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Cube
Founded: 1989-11
Headquarters: Japan

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Cube Corp. (キューブ) is a Japanese sound design company. In the video game industry, they are known for aiding various developers with sound design.

Softography

Mega Drive

• Langrisser (1991) (audio)
• Gynoug (1991) (audio)
• Blue Almanac (1991) (audio)
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994)
• Virtua Fighter 2 (1996)

Mega-CD

• Lunar: The Silver Star (1992)
• Arslan Senki (1993)
• Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (1993) (audio)
• Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (unreleased)

Saturn

• Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Pazurudama (1996) (audio)
• Langrisser III (1996) (audio)
• Gekka no Kishi: Ouryuusen (1996) (audio)
• Assault Suit Leynos 2 (1997)
• The Conveni: Ano Machi o Dokusen Seyo (1997) (audio)
• Kaitou Saint Tail (1997)
• Ruriiro no Yuki (1998) (audio)

Dreamcast

• Plus Plumb (1999) (audio)
• Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 (2000) (audio)

PlayStation 2

• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 6: Ichini no Tant-R to Bonanza Bros. (2004) (audio)

Nintendo DS

• Brain Assist (2007) (sound production)

Xbox 360

• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2009)

PlayStation 3

• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 6: Ichini no Tant-R to Bonanza Bros. (2013) (audio)

Nintendo Switch Online

• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (2021)

Windows PC

• Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1996) (music and sound effect recomposition)

Steam

• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (2010)

Games which use Cube/Noriyuki Iwadare sound driver

Mega Drive

• Crusader of Centy (1994)
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)
• Jewel Master (1991)
• Ranger-X (1993)
• Snow Bros. (1993)
• The Steel Empire (1992)

Games which use YMOIMO sound driver

Mega Drive

• Uchuu Senkan Gomora (1991)
• XDR (1990)

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Sega Mega Drive

• Sound design by Noriyuki Iwadare:
  • Made with his standard sound driver, known as "Cube/Noriyuki Iwadare":
    • Space Invaders 90 (for Taito; 1990)
    • Granada (for Wolf Team; 1990)
    • Darius II (for Taito; 1990)
    • Gynoug (for NCS; 1991)
    • Shining in the Darkness (for Sega/Climax; 1991)
    • Langrisser (for NCS; 1991)
    • Zero Wing (for Toaplan; 1991)
    • Dino Land (for Wolf Team; 1991)
    • Galaxy Force II (for Sega/CRI; 1991)
    • Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (for Falcom/Telenet Japan; 1991)
    • Shining Force (for Sega/Climax; 1993)
    • Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer (for NCS; 1992)
    • Landstalker (for Sega/Climax; 1992)
    • Kishi Densetsu (for Kodansha Research Institute; 1993)
    • Shining Force II (for Sega/Climax; 1993)
    • Maten no Soumetsu (for Kodansha Research Institute; 1993)
    • Lord Monarch (for Sega Falcom; 1994)
    • Langrisser II (for NCS; 1994)
      • Furthermore, this driver was stolen by the developers of the unlicensed game Dial Q o Mawase!
  • Custom-made:
    • After Burner II (for Sega/Dempa Micomsoft; 1990)
• Sound design by Masaru Suzuki:
  • Made with his standard sound driver, YMOIMO (also known as Cube/Masaru Suzuki):
    • Insector X (for Taito/HOT-B; 1990)
    • Rainbow Islands Extra (for Taito; 1990)
    • Crack Down (for Sega; 1990)
    • Ka-Ge-Ki (for Kaneko/HOT-B; 1991)
    • Blue Almanac (for Kodansha Research Institute; 1991)

Game Gear

• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (for Compile/Sega; 1993) — their site lists this next to the MD version with the string "上記同タイトルゲームギア同時発売"

Saturn

• Kakinoki Shougi (for ASCII; 1995)
• Shin Kaitei Gunkan: Koutetsu no Kodoku (for ASCII; 1997)
• Steep Slope Sliders (for Pack-In-Soft; 1997)
• Sankyo Fever Jikki Simulation S Vol. 2 (for TEN Kenkyuujo; 1998)
• Sorvice (for Altron; 1998)

Dreamcast

• Boku to, Bokura no Natsu (for KID; 2002)
• Erde: Nezu no Kinoshitade (for KID; 2003)

External links

• Website; appears to be outdated (Japanese)