SRD

Founded in 1979 last activity in 1983
Country: Japan

SRD Co., Ltd., also known as Systems Research and Development, is currently a Nintendo subsidiary located in Kyoto, Japan. The company was founded in 1979 and began work with Nintendo on the Famicom in 1982. Since then they have assisted in the programming of games on nearly every Nintendo console for nearly every Nintendo-developed game. During Nintendo's early years, SRD was essentially the programming team of Nintendo as the company didn't have those until the 90s, where F-Zero was the last title the company worked as the main programmers. After this, SRD became a programming supporting company to Nintendo and continued as such, until February 2022 when Nintendo acquired the company to be their subsidiary.

It is known for Donkey Kong