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In an interview (translated here), Kotaro Hayashida said the first game he worked on for Sega was Hustle Chumy. However, this game was made by Compile for MSX and then ported to SG-1000. A twitter thread sprung up from Compile developers questioning what he did which I guess sheds some light on things. I'll try to copy/paste here.

The interview:

https://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/

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―― オサールさんが入社して、はじめてつくったゲームは何ですか？

オサール■セガでコンシューマーが始まった頃の1983年に入社したんですね。全員で10人いるかいないかというパソコン事業部の開発セクションに配属されて、そこではSG-1000のソフトから作りはじめました。えーと、最初につくったのは『ハッスルチューミー』(*1)かな。

https://shmuplations.com/alexkidd/

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—What was the first game you made after joining Sega?
Ossale: I joined in 1983, right when Sega started developing console games. There were about 10 of us, and we were attached to the development section of the Computer division at Sega. It was there that I started making SG-1000 games. The first I made was Hussle Chumy, I think.

https://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/

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*1)『ハッスルチューミー』

ネズミが主人公のアクションゲーム。
「コンパイルの仁井谷さんといっしょに作ったもので、商品になった僕の最初の作品です」

https://shmuplations.com/alexkidd/

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Ossale: “I made Hustle Chumy with Masamitsu Niitani from Compile, and it was my first commercial release.”

(Masamitsu Niitani is the founder of Compile.)

https://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/

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オサールさんがセガで手がけた作品の一覧です。（移植作品も含みます）

1984年

『ハッスルチューミー』(SG)

1985年

『チャンピオンプロレス』(SG)
『ズーム909』(SG)
『ピットフォールII』(SG)
『グレートサッカー』(MK3)
『アストロフラッシュ』(MK3)
『不思議のお城ピットポット』(MK3)

1986年

『青春スキャンダル』(MK3)
『忍者プリンセス』(MK3)
『極悪同盟ダンプ松本』（MK3）
『アレックスキッドのミラクルワールド』(MK3)

1987年

『ウッディポップ　新人類のブロックくずし』(MK3)
『赤い光弾ジリオン』(MK3)
『アレックスキッド　ＢＭＸトライアル』(MK3)
『ファンタシースター』(MK3)

1988年

『天才バカボン』(MK3)
『スーパーレーシング』(MK3)
『スペースハリアーII』(MD)

1989年

『アレックスキッド　天空魔城』(MD)

1991年

『ファンタシースターII　テキストアドベンチャー』シリーズ(MD)

My translation:

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List of works by Osar for Sega. (This also includes ported works.)

1984.

Hustle Chumy (SG)

1985.

Champion Wrestling (SG)
Zoom 909 (SG)
Pitfall II (SG)
Great Football (MK3)
Astro Flash (MK3)
Pit Pot (MK3)

1986.

Seishyun Scandal (MK3)
'Ninja Princess' (The Ninja) (MK3)
Gokuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto (Pro Wrestling) (MK3)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (MK3)

1987.

Woody Pop (MK3)
Zillion (MK3)
Alex Kidd: BMX Trial (MK3)
Phantasy Star (MK3)

1988.

Tensai Bakabon (MK3)
Super Racing (MK3)
Space Harrier II (MD).

1989.

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (MD)

1991.

Phantasy Star II text adventure series (MD).

On to Twitter... translations are somewhat unreliable, corrections welcome.

S.Fujishima(pac) = Satoshi "Pac" Fujishima, a Compile person with credits on several Sega 8-bit games.

https://twitter.com/pacf/status/922113316725473280

S.Fujishima(pac) wrote

大乱闘SGブラザーズ1000IIの開発者インタビューで出てくる人、関わった作品にハッスルチューミー挙げてたけど何やった人だろ。ていうか確かSG-1000版はセガで一部のキャラ書き直してたからその辺かな?

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The person in the developer interview for Super Smash SG Bros 1000II, who mentioned Hustle Chumy as a work he was involved with, but what did he do? I mean, as I recall, the SG-1000 version had some characters rewritten by Sega, so maybe that's what it was about?

https://twitter.com/pacf/status/922119108795146241

S.Fujishima(pac) wrote

うーん…ハッスルチューミー自体MSX版の方が先に出来ててそれを移植した形だったのでよくわからんのですよね。当事者に聞いてみるか(笑

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Well... Hustle Chumy itself was made before the MSX version and then ported over, so I don't really know. I'll have to ask the people involved.

