Minakuchi Engineering
Native name | 水口エンジニアリング株式会社 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | May 1984 |
| Founder | Kunishige Yoshida |
| Defunct | 2002 (estimated) |
| Fate | Closed |
| Headquarters | Kōka, Shiga |
Area served | Japan |
| Products | Mega Man series |
Minakuchi Engineering Co., Ltd. (水口エンジニアリング株式会社) was a Japanese video game developer based in Kōka, Shiga. Founded in May 1984, it had worked on approximately 40 titles for arcade, computer and home consoles, a large number of which went uncredited.[1][2] It is best known for developing Mega Man games for Capcom, namely all of the Game Boy Mega Man games (except II) and Mega Man X3. Its exact fate is unknown, but its website was taken down in 2002.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]Minakuchi Engineering was established in May 1984, basing its headquarter on Kōka District of Shiga, and named their company after one of the towns in the area, Minakuchi.[1]
According to its now defunct website, Minakuchi Engineering had worked on about 40 different games for a variety of publishers, but due to the anonymous nature of the video game credits at the time, it's difficult to identify exactly which it's responsible for.[2] One of its better known footnotes is the partnership with Capcom, having developed the Mega Man games including Mega Man: The Wily Wars for Sega Genesis, Mega Man X3 for SNES, and four of the Game Boy Mega Man titles (from Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge to Mega Man V, with exception of II).[4]
One of its employees was Mega Man series composer Kouji Murata, who worked on the Game Boy Mega Man games starting from Mega Man III.[5]
Games developed
[edit | edit source]Arcade
[edit | edit source]- Power Spikes (1991)
- Turbo Force (1991)
Game Boy
[edit | edit source]- Bionic Commando (1992)
- Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge (1991)
- Mega Man III (1992)
- Mega Man IV (1993)
- Mega Man V (1994)
- Qix (1990)
- Solar Striker (1990)
Genesis
[edit | edit source]- Mega Man: The Wily Wars (1994)
MSX2
[edit | edit source]- Kimagure Orange Road: Natsu no Mirage (1988)
- Maison Ikkoku: Kanketsuhen: Sayonara, Soshite... (1988)
- What's Michael? (1989)
SNES
[edit | edit source]- Magic Sword (1992)
- Knights of the Round (1994)
- Mega Man X3 (1995)
References
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Links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (Wayback Machine)
