Hiroaki Suga

Hiroaki Suga

Local	菅浩秋 (すがひろあき)
Born	1963-??-??
Birth Place	Unknown
Nationality	Japanese
Aliases	GSX.Suga, GSX, H. Suga, Sugi
Website	Unknown

Hiroaki Suga is a Japanese game developer, known for his numerous works with HAL Laboratory. He joined HAL around 1981, with the Japanese VIC 20 version of Rally-X being one of his first works. Around 1984, Hideki Kanazashi joined HAL as their lead composer, and Hiroaki started receiving more sound programming credits. Besides audio, Suga has been credited for various game development roles including production, game design, and programming.

His last known credit was for the 2016 Nintendo 3DS game Kirby: Planet Robobot, in which he served as a supervisor.

Audio Development

Game Boy

Suga programmed a sound driver which was also used by HAL's subsidiary, Dice.

NES

Though he wasn't credited for sound programming per se in NES games, he most likely provided the sound engine, as various games, while crediting Suga as a composer, don't attribute any songs to him, like in 3D Hot Rally, strongly suggesting he only served as a sound programmer. Also, it can be supported by Suga's numerous programming credits. It is unknown if he made the Music Maker editor used by Kanazashi.

SNES

Suga originally reprogrammed Nintendo's Kankichi-kun for his own use, but later made a new sound driver used in SimCity 2000 and Wario's Woods. The latter uses the SNES sound chip in an unusual in which SPC files cannot be logged.

Gameography

Released	Title	Notes
1981-??-??	Rally-X (VIC)
1984-??-??	Rollerball (MSX) (ローラーボール)
1984-11-02	F1 Race (FC) (F1レース)	Sound Driver
1985-??-??	Eggerland Mystery (MSX) (エッガーランド: ミステリー)
1985-10-18	Mach Rider (NES) (マッハライダー)	Sound Driver
1986-04-25	Keisan Game: Sansuu 1 Nen (FC) (けいさんゲームさんすう１年)	Sound Driver
1986-04-25	Keisan Game: Sansuu 2 Nen (FC) (けいさんゲームさんすう２年)	Sound Driver
1986-04-25	Keisan Game: Sansuu 3 Nen (FC) (けいさんゲームさんすう３年)	Sound Driver
1986-10-13	Othello (FDS) (オセロ)	Sound Driver
1986-10-30	Keisan Game: Sansuu 4 Nen (FC) (けいさんゲームさんすう４年)	Sound Driver
1986-10-30	Keisan Game: Sansuu 5+6 Nen (FC) (けいさんゲームさんすう５＋６年)	Sound Driver
1986-11-13	Othello (NES)	Sound Driver
1986-12-10	Gall Force: Eternal Story (FDS) (ガルフォース: ETERNAL STORY)	Sound Driver
1986-??-??	Eggerland 2 (MSX2)	Sound Programmer
1987-01-89	Eggerland (FDS) (エッガーランド)	Sound Driver
1987-08-17	Air Fortress (NES) (エアー・フォートレス)	Sound Driver
1988-01-07	Satsui no Kaisou: Power Soft Satsujin Jiken (FC) (殺意の階層パワーソフト殺人事件)	Sound Driver
1988-02-01	Fire Bam (FDS) (ファイヤーバム)	Sound Driver
1988-02-01	Jumbo Ozaki no Hole in One Professional (FC) (ジャンボ尾崎のホールインワンプロフェッショナル)	Sound Driver
1988-04-14	Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (FDS) (ファミコングランプリ：３Dホットラリー)	Sound Driver
1988-08-09	Eggerland: Meikyuu no Fukkatsu (FC) (エッガーランド: ミステリー: 迷宮の復活)	Sound Director
1989-04-??	Adventures of Lolo (NES)	Sound Driver
1989-07-28	Shanghai (GB) (上海)	With Hideki Kanazashi.
1988-08-20	Eggerland: Journey to the Creation (FDS) (エッガーランド創造への旅立ち)	Sound Driver
1989-10-18	Revenge of the 'Gator (GB) (６６匹のワニ大行進)
1989-11-17	Gozonji: Yajikita Chin Douchuu (FC) (御存知弥次喜多珍道中)	Music Tone with Hideki Kanazashi.
1990-01-06	Adventures of Lolo 2 (NES) (アドベンチャーズオブロロ)	Sound Driver
1990-02-??	Rollerball (NES)
1990-12-26	Adventures of Lolo 3 (NES) (ＡＤＶＥＮＴＵＲＥＳＯＦＬＯＬＯ Ⅱ)	Sound Driver
1990-12-26	New Ghostbusters II (NES) (ＮＥＷゴーストバスターズ２)	Sound Driver
1994-12-??	Wario's Woods (SNES) (ワリオの森)	With Tadashi Ikegami.
1995-12-??	Vegas Stakes (GB)	Sound Driver
1995-05-26	SimCity 2000 (SNES) (シムシティ２０００)	Composer? / Sound Driver
1995-??-??	Wario's Woods (NES)	PAL version only. With Tadashi Ikegami.
Unreleased	Air Fortress (FDS) (空中要塞)