Masakazu Takizawa
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Masakazu Takizawa (瀧澤 正和) is a former programmer at Sega Enterprises who worked at Sega AM2. He is best-known for his work on the Virtua Cop series.
Career
Masakazu Takizawa was working as a programmer for machines in factories before joining Sega Enterprises around 1995, where he was assigned to work under the AM2 division on the almost-finished Sega Saturn version of Daytona USA[1]. Thereafter, he was assigned to the Virtua Cop team, and requested to work as an artist, not programmer, which his section supervisor allowed to do[1].
Production history
Games
- Daytona USA (Saturn; 1995) — Programmers
- Virtua Cop (Saturn; 1995) — Designers[2]
- Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn; 1996) — Chief Designers[3]
- F355 Challenge (NAOMI Multiboard; 1999) — Main Designer
- Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — R&D Dept. #2 Designers
- US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Designers
Music
- Virtua Cop Soundtracks (CD; 1996) — CG Designers (as 瀧澤 正和)