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| division=[[Sega Enterprises, Ltd.|Sega Enterprises]]
| founded=1996-04-01
| defunct=1999-05
| headquarters=Japan
| prevdate=1996-04-01
| prev=[[Sega CS]]
| nextdate=1999-05-11
| next=[[Sega Software R&D Dept. 6]]
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'''Sega Consumer Research and Development Dept. #1''' ('''Sega CS1''') was a video game research and development division within [[Sega]], following [[Sega Planning Design Production Dept.]] and [[Sega Software R&D Dept.]]{{magref|dmjp|1999-40|65}}. As the name suggests, it was the first "consumer"-specific R&D department created by [[Sega of Japan]], acting as a loose successor to the previous [[Sega CS1]]. It was officially founded in April 1996 and headed by [[Koichi Nagata]],{{magref|ssmjp|1996-09|138}} replaced [[Makoto Oshitani]] a few years later.{{fileref|DCM_JP_19991231_1999-40.pdf|page=64}}

The studio garnered various members from people who worked on ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]'', sports games, 32X titles, and also developers who worked on 8-Bit conversion of titles for the Master System and Game Gear.

By early 1998, when all the studio's efforts were dedicated to [[Sega Saturn]] titles, it could be divided into 3 mostly distinct groups: those who worked on the ''[[:category:Shinseiki Evangelion|Shinseiki Evangelion]]'' series, sports game developers and [[Team Andromeda]] (which developed on the ''Panzer Dragoon series'').{{magref|ssmjp|1998-03|22}}

In May 1999, all of Sega's internal development divisions were renamed, with CS1 becoming [[Sega Software R&D Dept. 6]]. During this transition, many developers left Sega to join the new start-ups [[Artoon]] and [[Land Ho!]].

==Softography==
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=== [[Saturn]] ===
* ''[[Guardian Heroes]]'' (1996) (with [[Treasure]])
* ''[[Sega Ages]]'' (1996-1997) (with [[Rutubo Games]], [[Ancient]], [[CRI]])
* ''[[Shinseiki Evangelion: 2nd Impression]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Shining Force III]]'' (1997) (with [[Camelot]])
* ''[[Shining the Holy Ark]]'' (1997) (with [[Camelot]])
* ''[[Sega Ages Power Drift]]'' (1998)
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==List of staff==
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