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J.J. & Jeff

Platform: TurboGrafx-16 Year: 1988 Developer: Hudson Soft

J.J. & Jeff is one of the earliest TurboGrafx-16 games.

In Japan, the game was originally released as a game based on the comedy duo Kato-chan and Ken-chan. It featured a lot of toilet humor, which was removed when localized for North America.

Screenshots

Music

J.J. & Jeff has a really nice score for its time. This was one of Takeaki Kunimoto's earliest games that he worked on. There are some jazzy tunes, as well as rock tracks, but even in those, you can still hear Kunimoto's jazzy elements with the chord progressions. For unknown reasons, the sound driver plays the music a microtone (1/4 step) sharp, resulting in approximately A = 450Hz.

Takeaki wrote his music on the MSX computer, which was sent to Hudson Soft, and implemented into the game by Toshiyuki Sasagawa, who implemented the music using a PC-98 computer and Music Macro Language with Takayuki Iwabuchi's sound driver.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title Screen	Takeaki Kunimoto	0:22		Download
02	Field 1	Takeaki Kunimoto	1:55		Download
03	Bonus Area	Takeaki Kunimoto	0:39		Download
04	Area Clear	Takeaki Kunimoto	0:05		Download
05	Field 2	Takeaki Kunimoto	1:07		Download
06	Field 3	Takeaki Kunimoto	1:30		Download
07	Field 4	Takeaki Kunimoto	1:14		Download
08	Field 5	Takeaki Kunimoto	1:55		Download
09	Miss	Takeaki Kunimoto	0:03		Download
10	Boss	Takeaki Kunimoto	1:19		Download
11	Field Complete	Takeaki Kunimoto	0:05		Download
12	Ending	Takeaki Kunimoto	0:39		Download
13	Staff Roll	Takeaki Kunimoto	2:55		Download
14	Game Over	Takeaki Kunimoto	0:10		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Sonic of 8! (VGZ)
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
• Game Credits:
  • Sound Effect: Toshiyuki Sasagawa credited as T.Sasagawa
  • Sound Effect: Toshiaki Takimoto credited as T.Takimoto
  • Music Program: Toshiyuki Sasagawa credited as T.Sasagawa
  • Music: Takeaki Kunimoto credited as Kinoko Kunimoto
  • Uncredited Sound Driver: Takayuki Iwabuchi

(Source)

The game's credits are seen after beating the game. However, they will not display if the player uses the level select cheat. Both the Japanese and US version of the game have the same exact credits.

Takayuki Iwabuchi has been confirmed as programming the game's sound driver, but he is not listed in the game's credits.

Game Rip

Ripping TurboGrafx-16 music is an arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site. The music was recorded using in_vgm for Winamp.

Audio Devices

The game uses the TurboGrafx-16's HuC6280. It uses Takayuki Iwabuchi's sound driver.

Releases

Japan Title: カトちゃんケンちゃん (Kato-chan Ken-chan) Platform: PCE Released: 1987-11-30 Publisher: Hudson Soft     USA Title: J.J. & Jeff Platform: TG16 Released: 1990-??-?? Publisher: NEC