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Games Hakase (ゲームズ博士), or Dr. Games is a character invented by Sega, acting as a temporary replacement for Professor Asobin in 1984.

Like his predecessor, Games Hakase was printed towards the back of SG-1000 manuals, giving short pieces of advice to players. He is a short man with moustache and a walking stick, who wears a monacle and a string bow tie. Unlike Asobin, the character was never officially drawn in colour.

Games Hakase was retired just months after his debut, with Professor Asobin returning for Sega Card and early Sega Mark III games. The concept of a character giving gaming advice had been removed completely from Sega manuals by 1988, and both characters would rarely be seen for the next 30 years. In more recent times, he has re-emerged as an obscure Sega icon, appearing in limited runs of merchandise.

Games Hakase appears in some European manuals (such as Fantasy Zone) under the name Professor Player (sometimes Professor Playor, or not explicitly named at all).

Game manual appearances

SG-1000

Champion Boxing (1984)
Champion Pro Wrestling (1985)
Champion Soccer (1984)
Flicky (1984)
Girl's Garden (No results?)
GP World (1985)
Hustle Chumy (1984)
Hyper Sports (1985)
Othello (1985)
Shinnyuushain Tooru-Kun (No results?)
Space Invaders (1985)
Zaxxon (1985)

Master System

Action Fighter (1986) (EU)^[1]
Bank Panic (1987) (EU)^[2]
F-16 Fighter (1986) (EU)^[3]
Fantasy Zone (1986) (EU)^[4]
Hang-On / Safari Hunt (1986) (EU)^[5]^[6]
Marksman Shooting / Trap Shooting / Safari Hunt (1987) (EU)^[7]^[8]^[9]
My Hero (1986) (EU)^[10]
The Ninja (No results?) (EU)^[11]
Super Tennis (1985) (EU)^[12]
TransBot (1985) (EU)

References

[:File:Action_Fighter_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf_p40-1] File:Action Fighter SMS EU Manual.pdf, page 40

[:File:Bank_Panic_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf_p38-2] File:Bank Panic SMS EU Manual.pdf, page 38

[:File:F-16_Fighter_.28Card_Version.29_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf_p52-3] File:F-16 Fighter (Card Version) SMS EU Manual.pdf, page 52

[:File:FantasyZoneSMSEUManual5L.pdf_p44-4] File:FantasyZoneSMSEUManual5L.pdf, page 44

[:File:Hang-On_-_Safari_Hunt_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf_p16-5] File:Hang-On - Safari Hunt SMS EU Manual.pdf, page 16

[:File:Hang-On_-_Safari_Hunt_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf_p22-6] File:Hang-On - Safari Hunt SMS EU Manual.pdf, page 22

[:File:Marksman_Shooting_-_Trap_Shooting_-_Safari_Hunt_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf_p14-7] File:Marksman Shooting - Trap Shooting - Safari Hunt SMS EU Manual.pdf, page 14

[:File:Marksman_Shooting_-_Trap_Shooting_-_Safari_Hunt_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf_p22-8] File:Marksman Shooting - Trap Shooting - Safari Hunt SMS EU Manual.pdf, page 22

[:File:Marksman_Shooting_-_Trap_Shooting_-_Safari_Hunt_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf_p28-9] File:Marksman Shooting - Trap Shooting - Safari Hunt SMS EU Manual.pdf, page 28

[:File:MyHeroSMSEManual.pdf_p16-10] File:MyHeroSMSEManual.pdf, page 16

[:File:NinjaSMSEuManual.pdf_p22-11] File:NinjaSMSEuManual.pdf, page 22

[:File:Super_Tennis_SMS_EU_Manual.pdf_p16-12] File:Super Tennis SMS EU Manual.pdf, page 16

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 Like his predecessor, Games Hakase was printed towards the back of [[SG-1000]] manuals, giving short pieces of advice to players. He is a short man with moustache and a walking stick, who wears a monacle and a string bow tie. Unlike Asobin, the character was never officially drawn in colour.
-Games Hakase was retired just months after his debut, with Professor Asobin returning for [[Sega Card]] and early [[Sega Mark III]] games. The concept of a character giving gaming advice had been removed completely from Sega manuals by 1988, and both characters would rarely be seen for the next 30 years. Games Hakase was never printed in any manuals released outside of Japan, though in more recent times, he has re-emerged as an obscure Sega icon, appearing in limited runs of merchandise.
+Games Hakase was retired just months after his debut, with Professor Asobin returning for [[Sega Card]] and early [[Sega Mark III]] games. The concept of a character giving gaming advice had been removed completely from Sega manuals by 1988, and both characters would rarely be seen for the next 30 years. In more recent times, he has re-emerged as an obscure Sega icon, appearing in limited runs of merchandise.
 Games Hakase appears in some European manuals (such as ''[[Fantasy Zone]]'') under the name '''Professor Player''' (sometimes '''Professor Playor''', or not explicitly named at all).