Resources

Encyclopedic references, fan sites, and archive resources for Sunsoft research — credits, images, music, and history.

Encyclopedic References

Primary sources for Sunsoft title credits, release dates, and company history.

MB

MobyGames - Sunsoft

Primary reference for NES-era title credits, release dates, composers, and programmers. Includes credits for Naoki Kodaka across all major Sunsoft titles.

WP

Wikipedia - Sunsoft

Company history overview with citation-backed dates for founding, key titles, and corporate changes. Starting point for historical research.

GF

GameFAQs

Community FAQs, title credits, walkthroughs, and period coverage for all major Sunsoft NES titles. Useful for gameplay documentation and community-sourced credit data.

IA

Internet Archive - Sunsoft

Box art scans, ROM archives, and period documentation. The Batman NES soundtrack archive is available at archive.org. Nintendo Power issues covering Sunsoft titles can be found in the magazine archive.

LB

LaunchBox GamesDB

Box art, banners, and metadata for Sunsoft titles. High-quality scans of NES box art for Batman, Blaster Master, and other key titles.

Music & OST Resources

Batman NES - Kodaka's score contextualised in gameplay
The OST only makes full sense heard in context - the music and the game are inseparable.
YT

YouTube - Naoki Kodaka OST Search

Multiple channels have uploaded the complete Sunsoft NES OSTs. Search for "Batman NES OST Naoki Kodaka" or "Journey to Silius OST" for full soundtrack uploads.

VM

VGMdb - Video Game Music Database

Structured database of video game music releases and composer credits. Naoki Kodaka's credits across Sunsoft titles are documented here with additional context.

NSF

NESdev - Technical Documentation

Technical documentation for the NES 2A03 APU and sound channel behaviour. Essential reference for understanding how Kodaka's techniques work at the hardware level.

Community & Fan Resources

Aero the Acro-Bat - later Sunsoft era
Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES, 1993) - Sunsoft's publishing era extended beyond the NES golden run.
RC

Retro Community

Network of fan sites covering retro games and studios from the 1980s–1990s. Includes sites for Psygnosis, Thalion, Konami, Ocean, and many more.

HV

World of Longplays

High-quality longplay recordings for all major Sunsoft NES titles - Batman, Blaster Master, Journey to Silius, Fester's Quest, Gremlins 2, and more.

Attribution

This fan site uses images and information sourced from publicly accessible archives for non-commercial fan documentation purposes. All trademarks and copyrights remain the property of their respective owners. See images/sources.md for image provenance.

Sunsoft and all associated game titles are the intellectual property of Sun Electronics Corporation. Batman, the Joker, and associated DC characters are trademarks of DC Comics and Warner Bros. This site is an independent fan tribute with no commercial purpose.