A complete list of all NMK shooters?

[Domino]

The reason is some of the NMK shooters didn't have their names on them (Rapid Hero, USAAF Mustang, Task Force Harrier, etc.).

Was Koutetsu Yousai Strahl developed by NMK? From the looks of it the sprite artist did the art in Koutetsu Yousai Strahl.

Where there any relations between NWK and UPL besides UPL selling their games to arcade operators?

Thanks.

[llaoyllakcuf]

http://www.higenekodo.jp/untiku/nmk.htm

[Domino]

http://www.higenekodo.jp/untiku/nmk.htm

Thanks! Looks like they didn't do Koutetsu Yousai Strahl.

Can anyone translate the top page?

[Imhotep]

Riot should be on that list, too, there might be other games missing.

[CIT]

NMK!

[Domino]

NMK!

My stupid moment.

Corrected. Yeah, Riot wasn't on that website (and they did developed it). They might had done Koutetsu Yousai Strahl after all.

[oxtsu]

Nobody has found solid evidence that Riot ever got an official release.. loke test and then kaput.

[oxtsu]

also at the bottom at that NMK fan page,

ホントかウソか？！　未確認情報

★「湾岸戦争」の次に「宇宙戦争」のタイトルで開発されていた物がある。

★ＮＴＣと言うメーカーは、実はＮＭＫの中に開発拠点があった関連会社らしい。
　「スーパーＸ」も日本で作っていて、当時「スーパースト２Ｘ」が流行っていたから付けた安易なネーミングらしい？

★韓国のメーカー「ＤＯＯＹＯＮＧ」のタイトルにも関わりがあるとか？

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Is it real or false?!Unconfirmed information

- There is a thing developed by the title of "War of the Worlds" next to "Gulf
War".

- The manufacturer that says NTC seems to be related companies that to tell the truth, there is a development base in NMK.
Is it naming that seems to be easy put because "Super-X" is made in Japan, and "Super-strike 2X" became popular at that time?

- There is relations also in the title of manufacturer "DOOYONG" in South Korea.

[Imhotep]

Nobody has found solid evidence that Riot ever got an official release.. loke test and then kaput.

I've seen two boards on ebay (Italy and Germany) during the last 6 months, one of which I own.

[oxtsu]

Very interesting, Imhotep. Were any of those in Japanese? Can you provide pics of the board(s)? I've only seen the one at maws, which I would assume was used for the dump. It would be good to try to rule out hacks(rom swaps)/protos/test versions. If more than a few of these surface I think it's safe to say it was released outside Japan at least (why they wouldn't release it there is a mystery..??).

[Imhotep]

The version I have is the same as the rom's. Also, the board looks like the one at maws. I'll take some pictures anyway and post 'em here.

[oxtsu]

Sounds good, Imhotep. thanks

Something just clicked with me (idle speculation)...

About NMK main programmer, ORE, and less so the sound guy Hide-Kaz:

Gunnail - Ore! ... Hide kaz
Rapid Hero - Oredayo (program supervisor). Hide kaz (sound composer)
Thunder Dragon 2 - Ore-Dayo (programmer), Hide-kaz (sound adviser)
Macross - Ore Dayo (software/programmer). Hide kaz (sound)
Macross II - Ore~ (software/programmer) hide-kaz (sound)

Could this Ore!/Oredayo/Ore~ be the same programmer ORE808 from Psyvariar?? And a long shot, could the sound man Hide-Kaz = Hide Takahashi (psyvariar graphics are shit, so it seems more believable)?

Executive Producer --> Takato Yoshinari
Programmer --> Takashi Egawano as ORE808"
Designer --> Hide Takahashi as bymake2
Sound --> Tatsuro Sato as WASi303

(note- in the actual Psyvariar game credits, their real names aren't shown)

[Domino]

Oxtsu you might be on to something. Riot is good, but hard as nails.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Sounds good, Imhotep. thanks

Something just clicked with me (idle speculation)...

About NMK main programmer, ORE, and less so the sound guy Hide-Kaz:

Gunnail - Ore! ... Hide kaz
Rapid Hero - Oredayo (program supervisor). Hide kaz (sound composer)
Thunder Dragon 2 - Ore-Dayo (programmer), Hide-kaz (sound adviser)
Macross - Ore Dayo (software/programmer). Hide kaz (sound)
Macross II - Ore~ (software/programmer) hide-kaz (sound)

Could this Ore!/Oredayo/Ore~ be the same programmer ORE808 from Psyvariar?? And a long shot, could the sound man Hide-Kaz = Hide Takahashi (psyvariar graphics are shit, so it seems more believable)?

Executive Producer --> Takato Yoshinari
Programmer --> Takashi Egawano as ORE808"
Designer --> Hide Takahashi as bymake2
Sound --> Tatsuro Sato as WASi303

(note- in the actual Psyvariar game credits, their real names aren't shown)

In case if you wondering the source of oxtsu's Psyvariar Medium Unit and Psyvariar Revision Taito G-Card carts of mentioned staff names, they are revealed for the first time in the Psyvariar 2 OST CD inside cover jacket for posterity... ^_~

I used to wonder just who those "mystery" Psy-MU/Psy-R staff members hiding under those monikers were...

You might recall that Tatsuro Sato was the guy who did the BGM tunes for the JPN PSX game of Success' Superlite 1500 series Sanvien (aka Starfighter Sanvien for the USA region PSX from A1-Games budget label games division of Agetech) -- and even sounds very similar to Psyvariar in retrospect...

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Synnae]

Gunnail
Rapid Hero
Thunder Dragon 2
Macross
Macross II
Psyvariar

Sorry for bumping this, but are those all of the shmups by NMK? There's no English wikipedia article for the company and I can't find much info about it. I'd like to know a list of every shmup they made.

