Crosstalk
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| Founded | October 1979 |
| Headquarters | Hiroshima, Japan |
| Website | http://www.crosstalk.co.jp/index.html |
Crosstalk Inc. (株式会社クロストーク Kabushikigaisha Kurosutōku), sometimes written as CrossTalk was a Japanese game development studio founded by Kazuhisa Mitani. The company started out as a ghost developer, like many other companies at the time. As a result, little is known about the company. They did a few conversions of games, and most of their games were only released in Japan. The company still exists to this day, though they no longer develop video games, and instead focus on web and software development.
Games
Audio Development
NES
Crosstalk worked on four games; Arctic, Bakushou! Jinsei Gekijou (the first game in the series), Hillsfar, and Jangou. All of these games were featured either original or arranged music by Yoshio Kobayashi. He would write the music in Musium for the NEC PC8001mkII. He would then give his compositions to the programmer Kazuhisa Mitani, who implemented Yoshio's songs into his own custom sound driver.
SNES
Crosstalk used their own variant of Nintendo's Kankichi-kun sound driver software. The company was provided its development tools by Nintendo. The variant was most likely programmed by Mitani as well. Yoshio Kobayashi was once again the only composer to write for their SNES games, though all of Crosstalk's SNES games were only released in Japan. Kobayashi recalls having to make his own instrument samples and envelopes for his SNES music. For more details on how Kankichi-kun worked, see its page.
Audio Personnel
- Kazuhisa Mitani - Sound programmer.
- T's Music - Composer for Tactics Ogre (SAT).
- Yoshio Kobayashi - Main composer.
- Yasuhiro Kawasaki - Contractor from Pony Canyon; Composer for DragonStrike (PC98) and Hillsfar (NES).
- ? Yanagawa - Part-time composer for the company.
Hillsfar (NES) uses the title music from the computer versions, composed by Westwood Studios composer Paul Mudra, though he did not work for Crosstalk.
Other
These composers did not work for Crosstalk, but their music was used in games converted by the company.
- Ernie Sheesley - Sound designer for The Neverhood (PS1).
- Mike Ash - Composer for Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon (W32).
- Steve Monk - Composer for Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon (W32).
- Terry Scott Taylor - Composer for The Neverhood (PS1).
Links
- crosstalk.co.jp/ - Official. (Japanese)
