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[[File:Osdlogo.png|thumb|right|OSD's first logo, used until 2000]]
 
[[File:Osdlogo.png|thumb|right|OSD's first logo, used until 2000]]
  
'''Outside Directors Company''', frequently abbreviated as '''OSD''' and stylized as '''OutSide Directors Company''', is a multimedia development company founded by [[Osamu Sato]]. The team is responsible for several cult-classic videogames and art projects during the 1990's, with [[Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou]] and [[LSD: Dream Emulator]] being the most well-known today. Their game catalogue can be separated into two eras: The Macintosh/PC era featuring games created in Macromedia Director paired with classic 90's CG by [[Noboru Iizuka]], and the PlayStation era of games published under [[Asmik Ace Entertainment]].
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'''Outside Directors Company''', frequently abbreviated as '''OSD''' and stylized as '''OutSide Directors Company''', is a multimedia development company founded by [[Osamu Sato]] in 1988. Originally known as "Osamu Sato Design Office", its name was changed in July 1989. The company was responsible for producing several cult-classic videogames and art projects during the 1990's, with [[Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou]] and [[LSD: Dream Emulator]] being their most well-known today.  
  
==Notable employees==
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Starting in late 2015, the company's main website URL redirected to Sato's personal site, leading to speculation that OSD ceased operations at some point in the early 2010s.
* [[Noboru Iizuka]], credited for CG/3D modelling work on every OSD-produced game
 
* [[Hiroko Nishikawa]], frequent source of game ideas including being the author of the dream diary which inspired LSD: Dream Emulator
 
  
 
==List of games in order==
 
==List of games in order==
===Macintosh Era===
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* [[Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou]] (1994)
* [[Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou]]
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* [[Chu-Teng]] (1995)
* [[Chu-Teng]]
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* [[Rolypolys no Nanakorobi Yaoki]] (1997)
* [[Rolypolys no Nanakorobi Yaoki]]
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* [[Rolypolys no Sekai Ryokou]] (1997)
* [[Rolypolys no Sekai Ryokou]]
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* [[LSD: Dream Emulator]] (1998)
 
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* [[Tokyo Wakusei Planetokio]] (1999)
===PlayStation Era===
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* [[Rhythm 'n' Face]] (2000)
* [[LSD: Dream Emulator]]
 
* [[Rhythm 'n' Face]]
 
* [[Tokyo Wakusei Planetokio]]
 

Revision as of 17:07, 31 July 2023

OSD's first logo, used until 2000

Outside Directors Company, frequently abbreviated as OSD and stylized as OutSide Directors Company, is a multimedia development company founded by Osamu Sato in 1988. Originally known as "Osamu Sato Design Office", its name was changed in July 1989. The company was responsible for producing several cult-classic videogames and art projects during the 1990's, with Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou and LSD: Dream Emulator being their most well-known today.

Starting in late 2015, the company's main website URL redirected to Sato's personal site, leading to speculation that OSD ceased operations at some point in the early 2010s.

List of games in order