Thinking Rabbit (GB Driver)
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Thinking Rabbit is the unofficial name of a Game Boy sound driver made by Thinking Rabbit programmer Hiroto Nakamura during his tenure at Thinking Rabbit, originally developed as a semi-port of their Famicom sound driver for Trump Boy (GB) and later upgraded for Trump Boy II (GB). When Nakamura left the company to found Giraffe Soft, he took the driver code with him, typically using it in many of the games he worked on, or in some cases, gave the source code to other companies to use for their own games. Despite this, sometimes Nakamura used other sound drivers for his credited games, so not every game he did at Giraffe Soft used it.
Simultaneously, while other Thinking Rabbit staff left to found Kan's, they took an early revision of this sound driver with them, for their Game Boy ports of The Shinri Game.
Many years later, unlicensed developer Sintax would use Mega Man II (GB)'s version of this driver for some of their unlicensed titles, keeping the original music, albeit accidentally implementing the driver incorrectly, causing playback issues.
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Games
Revision 1 ("Rabbit 1")
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-03-29 | Trump Boy (GB) (トランプボーイ) | Uses an early release of the sound driver. | |
| 1990-05-25 | Ayakashi no Shiro (GB) (あやかしの城) | Used by SETA Corporation(?) | |
| 1994-06-10 | The Shinri Game (GB) | Used by Kan's | |
| 1994-09-16 | Rentaiou (GB) (連対王) | ||
| 1994-10-14 | The Shinri Game 2 - Oosaka Hen (GB) | Used by Kan's(?) |
Revision 2 ("Rabbit 2")
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-11-09 | Trump Boy II (GB) (トランプボーイⅡ) | Uses the now "standard" release of the sound driver. | |
| 1990-12-11 | Kung' Fu Master (GB) (スパルタンX) | Used by Takushi Hiyamuta (Credited as "Irem Sound Team"). | |
| 1991-11-22 | Hiden Inyou Kikouhou Zushiki Nazo Yuugi: Ca Da (GB) (秘伝陰陽気功法図式謎遊戯 華佗) | Used by Outback. | |
| 1991-12-20 | Mega Man II (GB) (ロックマンワールド2) | |
Used by Hiroto Nakamura to arrange Kenji Yamazaki's music. |
| 1991-12-20 | Taiyou no Yuusha: Fighbird GB (GB) (太陽の勇者ファイバード) | Used by Hiroto Nakamura to arrange Kenji Yamazaki's music. | |
| 1993-12-20 | Undercover Cops Gaiden: Hakaishin Garumaa (GB) (アンダーカバーコップス外伝 破壊神ガルマァ) | Used by Hiroto Nakamura to arrange Kenji Yamazaki's music. | |
| 2002-??-?? | Zook Hero 3 (GBC) (洛克英雄传3) | Uses the variant from Mega Man II (GB), including music and sound effects. | |
| 2004-06-15 | Crazy Arcade I (GBC) | Modification of Zook Hero 3 (GBC). | |
| 2005-10-11 | Metal Slug X: Behind Enemy Lines (GBC) (越南戰役X: 深入敵後) | Modification of Zook Hero 3 (GBC). |
Revision 3 ("Rabbit 3")
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-02-24 | Blaster Master: Enemy Below (GBC) (メタファイトＥＸ) | Used by Akira Suda to arrange Naoki Kodaka's music. |
