Tose Software

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Tose are a Japanese video game company responsible for developing a large number of games under contract for other developers. They take great pride in refusing to acknowledge their work, under the notion that they are a "ninja developer" — leading those interested in finding out what they did to have to hunt down the truth themselves. They did go public on a number of occasions, primarily related to work with Nintendo on their The Legendary Starfy series.

Known Sega-related Softography

This list will be incomplete; the warning at the top of GDRI's Tose page applies.

Mega Drive

• Dangerous Seed (for Namco; 1990) (according to GDRI)
• Sangokushi Retsuden: Ransei no Eiyuutachi (for Sega; 1991) (according to GDRI)
• Marvel Land (for Namco; 1991) (according to GDRI)
• Taiheiki (for Sega; 1991) (according to GDRI; andlabs note - appears to have the same engine as Sangokushi Retsuden)
• Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden (for Bandai; 1994) (according to GDRI)

Saturn

• Shinobi Legions (for Sega; 1995) (pictured in Tose Corporate Guide 2001)
• Layer Section II (for Taito; 1997) [NO SOURCE, PLEASE HELP]

TODO copy GDRI's list

Dreamcast

• Sega GT: Homologation Special (for Sega; ????) (according to GDRI)

PlayStation 2

• Soccer Tsuku 2002: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (for Sega; 2002) (according to GDRI)
• The King of Route 66 (with Sega AM2; 2003) [1]
• Virtua Quest (for Sega; 2004) (according to GDRI)
• Ferarri F355 Challenge (for Sega; ????) (according to GDRI)
• Shinsengumi Gunrouden (for Sega; ????) (according to GDRI, which cites this)

GameCube

• Virtua Quest (for Sega; 2004) (according to GDRI)

PlayStation Portable

• Initial D Portable Stage (for Sega; ????) (according to GDRI)

Nintendo DS

• Sega Casino (for Sega; 2005) (according to GDRI)

Windows

• Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II (porting; Shanghai studio; co-developed with Sega (Shanghai) Software) (2012)

External Links

• Global Website