https://twitter.com/mooniitani/status/922402657813147648

仁井谷正充 (Masamitsu Niitani) wrote

さん、プログラムの変更なしで、ギャラと背景、UIの
変更がSEGAさんだったはず、、、

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Mr., without any changes to the programme, the Gala, the background and the UI.
SEGA should have been the one to make the changes,...

https://twitter.com/pacf/status/922407556084932609

S.Fujishima(pac) wrote

ギャラってキャラのことですよね(笑
まあMSXからROMOS部分のSG-1000用変更はしないといけないですからプログラムもその辺ぐらいですかねえ…。
曲も結局浜さんのに差し替えはコンパイル側だったわけだし。

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Gala means character, lol.
Well, I had to change the ROMOS part from MSX for SG-1000, so I guess that's about it for the programme too...
And the song was replaced by Hama-san's in the end, so it was the compilation side.

Hustle Chumy for MSX has this in its binary:

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HUSTLE CHUMY Ver 1.2 25-Dec-83
Copyright (C) 1983 NISSO Corporation
by Seki,Inoue,Oyo,Kobayashi,Niitani

The SG-1000 version has this:

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NIITANI (C) COMPILE 1984 ALL RIGHT RESERVED

So... it seems clear the MSX version came first. The SG-1000 version was ported by Masamitsu Niitani, and Kotaro Hayashida was involved somehow; possibly he was in charge of the project from Sega's side, and may have been involved in the graphics conversion. An unknown person called Hama (浜) did the music conversion.

We probably also ought to make sure we match what is shown at https://web.archive.org/web/19961101062056/http://www.compile.co.jp/game/history... ... (warning: 1996 Japanese website!)

Hama also did E.I. for the MSX, according to Fujishima (talking about SG-1000 Choplifter, I believe), so they were apparently connected to Compile.

https://twitter.com/pacf/status/572820585127923713

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@jeminilog @bonkoba あの時期だとE.I.とかSG版チューミーの曲作った浜さんかなあとか思ったり。他にサウンド扱ってた人居たかな。

DeepL (edited) wrote

I wonder if it was Hama-san who wrote songs for E.I. and the SG version of Chumy during that period. I wonder who else handled the sound.

Did you know there was a third version of Hustle Chumy, on Compile's Disk Station #0 for the MSX2?

