Masato Masuda
aka:
増田 雅人
Moby ID: 365513
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Masato Masuda (増田 雅人, January 1, 1966 - March 29, 2014) was a game designer and programmer, considered a pioneer of pro wrestling video games. He joined TRY (later Human) in 1984 as a part-time employee, designing and programming several early influential wrestling games, including Pro Wrestling (1986) and Fire Pro Wrestling (1989). He stayed with Human until 1994, including one year as a programming teacher at Human Creative School.
After spending a year in the US, he returned to Japan and taught programming at Human Creative School for another three years. After Human's bankruptcy in 1999, he established his own studio ShunDa. He passed away in March 2014 at the age of 48.
Credited on 23 games
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| Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy - The Path of the Superhero (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Project Director |
| Tomato Adventure (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Event Program (イベントプログラム) |
| Shooter: Space Shot (2000, PlayStation) | Special Thanks |
| Fire Pro Wrestling G (1999, PlayStation) | Original Game Design (オリジナルゲームデザイン) |
| Blazing Tornado (1994, Arcade) | Directed by |
| Super Final Match Tennis (1994, SNES) | Program Advisor (プログラム アドバイザー) |
| Taekwon-Do (1994, SNES) | Program Adviser |
| Formation Soccer on J League (1994, TurboGrafx-16) | Special Thanks |
| Super Fire Pro Wrestling III: Final Bout (1993, SNES) | Original Game Design |
| F1 Pole Position 2 (1993, SNES) | Program Director |
| Magicoal (1993, TurboGrafx CD) | Technical Support (技術サポート) |
| Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm (1993, SEGA CD) | Special Thanks |
| Super Fire Pro Wrestling 2 (1992, SNES) | Game Design |
| Fire Pro Wrestling 3: Legend Bout (1992, TurboGrafx-16) | Original Game Design (オリジナル ゲーム デザイン) |
| Far the Earth no Jakōtei: Neo Metal Fantasy (1992, TurboGrafx CD) | Special Thanks (スペシャルサンクス) |
| Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden (1992, Genesis) | Original Game Design |
| Super Fire Pro Wrestling (1991, SNES) | Game Design |
| Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout (1991, TurboGrafx-16) | Original Game Design |
| Vasteel (1990, TurboGrafx CD) | Game Design |
| Super Soccer (1990, TurboGrafx-16) | Advisor |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 11 games with Masamichi Yamazaki
- 8 games with Hiroya Niwayama
- 8 games with Hideaki Sasazawa
- 7 games with Yūichi Kobayashi
- 7 games with Shuji Yoshida
- 7 games with Takeshi Onozaki
- 7 games with Toru Hayashi
- 6 games with Hironori Tanaka
- 6 games with Kenichi Abe
- 6 games with Kazunori Iida
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Companies
- 19 games with Human Entertainment, Inc.
- 2 games with Athena Corporation
- 1 game with Working Designs
- 1 game with ShunDa
- 1 game with S-NEO Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with D's Garage 21
- 1 game with CyberDreams, Inc.
- 1 game with C.I.I.
- 1 game with Varie Corporation
- 1 game with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
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