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Falcon is a company that co-owns Sokoban and did a lot of work for Sunsoft.
http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Falcon

The Falcon website says they worked on two Game Gear games. One of them appears to be Shanghai II. ("Falcon" is credited as director.)

Fray: Shugyou-hen may be the other one. (It has the same Sega startup logo as Shanghai II.)

Programmer Takashi Makimoto has written a series of posts called PC Game Development in the Early Days (黎明期のPCゲーム開発記) in which he chronicles his time in the game industry. In one post, he talks about starting his very first job at Falcon, where his first project was to convert the action RPG Sorcerian to the MSX2.

At the time, Falcon was based in Nishikasugai District, Aichi Prefecture, and had a development office in Osaka. Makimoto worked in the Osaka office. He recalls there were three people stationed there: the general manager, a senior staff member, and himself. The general manager was developing a Famicom "falling game," and the senior staff member was developing the Game Gear version of Fray: Shugyou-hen. The relevant text:

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大阪開発室には、部長さんと先輩社員さんと私の３人が常駐していて、もう１人音楽担当の方が時々出入りしていました。部長さんは (時系列は前後してるかもですが) ファミコン版の "落ちゲー" を開発していて、先輩社員さんは「ゲームギア版 FRAY 〜修行編〜」を開発していました。マイクロキャビンに営業として就職していた友人は、おそらくこのゲームの打ち合わせ等で大阪開発室に来ていたんでしょうね。

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CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Whodunit: Falcon Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:38 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Falcon is a company that co-owns Sokoban and did a lot of work for Sunsoft. http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Falcon The Falcon website says they worked on two Game Gear games. One of them appears to be Shanghai II. ("Falcon" is credited as director.) Fray: Shugyou-hen may be the other one. (It has the same Sega startup logo as Shanghai II.)

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:26 pm
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 668	Programmer Takashi Makimoto has written a series of posts called PC Game Development in the Early Days (黎明期のPCゲーム開発記) in which he chronicles his time in the game industry. In one post, he talks about starting his very first job at Falcon, where his first project was to convert the action RPG Sorcerian to the MSX2. At the time, Falcon was based in Nishikasugai District, Aichi Prefecture, and had a development office in Osaka. Makimoto worked in the Osaka office. He recalls there were three people stationed there: the general manager, a senior staff member, and himself. The general manager was developing a Famicom "falling game," and the senior staff member was developing the Game Gear version of Fray: Shugyou-hen. The relevant text: Quote 大阪開発室には、部長さんと先輩社員さんと私の３人が常駐していて、もう１人音楽担当の方が時々出入りしていました。部長さんは (時系列は前後してるかもですが) ファミコン版の "落ちゲー" を開発していて、先輩社員さんは「ゲームギア版 FRAY 〜修行編〜」を開発していました。マイクロキャビンに営業として就職していた友人は、おそらくこのゲームの打ち合わせ等で大阪開発室に来ていたんでしょうね。

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