[trap15]

That's not even close. Psyvariar isn't NMK at all, that proposed link is ridiculously thin. Ore-dayo is Youichi Koyama, Hide-Kaz is Hideya Kazunori.

In order from first to last:

• Argus
• Valtric
• P47
• Saint Dragon / Tenseiryuu
• Task Force Harrier
• USAAF Mustang
• Black Heart
• Thunder Dragon
• Hacha Mecha Fighter
• Macross
• Gunnail
• Thunder Dragon 2
• Macross 2
• Arcadia / Rapid Hero
• Zed Blade / Operation Ragnarok
• P47 Aces
• Desert War / Wangan Sensou

They also made a few non-STG games without their name on it, if you want I can list those out too.

[mehguy]

there doesn't seem to be much info on this developer on the internet. Are they still in business?

[trap15]

They went out of business 10 years ago. Not quite sure what the programmer or graphics artists are doing anymore. Hideya Kazunori is currently a sound engineer at Konami iirc, Manabu Namiki is doing stuff at M2 now, and I'm not sure what Sizlla Okamura is doing anymore.

[Synnae]

That's not even close. Psyvariar isn't NMK at all, that proposed link is ridiculously thin. Ore-dayo is Youichi Koyama, Hide-Kaz is Hideya Kazunori.

In order from first to last:

• Argus
• Valtric
• P47
• Saint Dragon / Tenseiryuu
• Task Force Harrier
• USAAF Mustang
• Black Heart
• Thunder Dragon
• Hacha Mecha Fighter
• Macross
• Gunnail
• Thunder Dragon 2
• Macross 2
• Arcadia / Rapid Hero
• Zed Blade / Operation Ragnarok
• P47 Aces
• Desert War / Wangan Sensou

They also made a few non-STG games without their name on it, if you want I can list those out too.

Thank you Trap15, this is really helpful.

And it'd be cool if you want to list the non-STG games too.

[trap15]

Sure. And to answer a question in the OP, I actually asked Sizlla Okamura a few weeks ago on Twitter if there was a relationship between UPL and NMK. His answer, verbatim, was "No. There was no capital relationship between NMK and UPL. RT @trap0xf: @sizokmr Are you familiar with UPL? I am curious of their link..." However, looking back at his feed, it sounds like some executives at NMK came from Universal before they became UPL, but he generally doesn't know. Not sure what to take away from it all. Relevant tweets:
https://twitter.com/sizokmr/status/307732053682688000
https://twitter.com/sizokmr/status/308084784058474496

Anyways, list of all NMK developed non-STG games:

• Psychic 5
• Buta-san
• City Connection (not 100%, but I think so) (EDIT: Nope, actually by Hect)
• Legend of Makai / Makai Densetsu
• Mahjong Daireikai
• Urashima Mahjong
• Mahjong Channel Zoom In!
• Gun Dealer
• Yam! Yam!?
• Quiz Gakuen Paradise
• Saboten Bombers (this game is really fun)
• Quiz Panikuru Fantasy
• Bombjack Twin

I believe Riot is developed by Tecmo and published by NMK.

[Strikers1945guy]

Wow, NMK made some really great stuff, didn't realize they were behind some of these titles. Gunnail would be a sweet PCB to own someday but I'm more than certain I've come across old sale threads where the board goes for crazy amounts.

[shmuppyLove]

[*]Yam! Yam!?

SNAAAAAAAAAKE

[Dave_K.]

I though I read somewhere that NMK helped out on KOUTETSU YOUSAI STRAHL. The PCB does use the NMK chipset. So maybe un-officially NMK.

[trap15]

It's possible, but I don't think so. It doesn't really seem like an NMK game. UPL used NMK's customs on most of their later games, including stuff that is almost 100% guaranteed not NMK, so I don't think that's a good indicator.

[Despatche]

Bump. Closest thing to an NMK thread, I guess?

Yeah, I'm not sure why people have always thought Strahl is NMK, as it seems a lot like any of UPL's other games. Noone thinks Acrobat Mission is NMK though...

「スーパーＸ」も日本で作っていて、当時「スーパースト２Ｘ」が流行っていたから付けた安易なネーミングらしい？

Is it naming that seems to be easy put because "Super-X" is made in Japan, and "Super-strike 2X" became popular at that time?

"スーパースト２Ｘ" refers to Super Street Fighter II X; that whole quote sounds like Aya-tier rumors.

[trap15]

Also, to correct an earlier post of mine, City Connection was neither NMK nor Jaleco, it was Hect (aka Hector), and the group is now Axle (not 100% on the name, the info is on GDRI), their website lists City Connection all parts.

[Sinful]

Really, USAAF Mustang is an NMK game? That's pretty cool... is this game playable with original music in MAME yet?

[trap15]

Yeah, I fixed the sound about half a year ago. As usual, use latest MAMEPlus! for all recent developments. All games on the nmk16.c driver have working music now. Desert War and P-47 Aces still have broken music, but those are on different hardware that has serious issues that aren't even sound related.

[Sinful]

Oh, wow. You did this? Wait, you're the big NMK fan, right? Or was it something else? Well either way. Thanks a lot. I'm going to check this out once I wake up. Always wanted to play the Arcade version, but couldn't because game music with gaming is very important to me. And not the same at all otherwise.

[atro]

Saint Dragon / Tenseiryuu
/list]

And all this time I was thinking it was done by Jaleco.
Seems that they were only publishers.
Must have been because of my Amiga port!

Been looking for a good PCB of that one for a long time.
Never found a single original one.