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 19 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout (1991, TurboGrafx-16) | Original Game Design |
| Vasteel (1990, TurboGrafx CD) | Game Design |
| Super Soccer (1990, TurboGrafx-16) | Advisor |
| F1 Triple Battle (1989, TurboGrafx-16) | Game Design |
| Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag (1989, TurboGrafx-16) | Game Design |
| Michael Andretti's World GP (1988, NES) | Staff |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 7 games with Takeshi Onozaki
- 7 games with Masamichi Yamazaki
- 6 games with Yūichi Kobayashi
- 6 games with Kenichi Abe
- 6 games with Hiroya Niwayama
- 6 games with Kazunori Iida
- 6 games with Tōru Hayashi
- 5 games with Hiroaki Togawa
- 4 games with Teruyuki Yoneyama
- 4 games with Kengo Mori
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Companies
- 15 games with Human Entertainment, Inc.
- 2 games with Athena Corporation
- 1 game with Working Designs
- 1 game with ShunDa
- 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
- 1 game with Tommo Inc.
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