Tony Stanczyk

Tony Stanczyk, also known as Agent 257 and A. Stanczyk, is an American former Game Counselor at Nintendo. He joined on June 6, 1986. In a Nintendo Power profile, he revealed his hobbies to be gaming, computers and special effects, his favorite game was Zanac, and his highest game score was in Legend of Kage at 422,000.https://archive.org/stream/Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20005%20March-April%201989_djvu.txthttp://theshizz.org/forum/index.php/topic/31319-a-tribute-to-the-real-heroes/
Stanczyk was credited in a number of video games until 1992. His name is listed in the special thanks of Metroid II: Return of Samus, as well as X and Wave Race, other Game Boy titles. His exact role in the development of Metroid II is unknown, but it may have been in an analysis or evaluation capacity, as he served in that role for the SNES versions of WWF Super WrestleMania, Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball and Tecmo Super NBA Basketball.http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,50698/
In September 2020, a Game Play Counselor's jacket was sold at auction. The name "Tony" was displayed on it.https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/metroid-nintendo-employee-exclusive-jacket-c-1986-1990-/a/7234-97158.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 It is possible that the jacket belonged to Stanczyk.
==Gallery==
Tony Counselor's jacket 1.jpg|Possible jacket.
Tony Counselor's jacket 2.jpg
==References==
Category:Nintendo people
Category:Special Thanks