Sega R&D 2

Sega R&D 2
Founded: 1984
Defunct: 1990
Merged into: Sega CS
Headquarters: Japan

Sega Research and Development Dept. #2 (Sega R&D2) was a video game research and development division within Sega. It was the first department established specifically to produce console games. It continued as Sega CS. Several well known Sega developers got their start here, who have increasingly gained more authority in the company later on.

According to Mark Cerny, who later set up the Sega Technical Institute in Sega of America, the company was a sweatshop. Most of the time, the game only had 3 months development, and 3 main developers. Hardware enginner Hideki Sato said much of the same, lacking behind the arcade experience of the company.

Members

• Akinori Nishiyama
• Atsushi Seimiya
• Chie Yoshida
• Daizaburou Sakurai
• Hirokazu Yasuhara
• Hiroshi Aso
• Hiroshi Momota
• Hiroto Saeki
• Hisao Oguchi
• Junichi Tsuchiya
• Katsuhisa Sato
• Kazunari Tsukamoto
• Mark Cerny
• Miki Morimoto
• Mutsuhiro Fujii
• Naoto Ohshima
• Noriyoshi Oba
• Rieko Kodama
• Shinobu Toyoda
• Takashi Yuda
• Tomohiro Kondo
• Toru Yoshida
• Yoji Ishii
• Yoshio Yoshida
• Yu Suzuki
• Yuji Naka

Softography

Arcade

• Bank Panic (1984)
• Champion Pro Wrestling (1985)
• Doki Doki Penguin Land (1986)

VCO Object

• Zoom 909 (1982)

System 1

• Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns (1985)

SG-1000

• Golgo 13 (1984)
• Hustle Chumy (1984)
• Champion Pro Wrestling (1985)
• Doki Doki Penguin Land (1985)
• Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns (1985)
• Bank Panic (1985)
• Chack'n Pop (1985)
• Rock n' Bolt (1985)
• Bomb Jack (1985)
• Championship Lode Runner (1985)
• The Black Onyx (1987)

Master System

• Hang-On (1985)
• Great Soccer (1985)
• Great Baseball (1985)
• Satellite 7 (1985)
• TransBot (1985)
• My Hero (1986)
• F-16 Fighter (1986)
• Comical Machine Gun Joe (1986)
• Fantasy Zone (1986)
• Hokuto no Ken (1986)
• Pro Wrestling (1986)
• Action Fighter (1986)
• Choplifter (1986)
• Spy vs Spy (1986)
• Black Belt (1986)
• Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986)
• Secret Command (1986)
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (1986)
• High School! Kimengumi (1986)
• Great Golf (1986)
• Space Harrier (1986)
• Bank Panic (1987)
• Quartet (1987)
• Zillion (1987)
• Woody Pop (1987)
• Rocky (1987)
• Ghostbusters (1987) (production)
• OutRun (1987)
• Anmitsu Hime (1987)
• Missile Defense 3-D (1987)
• Penguin Land (1987)
• Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise (1987)
• Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (1987)
• Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord (1987)
• SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative (1987)
• Alex Kidd BMX Trial (1987)
• Zillion II: The Tri Formation (1987)
• Phantasy Star (1987)
• Lord of the Sword (1988)
• Maze Hunter 3D (1988)
• Rampage (1988)
• Shinobi (1988)
• Space Harrier 3D (1988)
• Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1988)
• Hoshi o Sagashite... (1988)
• Tensai Bakabon (1988)
• Super Racing (1988)
• Kujaku Ou (1988)
• Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen (1988)
• Chouon Senshi Borgman (1988)
• Altered Beast (1989)
• Battle OutRun (1989)
• Cyborg Hunter (1989)
• Galaxy Force (1989)
• Golden Axe (1989)
• Poseidon Wars 3D (1989)
• SpellCaster (1989)
• OutRun 3D (1989)
• Aerial Assault (1990)
• Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (1990)
• Cyber Police ESWAT (1990) (production)
• Super Monaco GP (1990)
• Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (1990)
• Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (1991)
• Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1991)
• Golden Axe Warrior (1991)
• The Cyber Shinobi (1991)

Mega Drive

• Super Thunder Blade (1988)
• Altered Beast (1988)
• Osomatsu-kun Hachamecha Gekijou (1988)
• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (1989)
• Phantasy Star II (1989)
• Super League (1989)
• Super Daisenryaku (1989)
• Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu (1989)
• World Cup Soccer (1989)
• Ghouls'n Ghosts (1989)
• Last Battle (1989)
• Forgotten Worlds (1989)
• Kujaku Ou 2: Geneijou (1989)
• CyberBall (1990)
• Ghostbusters (1990)
• Sorcerian (1990)
• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (1990)
• Super Monaco GP (1990)
• Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (1990)
• Putter Golf (1990)
• Wrestle War (1991)
• Metal Lancer (unreleased)

Game Gear

• Pengo (1990)
• Super Monaco GP (1990)
• G-LOC: Air Battle (1990)
• Dragon Crystal (1990)
• Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1991)
• The GG Shinobi (1991)
• Clutch Hitter (1991)

Mega-CD

• Metal Fang (unreleased)

Master System

• The Ninja (1986)
• Space Harrier (1986)
• Ghostbusters (1987) (Production)
• ESWAT(1990)