Hitmaker
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| Founded: 2000-04-21[1] | ||
| Defunct: 2004-07-01[2] | ||
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2000-04-21 2004-07-01
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Hitmaker (ヒットメーカー) is a former internal development studio owned by Sega. It was founded in 2000 largely on the remains of Sega Software R&D Dept. 3 (formerly Sega AM3), and was one of the ten that was spun off during the 2000 restructure.
AM3 was a dominant force within Sega throughout the 1990s, however had been arcade-orientated by design. With Hitmaker, this focus shifted more towards home consoles, but as the arcade section did not go away, this led to Hitmaker producing a large proportion of Sega games during the 2000-2004 period.
The biggest international successes for Hitmaker were Crazy Taxi and Virtua Tennis, popular on their original arcade releases and subsequent Dreamcast ports. In Japan, however, the studio also changed the Japanese arcade landscape, with World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002 and The Key of Avalon: The Wizard Master. These titles, alongside Sega AM2's Virtua Fighter 4 and Mirai R&D's Mushiking: The King of Beetles, popularised new features and dynamics with cards and internet usage.
In October 2003, Sega Rosso was merged back into the studio.[1]
Hitmaker had their own record label, Hitmaker Records, for a short period.
Contents
- 1 Softography
- 1.1 NAOMI
- 1.2 NAOMI GD-ROM
- 1.3 NAOMI Satellite Terminal
- 1.4 NAOMI 2 Satellite Terminal
- 1.5 Hikaru
- 1.6 Chihiro
- 1.7 Triforce
- 1.8 Dreamcast
- 1.9 PlayStation 2
- 1.10 GameCube
- 1.11 Xbox
- 1.12 PlayStation 3
- 1.13 Game Boy Advance
- 1.14 N-Gage
- 1.15 Windows PC
- 1.16 i-mode 503i
- 1.17 J-Sky (50KB)
- 1.18 EZweb (Java Phase 2/2.5)
- 1.19 Triforce
- 1.20 Chihiro
- 1.21 PC
- 1.22 Mobile
- 2 List of staff
- 3 Magazine articles
- 4 Promotional material
- 5 External links
- 6 References
Softography
NAOMI
- Crackin' DJ (2000)
- Virtua Tennis 2 (2001)
NAOMI GD-ROM
- Confidential Mission (2000)
- Virtua Tennis (2000)
- Crackin' DJ Part 2 (2001)
- Virtua Athlete (2002)
- The Maze of the Kings (2002)
NAOMI Satellite Terminal
- Derby Owners Club II (2001)
NAOMI 2 Satellite Terminal
- World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2002-2003 (2002)
- World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002 (2002)
- World Club Champion Football: European Clubs 2004-2005 (2005)
Hikaru
Chihiro
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2003)
Triforce
- Avalon no Kagi (2003)
Dreamcast
- Virtua Tennis (2000)
- Virtua Athlete 2K (2000)
- Crazy Taxi 2 (2001)
- Crazy Taxi 2 Have a Try Taikenban (2001)
- Virtua Tennis 2 (2001)
- Segagaga (2001)
- Confidential Mission (2001)
PlayStation 2
- Crazy Taxi (2001)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (2003)
GameCube
- Crazy Taxi (2001)
- Amazing Island (2004)
Xbox
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2002)
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller Taikenban (2002)
PlayStation 3
Game Boy Advance
- Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride (2003)
- Astro Boy: Omega Factor (2003)
N-Gage
- Virtua Tennis (2003)
Windows PC
- Virtua Tennis (2002)
i-mode 503i
- Venus Paradise (2000)
J-Sky (50KB)
- Alien Spot (2002)
- Kirameki Jewelry (2002)
- Yumaijiri (2002)
EZweb (Java Phase 2/2.5)
- Alien Spot (2002)
- Kirameki Jewelry (2002)
- Yumaijiri (2002)
Triforce
Chihiro
- The Quiz Show (2004)
PC
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2004)
- Derby Owners Club Online (2004)
Mobile
- Nakayoshi Techo (2000)
- Virtua Tennis (2003)
- Sega Rally Championship (2004)
- The Sumou Kokoro Waza Tai (2001)
- Uchuujinda! (2001)
List of staff
- Masayuki Inoue (programmer)
- Akinobu Abe
- Nobutaka Arii
- Harumi Azuma
- Shinichi Fujii
- Mitsuharu Fukuyama
- Norio Furuichi
- Takeshi Goden
- Toshikazu Goi
- Keitaro Hanada
- Sachio Hatayama
- Yoshio Hirasawa
- Satoshi Horie
- Kyoshi Ieizumi
- Yuko Iseki
- Yoshifumi Ishihata
- Takeshi Isozaki
- Masaaki Ito
- Takeo Iwase
- Hiroyuki Izuno
- Mitsuhiko Kakita
- Shoichiro Kanazawa
- Kenji Kanno
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi
- Masahiko Kitaguchi
- Chiho Kobayashi
- Kentaro Koyama
- Yuko Kubota
- Mie Kumagai
- Megumi Matsuda
- Tsuyoshi Matsuda
- Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
- Kiyoshi Miyagi
- Shinsuke Miyamura
- Masaki Miyashita
- Kazuhiro Mori
- Hiroki Murakami
- Shinichi Nakagawa
- Hirotake Nakano
- Toshiya Nishikawa
- Kazuko Noguchi
- Shinichi Ogasawara
- Hisao Oguchi
- Satoru Okano
- Tetsu Okano
- Jin-ichiro Okuda
- Koichi Ozaki
- Takeshi Sano
- Taku Sasahara
- Taihei Sato
- Norio Satomi
- Kenji Shimizu
- Yoshihiro Sonoda
- Mamoru Sugihara
- Yoshifumi Suzuki
- Hiroyuki Taguchi
- Hideya Takahashi
- Takashi Takenouchi
- Yasuhito Tanaka
- Katsuya Taniguchi
- Katsumoto Tatsukawa
- Kenji Tohma
- Katsumi Tojo
- Yuuki Tokoro
- Mizuki Totori
- Junichi Tsuchiya
- Juro Watari
- Nozomi Yamada
- Shinichiro Yamamoto
- Nobuyuki Yamashita
Magazine articles
- Main article: Hitmaker/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
UK info sheet
External links
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