三津原 敏
Born in 1967, member since 2017
Programmer, Game Producer
Début game:
1990 – New Ghostbusters II (HAL Laboratory)
Main gamography:
1994 – Earthbound (HAL Laboratory / Ape Inc.)
2002 – Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire (Game Freak)
2008 – Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Sora Ltd. / Game Arts)
2019 – Pasocom mini: PC-8001 mini (HAL Laboratory)
Statement from the member:
I feel that it is our duty, as those living in the present, to connect with the future.
Since the moment I got bewitched by computers in the 1980s, I kept cheering for the other honorary members from a distance as I myself was learning how to program on my own. In 1990 I started working as a programmer and I completely lost myself in the process of creating. It is a great honor, and not without a feeling of unease, for me to find my name on the same page now as the other honorary members, the people I looked up to so much back then.
In the 1990s, game creation became a group effort. I was initially very resistant to being made an honorary member as an individual, given that I made games with many friends and companions. In the end, I decided to consider myself a representative of all these people.
When I was working on the PC-8001 mini in 2017 I realized how much data has not been preserved. In the case of media and supports that are prone to deterioration, the data that is left as-is will inevitably disappear. If things remain as they are, game culture will only be preserved orally, and I felt a deep apprehension about the fact that in 100 or 200 years there will be no way of correctly reconstructing this history. As we are living in the present, I feel that it is our duty to create connections with the future.
As I believe that the activities of the Game Preservation Society aimed at preserving the contents that we creators produced over time will be of great importance for the future, I support them.
Biography:
Born in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka prefecture, Mitsuhara first encounters and gets bewitched by a PC-8001 owned by a friend in middle school. He works hard around the clock to learn how to program and analyze code on an FM-11. He initially applied for general positions in various companies, but since he harbored a strong desire to be a programmer, he joined HAL Laboratory in that role in 1990. There, he took part in the development of many projects.
After leaving the company in 1999, he joined Miracle Arts as a representative director and participated in different works. He joined HAL Laboratory again in 2012. Starting in 2015 he produced and managed the campaign for the 25th anniversary of Kirby as president and CEO of the company. Currently, he retired from the role of director of HAL Laboratory and is working as representative director and programmer at Miracle Arts.
He is a collector of retro computers, pocket computers, of which he owns many, as well as other materials and documents.
Other works:
Totsugeki! Ponkotsu Tank [Game Boy] (Trax)
Pokémon Diamond / Pearl [Nintendo DS] (Nintendo)
Kid Icarus: Uprising [Nintendo 3DS] (Nintendo)
Pasocom mini: MZ-80C (HAL Laboratory)
Portrait: Nicolas DATICHE
Page updated on: 2024-12-08