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 Company statistics
- 2 Softography
- 2.1 NAOMI
- 2.2 NAOMI GD-ROM
- 2.3 NAOMI Satellite Terminal
- 2.4 NAOMI 2 Satellite Terminal
- 2.5 Hikaru
- 2.6 Dreamcast
- 2.7 Triforce
- 2.8 Chihiro
- 2.9 Game Boy Advance
- 2.10 PlayStation 2
- 2.11 GameCube
- 2.12 Xbox
- 2.13 N-Gage
- 2.14 PlayStation 3
- 2.15 Windows PC
- 2.16 i-mode 503i
- 2.17 J-Sky (50KB)
- 2.18 EZweb (Java Phase 2/2.5)
- 2.19 PC
- 2.20 Mobile
- 3 List of staff
- 4 Magazine articles
- 5 Promotional material
- 6 External links
- 7 References
Company statistics
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)
- Derby Owners Club World Edition (2001)
- The Quiz Show (2005) (as Hitmaker Div)
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) (as Hitmaker Div)
Hikaru
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)
Triforce
- Avalon no Kagi (2003)
- Avalon no Kagi Ver. 1.20 Aratanaru Shoukan (2004)
- Avalon no Kagi Ver. 1.30: Konton no Utage (2004)
- Avalon no Kagi 2: Chitsujo to Kairitsu (2004) (as Hitmaker Div)
Chihiro
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2003)
Game Boy Advance
- Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride (2003)
- Astro Boy: Omega Factor (2003)
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)
N-Gage
- Virtua Tennis (2003)
- Sega Rally Championship (2004)
PlayStation 3
Windows PC
- Virtua Tennis (2002)
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2004)
- Derby Owners Club Online (2004) (as Hitmaker Div)
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)
PC
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2004)
Mobile
- Nakayoshi Techo (2000)
- The Sumou Kokoro Waza Tai (2001)
- Uchuujinda! (2001)
List of staff
- Masayuki Inoue (programmer)
- Akinobu Abe
- Hiroaki Akamatsu
- Kenji Arai
- Kenji Arakawa
- Nobutaka Arii
- Eijiro Asakura
- Harumi Azuma
- Tomoe Chikamoto
- Shinichi Fujii
- Akira Fujiki
- Tomoaki Fujisawa
- Mitsuharu Fukuyama
- Makiko Funai
- Norio Furuichi
- Takeshi Goden
- Toshikazu Goi
- Masayuki Goto
- Keitaro Hanada
- Sachio Hatayama
- Shinobu Hayashi
- Yoshimasa Hayashida
- Kimiharu Hida
- Yoshio Hirasawa
- Takashi Hirayama
- Takaomi Hirono
- Daichi Honda
- Satoshi Horie
- Masamitsu Hoshino
- Toshihiro Hyoi
- Daisuke Ide
- Kyoshi Ieizumi
- Hiroshi Iijima
- Kunihiko Imai
- Chikako Inoue
- Mikio Inoue
- Satoko Inoue
- Yuko Iseki
- Bungo Ishida
- Yoshifumi Ishihata
- Takeshi Isozaki
- Hiromi Ito
- Masaaki Ito
- Kazuma Itoh
- Takeo Iwase
- Hiroyuki Izuno
- Tadashi Kagawa
- Takahiro Kajimoto
- Mitsuhiko Kakita
- Junichi Kamai
- Shoichiro Kanazawa
- Jun Kanda
- Kenji Kanno
- Hiroyuki Kataoka
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi
- Naoto Kawakami
- Kazuyuki Kawanuma
- Hideshi Kawatake
- Satoshi Kishimoto
- Masahiko Kitaguchi
- Chiho Kobayashi
- Koichi Kobayashi
- Masaru Kohayakawa
- Kentaro Koyama
- Yuko Kubota
- Shugo Kudo
- Mie Kumagai
- Masahito Kurosawa
- Masaru Kurosawa
- Yoshitaka Maeyama
- Megumi Matsuda
- Tsuyoshi Matsuda
- Junpei Mishima
- Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
- Kiyoshi Miyagi
- Takashi Miyaguchi
- Shinsuke Miyamura
- Shiho Miyaoka
- Masaki Miyashita
- Hiroaki Mizobe
- Kazuhiro Mori
- Yasuhiro Mori
- Nobuhiro Morishita
- Suguro Moroga
- Hiroki Murakami
- Yasuto Muraki
- Takahiro Naka
- Azumi Nakada
- Shinichi Nakagawa
- Makoto Nakamura
- Hirotake Nakano
- Nobukazu Naruke
- Ayako Narumi
- Kazumasa Nishijima
- Toshiya Nishikawa
- Kensaku Nishimura
- Masataka Noda
- Kazuko Noguchi
- Sachiyo Nomura
- Takeshi Numazawa
- Ryuji Ochi
- Naoko Ofuji
- Shinichi Ogasawara
- Daisuke Ogawa
- Hisao Oguchi
- Kazumi Okano
- Satoru Okano
- Tetsu Okano
- Hiroshi Okita
- Jin-ichiro Okuda
- Katsuhiko Omori
- Koichi Ozaki
- Mitsuharu Saikawa
- Yoshitane Sakamoto
- Wataru Sakomura
- Rie Sakurai
- Takeshi Sano
- Taku Sasahara
- Taihei Sato
- Taku Sato
- Norio Satomi
- Narito Serizawa
- Asami Shimada
- Kenji Shimizu
- Masaaki Somaki
- Yoshihiro Sonoda
- Shingo Sudo
- Mamoru Sugihara
- Shinji Suzuki
- Yoshifumi Suzuki
- Hiroyuki Taguchi
- Hideya Takahashi
- Masaki Takahashi
- Osamu Takamori
- Masaru Takano
- Takashi Takenouchi
- Masahiko Tanabe
- Yasuhito Tanaka
- Jun Taniguchi
- Katsuya Taniguchi
- Kotaro Tanimoto
- Hiroshi Tatefuku
- Katsumoto Tatsukawa
- Michinari Terada
- Shigeki Terajima
- Kenji Tohma
- Katsumi Tojo
- Yuuki Tokoro
- Mizuki Totori
- Junichi Tsuchiya
- Tomosuke Tsuda
- Tomoyuki Tsukishima
- Mari Tsuruzoe
- Katsunori Uchibori
- Housei Ueda
- Atsushi Watanabe
- Juro Watari
- Nozomi Yamada
- Takashi Yamada
- Seiichi Yamagata
- Makoto Yamamoto
- Shinichiro Yamamoto
- Nobuyuki Yamashita
- Daisuke Yamaura
- Hiroko Yamazaki
- Takeshi Yamazaki
- Hiroshi Yoshida
Magazine articles
- Main article: Hitmaker/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
UK info sheet
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 3
- ↑ File:IR EN 2004-05-18.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-26 (2000-08-04,11)" (JP; 2000-07-21), page 37
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/home.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-02-04 23:51)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/site/company.html (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-03 06:48)
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