Masao Asakawa

Masao Asakawa

Local 浅川 政夫 (あさかわ まさお) Born Birth Place Unknown Nationality Japanese   Aliases M.Asakawa M-A

Masao Asakawa is a Japanese composer. He worked for ASK Kodansha. He has also worked on character design and programming.

Audio Development

Game Boy

For Catrap and Mikineko Holmes, Asakawa used a custom sound driver, possibly coded by himself.

For Monster Tactics, he used another custom sound driver. The same driver may have also been used in the game Kaitei Densetsu!! Treasure World, as both games were by the same developer.

Genesis

Asakawa used a version of Sega's SMPS in Viewpoint.

NES

Asakawa used a custom sound driver not used in any other game.

SNES

Masao used a variant of Kankichi-kun. The variant was originally made by Kennosuke Suemura, but then further modified by Nexus Interact.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1990-06-01	Catrap (GB) (ＰＩＴＭＡＮ)
1991-02-15	Mikineko Holmes no Kishi Michi (GB) (三毛猫ホームズの騎士道)		Arranger of Johann Sebastian Bach's music
1991-08-09	Hyaku no Sekai no Monogatari: The Tales on a Watery Wilderness (FC) (百の世界の物語)
1993-07-16	1552 Tenka Tairan (PCETCD) (１５５２天下大乱)
1994-??-??	Kouki 2601 (PC98) (皇紀２６０１)
1995-08-11	Tenchi wo Kurau: San Goku Shi Gunyuuden (SFC) (天地を喰らう 三国志群雄伝)
1995-08-25	Jimmy Houston's Bass Tournament U.S.A. (SNES) (実戦！バスフィッシング必勝法ｉｎＵＳＡ)
1996-04-12	Potestas (PS1) (ポテスタス)
1997-11-13	Tora! Tora! Tora! (PS1) (トラ！トラ！トラ！)
1998-03-19	The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch - Story of the Other Heroes (PS1) (英雄伝説III ～白き魔女～もうひとつの英雄たちの物語～)		Sound Conversion
1998-08-27	The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku (PS1) (英雄伝説IV ～朱紅い雫～)		Sound Conversion
2000-01-27	Fantasy of Artemis: Actress School Mystery Adventure (PS1) (幻想のアルテミス)		Theme Song Creator
2000-11-21	Kakurenbo Battle Monster Tactics (GBC) (かくれんぼバトル モンスタータクティクス)
2001-10-19	Inner Palace (W32) (インナーパレス ～白き後宮～)		Theme Song Lyrics Arrangement