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{{Company
| logo=Hitmaker Logo.svg
| width=300
| founded=2000-04-21{{fileref|IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf|page=3}}
| defunct=2004-07-01{{fileref|IR EN 2004-05-18.pdf}}
| tseries=
| mergedwith=
| mergedinto=[[Sega AM3]]
| headquarters=Japan
}}
'''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 10 that was spun off during the 2000 restructure.

AM3 was a dominant force within Sega throughout the 1990s, however had been very much 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 chunk of Sega games during the 2000-2004 period.

In October 2003, [[Sega Rosso]] was merged back into the studio{{fileref|IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf|page=3}}.

Hitmaker even had their own record label, [[Hitmaker Records]], for a short period.

==Arcade==
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===[[NAOMI]]===
* [[Confidential Mission]] (2000)
* [[Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.66]] (2000)
* [[Crackin' DJ]] (2000)
** [[Crackin' DJ Part 2]] (2001) 
* [[Crazy Taxi]] (1999)
** [[Derby Owners Club 2000]] (2000) 
** Derby Owners Club 2 (2002) 
* [[Derby Owners Club World Edition]] (2001) 
* [[Jambo! Safari]] (1999)
* [[The Maze of the Kings]] (2002)
* [[Virtua Athlete]] (2002)

===[[Hikaru]]===

* [[Air Trix]] (2001)
* [[Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force]] (2001)

===[[NAOMI 2]]===
* [[World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002]] (2002) 
** [[World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2002-2003]] (2003) 
** [[World Club Champion Football: European Clubs 2004-2005]] (2004) 

===[[Triforce]]===
* [[The Key of Avalon: The Wizard Master]] (2003) 
** The Key Of Avalon Ver.1.20 : Summon The New Monsters (2004)

===[[Chihiro]]===
* [[Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller]] (2003)
* The Quiz Show (2004)
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==Consumer==
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===[[Dreamcast]]===
* [[Crazy Taxi]] (2000)
* [[Crazy Taxi 2]] (2001)
* [[Confidential Mission]] (2001)
* [[Segagaga]] (2001) (with [[Thunder Stone]])
* [[Virtua Athlete 2K]] (2000)
* [[Virtua Tennis]] (2000)
* [[Virtua Tennis 2]] (2001) 

===[[Game Boy Advance]]===
* [[Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride]] (2003) (Supervision)
* [[Astro Boy: Omega Factor]] (2003) (with [[Treasure]])
* [[Virtua Tennis (Game Boy Advance)|Virtua Tennis]] (2002) (with [[Altron]])

===[[GameCube]]===
* [[Crazy Taxi]] (2001)

===[[PlayStation 2]]===
* [[Crazy Taxi]] (2001)
* [[Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz]] (2003)
* [[Virtua Tennis 2]] (2002)

===[[Xbox]]===
* [[Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller]] (2002)

===PC===
* [[Crazy Taxi]] (2002)
* [[Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller]] (2004)
* [[Derby Owners Club Online]] (2004)
* [[Virtua Tennis]] (2002)

===Mobile===
* [[Nakayoshi Techo]] (2000)
* [[Virtua Tennis (N-Gage)|Virtua Tennis]] (2003)
* [[Sega Rally Championship (N-Gage)|Sega Rally Championship]] (2004)
* [[The Sumou Kokoro Waza Tai]] (2001)
* [[Uchuujinda!]] (2001)
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==Magazine articles==
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==External links==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040629001328/http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/site/index.html Hitmaker Official websites (Internet Archive)]
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20040610032406/http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/site/comphistory.html Production history of the Hitmaker]

==References==
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