- Actually, it sounds like ALL the music in Jang Pung II was used in Toto World 3. - When I was playing Toto World 3 a couple days ago, about an hour in, a weird black screen came up with two purple Korean characters accompanied by something similar to the Konami pause tone. - I can now beat Toto World 3 in about 20 minutes. - Did Korean Master Systems not have pause buttons? Why don't these games pause? - Derboo: I wrote up a new blog post with stuff from your HG101 feature.

derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:05 pm
derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	CRV wrote - When I was playing Toto World 3 a couple days ago, about an hour in, a weird black screen came up with two purple Korean characters accompanied by something similar to the Konami pause tone. Oh, yeah, another thing I totally forgot about. You know the reccomendation in many game manuals not to play longer than a certain time. This game kindly reminds you when that time passes (50 minutes in this case. The "feature" is even mentioned on the back cover of the box. Btw. I could scan the cover & manual for Toto World for the site, if you guys don't already have them waiting to be entered in the database.

ICEknight Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 601 Location: Asturias	Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:20 pm
	Heh, just like some Wii games tend to do nowadays. How cool.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14734 Location: London	Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:20 pm
	I think I don't have scans of that waiting to go online.

derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:45 pm
derboo Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 115	Here are the scans: http://www.derboo.de/files/totoworld-scans.zip

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14734 Location: London	Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:36 am
	I've added them to the site. http://www.smspower.org/Scans/TotoWorld3-SMS

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