Masaaki Somaki
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Masaaki Somaki (杣木 昌明) is a former designer and assistant director at Sega. After graduating high school, he worked part-time at an arcade in Shinjuku named Spream-Rei. In 1992 he also began working as a part-time game designer for Sega's CS2 and CS5 departments which developed Game Gear titles, such as Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira (with Somaki assisting Ryushin Hamada). After CS5 was dissolved in 1995, he was one of its members of joined AM2, with Somaki taking on a role as a stage graphic designer, most notably Virtua Fighter 3. He and several other developers involved with the Shenmue series, such as Wataru Sakomura and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, then moved to Hitmaker, where he became the assistant director of Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (under Nobuyuki Yamashita).
After leaving Sega, Somaki worked on Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix for Genki, before moving to Pyramid Inc. where he worked on the Patapon and Darius franchises.
He goes by SPREAM-REI or simply REI in high score entries[2][1].
Production history
Games
- World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Thanks to[3] (as Rei)
- Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Game Gear; 1993) — Special Thanks to[4] (as Rei)
- Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Master System; 1993) — Special Thanks to[5] (as Rei)
- Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (Game Gear; 1993) — Special Thanks to[6] (as Rei)
- Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (Master System; 1994) — Special Thanks to[6] (as Rei)
- Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble (Game Gear; 1994) — Thanks[7] (as R.Somaki)
- Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira (Game Gear; 1995) — Plan
- Ninku (Game Gear; 1995) — Special Thanks (as M.Somaki)
- Pro Striker Final Stage (Mega Drive; 1995) — Special thanks to[8] (as 杣木 昌明)
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 5 Wolf Hawkfield (Saturn; 1995) — CG Designer[9]
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 6 Lau Chan (Saturn; 1995) — CG Designer[10]
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series The Final Dural (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 7 Shun Di (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer[11]
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 8 Lion Rafale (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer[12]
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 9 Kage Maru (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer[13]
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 10 Jeffry McWild (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer[14]
- Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3; 1996) — Stage Design, Modeling
- Virtua Striker 2 (Model 3; 1997) — Designers
- Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3; 1997) — Stage Design, Modeling
- Fighting Vipers 2 (Model 3; 1998) — Stage Designers
- Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Stage Design, Modeling
- Outtrigger (NAOMI; 1999) — Stage Designers
- Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Debug Management
- Fighting Vipers 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Stage Designers[15]
- US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Debug Management
- Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — System Planners
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Assistant Director
Videos
- Sega Super Game 6 (VHS; 1987) — Game Player
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://igcc.jp/kenjo-03-01/ (Wayback Machine: 2023-08-20 11:43)
- ↑ Sega Super Game 6
- ↑ File:World of Illusion MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Land of Illusion GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Land of Illusion SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:Deep Duck Trouble GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic Triple Trouble GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Pro Striker Final Stage MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:VFCGP05_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:VFCGP06_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:VFCGP07_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:VFCGP08_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:VFCGP09_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:VFCGP10_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:Fighting Vipers 2 Dreamcast credits.pdf