Shotaro Sasaki
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Shotaro Sasaki (also known as Enjoy Sasaki and Sho) is a Japanese composer and sound designer, known for his work at Athena. He joined the company around 1988 and worked on mainly on their arcade, NES, and SNES games. He is known for works such as Wit's, Strike Gunner S.T.G, Sword Master, and Dezaemon. He also received critical acclaim for his soundtrack for the game Daiou. During his time at Athena, he was usually credited alongside Koichi Ishibashi, though he primarily received credit for music composition while Ishibashi received credit for sound effects and programming.
In 1995, Sasaki departed Athena and went with other developers of Daiou to found Warashi. However, he started doing sales work for the company and ceased to compose music.
Audio Development
Arcade
Sasaki used a sound driver by Koichi Ishibashi. It used a Seta X1-010 PCM chip.
NES
Sasaki used a custom sound driver by Athena, most likely by Ishibashi.
SNES
Shotaro used a custom sound driver written by Ishibashi.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-11-16 | Family Quiz: 4-nin wa Rival (FC) (ファミリークイズ 4人はライバル) | ||
| 1989-??-?? | Wit's (ARC) (ウィッツ) | With Koichi Ishibashi. | |
| 1989-06-?? | Castle of Dragon (ARC) (キャッスル・オブ・ドラゴン) | ||
| 1989-12-?? | Championship Bowling (NES) (チャンピオンシップボーリング) | Composer? | |
| 1990-02-27 | Castle of Dragon (NES) (ドラゴン ユニット) | ||
| 1990-07-13 | Wit's (FC) (ウィッツ) | ||
| 1990-12-21 | Sword Master (NES) (剣の達人・ソードマスター) | ||
| 1991-04-?? | Strike Gunner S.T.G. (ARC) (ストライクガンナー) | ||
| 1991-09-09 | De-Block (FC) (デ・ブロック) | ||
| 1991-09-13 | Dezaemon (FC) (絵描衛門[デザエモン]) | With Koichi Ishibashi. | |
| 1992-01-31 | Twin (GB) (ツイン) | ||
| 1992-03-27 | Strike Gunner S.T.G. (SNES) (ストライクガンナー) | With Koichi Ishibashi. | |
| 1993-??-?? | Daioh (ARC) (大王) |
Picture Gallery
Circa 1989, cropped staff photo from Castle of Dragon (ARC).
Links
- w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/8649.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).