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Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14744 Location: London	Hustle Chumy credits Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:34 am
	In an interview (translated here), Kotaro Hayashida said the first game he worked on for Sega was Hustle Chumy. However, this game was made by Compile for MSX and then ported to SG-1000. A twitter thread sprung up from Compile developers questioning what he did which I guess sheds some light on things. I'll try to copy/paste here. The interview: https://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/ Quote ―― オサールさんが入社して、はじめてつくったゲームは何ですか？オサール■セガでコンシューマーが始まった頃の1983年に入社したんですね。全員で10人いるかいないかというパソコン事業部の開発セクションに配属されて、そこではSG-1000のソフトから作りはじめました。えーと、最初につくったのは『ハッスルチューミー』(1)かな。 https://shmuplations.com/alexkidd/ Quote —What was the first game you made after joining Sega? Ossale: I joined in 1983, right when Sega started developing console games. There were about 10 of us, and we were attached to the development section of the Computer division at Sega. It was there that I started making SG-1000 games. The first I made was Hussle Chumy, I think. https://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/ Quote 1)『ハッスルチューミー』ネズミが主人公のアクションゲーム。「コンパイルの仁井谷さんといっしょに作ったもので、商品になった僕の最初の作品です」 https://shmuplations.com/alexkidd/ Quote Ossale: “I made Hustle Chumy with Masamitsu Niitani from Compile, and it was my first commercial release.” (Masamitsu Niitani is the founder of Compile.) https://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/ Quote オサールさんがセガで手がけた作品の一覧です。（移植作品も含みます） 1984年『ハッスルチューミー』(SG) 1985年『チャンピオンプロレス』(SG) 『ズーム909』(SG) 『ピットフォールII』(SG) 『グレートサッカー』(MK3) 『アストロフラッシュ』(MK3) 『不思議のお城ピットポット』(MK3) 1986年『青春スキャンダル』(MK3) 『忍者プリンセス』(MK3) 『極悪同盟ダンプ松本』（MK3）『アレックスキッドのミラクルワールド』(MK3) 1987年『ウッディポップ　新人類のブロックくずし』(MK3) 『赤い光弾ジリオン』(MK3) 『アレックスキッド　ＢＭＸトライアル』(MK3) 『ファンタシースター』(MK3) 1988年『天才バカボン』(MK3) 『スーパーレーシング』(MK3) 『スペースハリアーII』(MD) 1989年『アレックスキッド　天空魔城』(MD) 1991年『ファンタシースターII　テキストアドベンチャー』シリーズ(MD) My translation: Quote List of works by Osar for Sega. (This also includes ported works.) 1984. Hustle Chumy (SG) 1985. Champion Wrestling (SG) Zoom 909 (SG) Pitfall II (SG) Great Football (MK3) Astro Flash (MK3) Pit Pot (MK3) 1986. Seishyun Scandal (MK3) 'Ninja Princess' (The Ninja) (MK3) Gokuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto (Pro Wrestling) (MK3) Alex Kidd in Miracle World (MK3) 1987. Woody Pop (MK3) Zillion (MK3) Alex Kidd: BMX Trial (MK3) Phantasy Star (MK3) 1988. Tensai Bakabon (MK3) Super Racing (MK3) Space Harrier II (MD). 1989. Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (MD) 1991. Phantasy Star II text adventure series (MD). On to Twitter... translations are somewhat unreliable, corrections welcome. S.Fujishima(pac) = Satoshi "Pac" Fujishima, a Compile person with credits on several Sega 8-bit games. https://twitter.com/pacf/status/922113316725473280 S.Fujishima(pac) wrote 大乱闘SGブラザーズ1000IIの開発者インタビューで出てくる人、関わった作品にハッスルチューミー挙げてたけど何やった人だろ。ていうか確かSG-1000版はセガで一部のキャラ書き直してたからその辺かな? Quote The person in the developer interview for Super Smash SG Bros 1000II, who mentioned Hustle Chumy as a work he was involved with, but what did he do? I mean, as I recall, the SG-1000 version had some characters rewritten by Sega, so maybe that's what it was about? https://twitter.com/pacf/status/922119108795146241 S.Fujishima(pac) wrote うーん…ハッスルチューミー自体MSX版の方が先に出来ててそれを移植した形だったのでよくわからんのですよね。当事者に聞いてみるか(笑 Quote Well... Hustle Chumy itself was made before the MSX version and then ported over, so I don't really know. I'll have to ask the people involved. https://twitter.com/mooniitani/status/922402657813147648 仁井谷正充 (Masamitsu Niitani) wrote さん、プログラムの変更なしで、ギャラと背景、UIの変更がSEGAさんだったはず、、、 Quote Mr., without any changes to the programme, the Gala, the background and the UI. SEGA should have been the one to make the changes,... https://twitter.com/pacf/status/922407556084932609 S.Fujishima(pac) wrote ギャラってキャラのことですよね(笑まあMSXからROMOS部分のSG-1000用変更はしないといけないですからプログラムもその辺ぐらいですかねえ…。曲も結局浜さんのに差し替えはコンパイル側だったわけだし。 Quote Gala means character, lol. Well, I had to change the ROMOS part from MSX for SG-1000, so I guess that's about it for the programme too... And the song was replaced by Hama-san's in the end, so it was the compilation side. Hustle Chumy for MSX has this in its binary: Quote HUSTLE CHUMY Ver 1.2 25-Dec-83 Copyright (C) 1983 NISSO Corporation by Seki,Inoue,Oyo,Kobayashi,Niitani The SG-1000 version has this: Quote NIITANI (C) COMPILE 1984 ALL RIGHT RESERVED So... it seems clear the MSX version came first. The SG-1000 version was ported by Masamitsu Niitani, and Kotaro Hayashida was involved somehow; possibly he was in charge of the project from Sega's side, and may have been involved in the graphics conversion. An unknown person called Hama (浜) did the music conversion. We probably also ought to make sure we match what is shown at https://web.archive.org/web/19961101062056/http://www.compile.co.jp/game/history... ... (warning: 1996 Japanese website!)

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 11:17 pm
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Hama also did E.I. for the MSX, according to Fujishima (talking about SG-1000 Choplifter, I believe), so they were apparently connected to Compile. https://twitter.com/pacf/status/572820585127923713 Quote @jeminilog @bonkoba あの時期だとE.I.とかSG版チューミーの曲作った浜さんかなあとか思ったり。他にサウンド扱ってた人居たかな。 DeepL (edited) wrote I wonder if it was Hama-san who wrote songs for E.I. and the SG version of Chumy during that period. I wonder who else handled the sound. Did you know there was a third version of Hustle Chumy, on Compile's Disk Station #0 for the MSX2?

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