Receipts as always

Open the "ED64" folder, open the file "save_db.txt", pop JK=1 at the bottom (as pictured), works like a charm

Indeed, it's a huge part of why I love documenting industry trails like this. Apart from all the migrations back then within Osaka's own "big 3" (which affected those companies in various ways), it's interesting when their tendrils pop up in places you'd least expect. Shenmue, anyone?

... that apart from the helicopter, Tomy was *also* responsible for the falling leaves effect on that stage, and that they "gathered the fallen leaves near the wheels of [Takashi Nishiyama's?] Nissan Fairlady, swirled them all around, and then used that as a reference to create it."

Minor correction regarding KOF 94's Brazil stage: "Mr. T" is a certain "Tomy" who did the background graphics on Vigilante back at Irem, according to Akio (see screenshot below)

There was no 2nd designer named "N". That whole sentence about "N-Yama" was saying...

All the Toyama rants are the stuff of legend, especially that opening paragraph of D-Dash. Gotta love how when one interviewer even came *close* to breaching the subject with Toyama, he wasn't touching it with a 10 foot pole, lol.

Update:

Akio confirmed Shimizu was the other graphic artist in a Xitter post detailing R-Type II's development, even delving into how the individual tasks were divvied up.

Update #2:

Masahiko Ishida (Sound)

Confirmed in a magazine interview (also, correction: looks he *was* involved on Vigilante after all)

EDIT:

Masato Ishizaki (Sound)

Confirmed in a magazine interview, which lists all the AC games he composed. (Also, correction: he didn't plan/design Lode Runner III or IV, just II)

P.S. As good a place as any to mention: female designer M. Taguchi is *probably* the same person as "Momoko T."

You'd be surprised!