Masaaki Kikuta
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Masaaki Kikuta is a programmer and composer at Hudson Soft. He single-handedly developed much of the earliest Famicom games of the 1980s, but only one (Raid on Bungeling Bay) made it to the NES.
He is responsible for programming cheat codes on the NES with that string in it.
Music Development
NES
He wrote the music in 6502 assembly. His musical style sounds similar to Nick Eastridge. His driver would later be used by composer Toshiyuki Sasagawa.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-07-28 | Nuts & Milk (FC) (ナッツ＆ミルク) | ||
| 1985-02-22 | Raid on Bungeling Bay (NES) (バンゲリングベイ) | ||
| 1985-10-15 | Challenger (FC) (チャレンジャー) | |
Sound Driver |
| 1985-12-19 | Binary Land (FC) (バイナリィランド) |
Aliases
In most of the games he developed, he used the name "Kiku". His name was only used on cheat codes.
