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GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute is a website dedicated to researching the companies and people involved with video game development, especially the hidden world of contract development. To find out more about who we are and what we do, read our about page. Otherwise, please click one of the links on the menu to the left, or read our blog below. (For added enjoyment, go to a random page.) Follow GDRI on Bluesky | View Recent Changes | Wanna Help? Contact Us!

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For in-depth analysis and commentary on the topics covered on GDRI, visit our sister site, GDRI2: https://gdri.blogspot.com/ Here are the latest posts: Update: Unidentified K-Byte Game Now Identified Pigskin Footbrawl, Y'all Down in the Dumps: Taito Edition Jaleco's Forgotten Football Game FMT and AC STG Mysteries Former Super Robot Taisen Game Developer Now Bankrupt Opus No Longer With Us SD Gundam Rainbow Wars A Word About the Tokyo Xtreme Racer Series Heart Like a Wheel, Crazy Like a 20th Century Fox

Atlus has a long history in video games, going back to the 1980s, and GDRI has been at the forefront of researching their early history of contract game development. Did you know they developed NES games for LJN? Looking for our older blog entries? You can still read them here (newest-to-oldest): 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1