機動戦士Zガンダム ホットスクランブル © 1986 Bandai
(Kidou Senshi Z Gundam - Hot Scramble)
GAME ID: BA-ZG
Barcode: T4902425 06816 9
Released on August 28, 1986 in Japan. 400.000 units were sold.
Impressed by the anime, Masanobu Endoh wanted to make a Gundam game, so he directly negotiated with Bandai. He left Namco to make this game (Namco's policy at the time was not to make copyrighted material). Fun fact: Bandai and Namco later merged in the game business as Bandai Namco Games.
To promote the game, Endoh and Bandai worked on creating a massive marketing campaign. Endoh himself appeared in most of the game's television commercials.
Hot Scramble was the first Gundam game ever released for a console.
The main BGM, "Ai wo Komete to the Water Planet", is originally a slow melody, but perhaps because it's used in an action shooting game, it's arranged into a high-tempo song reminiscent of Eurobeat.
Game Design: Masanobu Endoh
Game Program: Hiroshi Shimaoka
2nd Unit Game Design: Satoshi Naitou (Thomas Akynd Knight)
2nd Unit Game Program: Koichi Yamamoto (Charlie Yamamo)
Sound Effect: Nobuyuki ounogi
Music composed by: Neil Sedaka
Sound Program: Nobuyuki ounogi
Visual Effect: Hiroshi Shimaoka
Mobile Suit Design: Kunio oukawara, Kazumi Fujita, Mamoru Nagano, Makoto Kobayashi
Space Fortress and Fa Yuilee CG assisted by: Norihiro Sekizuka
Character Coding: Masanobu Endoh
Map Making: Satoshi Naitou (Thomas Akynd Knight), Yasuhiro ouhori
Space Scene Layout: Masanobu Endoh, Haruhisa Yajima (Yaj Mahal from India)
Data Coding: Haruhisa Yajima (Yaj Mahal)
Original Story: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Product Management: Eisaku Maniwa, Hazure Moroboshi
Marketing: Shinji Hashimoto (Meijin)
Hard Ware Support: Akinobu Hoshi
Special Thanks to: Mikio Ishigami, Takashi Nakada, Makoto Mishina, Kunihiko Imai
Programmed at Game Studio Harajuku by: HP64000 LD System
Hewlett Packard Character coded by: Kazuo Kurosu (Kei Cross)
Character Editor: SMC-Sony
Copyright: Nippon Sunrise, Soutsu Agency, Bandai
Dedicated to: Mobile suit mania
Directed by: Masanobu Endoh
Game's ROM.