Difference between revisions of "Sega Software R&D Dept. 6"

From Sega Retro
Line 8: Line 8:
 
| prevdate=
 
| prevdate=
 
| prev=[[Sega CS1 (1996-1999)|Sega CS1]]
 
| prev=[[Sega CS1 (1996-1999)|Sega CS1]]
 +
| prev2=[[Sega CS1 (1996-1999)|Sega CS2]]
 +
| prev3=[[Sega PC]]
 
| nextdate=
 
| nextdate=
 
| next=[[Smilebit]]
 
| next=[[Smilebit]]
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
'''Sega R&D Soft Dept. #6''' was a video game research and development division within [[Sega]] and successor to [[Sega CS1 (1996-1999)|Sega CS1]] and [[Sega PC]], with some sports game developers from [[Sega CS2 (1996-1999)|CS2]].  
+
'''Sega R&D Soft Dept. #6''' was a video game research and development division within [[Sega]] and successor to [[Sega CS1 (1996-1999)|Sega CS1]] and [[Sega PC]]. The expertise from Sega PC staff was put to use creating both PC and [[Dreamcast]] conversions of arcade games.
  
−
R&D #6 only existed for fourteen months before becoming [[Smilebit]]. It is assumed that the department operated similarly to CS1, just with a new name.
+
R&D #6 also added many sports game developers from [[Sega CS2 (1996-1999)|CS2]], thereby uniting the ''[[:category:Let's Make Baseball|Let's Make Baseball]]'' and ''[[:category:Let's Make Soccer|Let's Make Soccer]]'' franchises under one developer. Some of these former CS2 developers would later on ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''
 +
by [[Overworks]] for their contributions early in the game's development.
 +
 
 +
R&D #6 only existed for fourteen months before becoming [[Smilebit]].
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==

Revision as of 16:56, 7 January 2024

Notavailable.svg
Sega Software R&D Dept. 6
Division of Sega of Japan
Founded: 1999-05-01
Defunct: 2000-04-21[1]
Merged into: Smilebit

Sega R&D Soft Dept. #6 was a video game research and development division within Sega and successor to Sega CS1 and Sega PC. The expertise from Sega PC staff was put to use creating both PC and Dreamcast conversions of arcade games.

R&D #6 also added many sports game developers from CS2, thereby uniting the Let's Make Baseball and Let's Make Soccer franchises under one developer. Some of these former CS2 developers would later on Skies of Arcadia by Overworks for their contributions early in the game's development.

R&D #6 only existed for fourteen months before becoming Smilebit.

Softography

NAOMI

Dreamcast

Windows PC

List of staff

References

  1. ↑ File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 3

https://www13.atwiki.jp/game_staff/pages/213.html#id_65c1b46a


Timeline of Sega of Japan research and development divisions








83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22















































































































































































































Retrieved from "https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=Sega_Software_R%26D_Dept._6&oldid=949640"