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Danan Jungle Fighter: Whiteboard or No?
Post Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:22 pm
The description for Danan: Jungle Fighter lists Whiteboard as the dev, and that links to several other 8-bit titles ascribed to this developer.

http://www.smspower.org/Companies/Whiteboard

However, SegaRetro doesn't have Danan or any other 8-bit Sega titles listed for Whiteboard, or its later incarnation as Megasoft. https://segaretro.org/Megasoft

How was it determined that Whiteboard was the dev for the 8-bit titles?
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Post Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:04 pm
From my site GDRI (http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Megasoft):

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Artist Ano Shimizu has said he worked on Dynamite Dux and Nekkyuu Koushien at Whiteboard. (http://www.smspower.org/forums/16643-NekkyuuKoushienCheatCodeAndDeveloperTeam#97872) A code comparison between the two revealed shared code in the rest of the games on this list except Alex Kidd and Great Golf. Alex Kidd, Fantasy Zone, Great Golf, Megumi Rescue, and Nekkyuu Koushien contain the same initials, "YM," in the header. (http://www.smspower.org/Development/NamesInHeaders) Additionally, the standings screen in Great Golf contains the name "KEI M," likely a reference to Whiteboard programmer Kei Maruyama (though the rest of the names appear to be Sega staff). (http://www.smspower.org/forums/15286-WhodunitSantos#98144) Whiteboard is also named as a third party owed royalties for Danan the Jungle Fighter on a list of Sega games that could be licensed to Atari Corp. as part of a settlement between the two companies over alleged patent infringement by Sega. (http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Blog:Legal_Brief:_Atari_vs._Sega)
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Post Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:14 pm
Wow, their earlier Gyrodine feels like a precursor to the later (canceled) Hammer Away!
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