Akito Nakatsuka

Akito Nakatsuka

Local	中塚章人 (なかつかあきと)
Born	1954?
Birth Place	Unknown
Nationality	Japanese
Aliases	A. Nakatuka Tsukasan NAK

Akito Nakatsuka has been working with Nintendo since 1984. He has composed music for several of Nintendo's games across multiple gaming platforms. In addition to his multiple credits as a composer, he is often seen credited as a special thanks mention. His best known soundtracks are Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NES). He also composed the music to the Super GameBoy. During Nintendo's development for the BS games in Japan, he composed the music to a vast majority of those games.

During Nintendo's Famicom Disk System development, Akito got the chance to improve some of his previous work with the Famicom Disk System's extra sound channel, and he made great use of it. Unfortunately, Akito didn't get to compose many Disk System tunes.

Music Development

Akito Nakatsuka seems to sometimes write in the Key of F and use either several triplets and/or dotted eighth notes followed by sixteenth notes.

FDS/NES

Akito first used a sound engine written by Hirokazu Tanaka. Then, he ended up programming his own sound engine around 1986. Back then, assembly was the only way to make music. His sound driver took advantage of the Famicom Disk System's audio capabilities.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample
Unknown	FamicomBox (FC)
1984-10-05	Devil World (FC)
1984-11-22	Clu Clu Land (NES)
1984-11-30	Excitebike (NES)
1985-01-30	Ice Climber (NES)
1985-12-06	Spelunker (NES) (スペランカー)	Composer?
1986-02-21	Family Computer Disk System (FDS) (ファミリーコンピュータディスクシステム)
1986-08-27	I Am a Teacher: Super Mario's Sweater (FDS) (アイアムアティーチャースーパーマリオのセーター)	Composer?
1986-09-26	I Am a Teacher: Basic Hand Knitting (FDS) (アイアムアティーチャー手あみのきそ)	Composer?
1987-01-14	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)
1987-02-21	Famicom Golf: Japan Course (FDS) (ファミコンゴルフ: ジャパンコース)
1987-06-14	Famicom Golf: USA Course (FDS) (ファミコンゴルフ: USA コース)
1987-10-??	Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NES)
1988-11-30	Kaettekita Mario Bros. (FDS) (帰ってきたマリオブラザーズ)
1988-12-09	Vs. Excitebike (FDS) (ＶＳ。エキサイトバイク)	Sound Driver
1990-08-??	Punch-Out!! (NES)
1991-09-20	NES Open Tournament Golf (NES) (マリオオープンゴルフ)
1994-02-09	Wario's Woods (NES) (ワリオの森)	Sound Driver
1995-04-23	BS-X Satellaview (SFC)
1995-06-14	Super Game Boy (SNES)
1997-??-??	BS Legend of Zelda (SFC)
1997-12-01	Heisei Shin Oniga Shima: Kouhen (SFC)
1998-01-30	Super Game Boy 2 (SFC)
1999-06-25	Sutte Hakkun (SFC)
2005-05-19	Brain Age: Train Your Brain In Minutes a Day (NDS)
2013 (TBA)	Large Ensemble! Band Brothers DS (3DS) (大合奏!バンドブラザーズ３DS)
Unknown	Bdash Gatsu-Go (SFC) (ビーダッシュ)
Unknown	Satella Walker: Sate Bou no Sukuidasu! (SFC)
Unreleased	SNES Burn-In Test Cart (SNES)