Outside Directors Company

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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.

Notable employees

  • Noboru Iizuka, credited for CG/3D modelling work on every OSD-produced game besides the 2D Rhythm 'n' Face
  • 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

Macintosh Era

PlayStation Era