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− | | | + | |Mars||[[Sega 32X]] |
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− | | | + | |Jupiter||Cart-based 32-bit system; abandoned in planning stages in favor of a disc-based system that became known as... |
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− | |[[Sega Saturn]]||Final name. | + | |[[Sega Saturn|Saturn]]||Final name. |
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− | | | + | |Uranus||Unused.{{ref|1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqdN_L4YaDE#t=20m24}} [[Hiroyuki Miyazaki]] offered a few explanations for this, saying when pronounced in Japanese it sounds like "Uranu" or "won't sell", what he called "an ominous name for a project." |
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− | |[[Sega Neptune]]||32X/[[Mega Drive]] combo unit | + | |[[Sega Neptune|Neptune]]||32X/[[Mega Drive]] combo unit |
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− | |[[Sega Pluto]]||[[Sega Saturn]] prototype unit featuring a different shell with a [[NetLink Internet Modem]] accessory built in. Only two produced. Uses US BIOS. | + | |[[Sega Pluto|Pluto]]||[[Sega Saturn]] prototype unit featuring a different shell with a [[NetLink Internet Modem]] accessory built in. Only two produced. Uses US BIOS. |
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Revision as of 17:45, 9 December 2020
After successfully launching the Sega Saturn, Sega retrospectively gave different codenames from the planets in the Solar System to recently released projects, and used 2 more planets after Saturn for subsequent projects, in order to make sorting documentation out easier in the future.
Consoles
Codename | Equivalent |
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Mercury | Sega Game Gear |
Venus | Sega Nomad |
Earth | Unused |
Mars | Sega 32X |
Jupiter | Cart-based 32-bit system; abandoned in planning stages in favor of a disc-based system that became known as... |
Saturn | Final name. |
Uranus | Unused.[1] Hiroyuki Miyazaki offered a few explanations for this, saying when pronounced in Japanese it sounds like "Uranu" or "won't sell", what he called "an ominous name for a project." |
Neptune | 32X/Mega Drive combo unit |
Pluto | Sega Saturn prototype unit featuring a different shell with a NetLink Internet Modem accessory built in. Only two produced. Uses US BIOS. |
Furthermore, hardware released around the time the Saturn was had codenames based on Saturn's moons:
Codename | Equivalent |
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Titan | Sega Titan Video |
Janus | Sega Picture Magic |
It is unknown whether the Sega CD, Sega Mega Jet, Sega Pico, arcade hardware, or any other Mega Drive/Saturn-related hardware had codenames.
By the time the Sega Dreamcast was planned, Sega had moved on to a new scheme. However during the development of the Mega Drive Mini, due to an urban legend about Earth being the Mega Drive's codename, Hiroyuki Miyazaki decided to give the Mega Drive Mini the codename of "Moon"[2].
Games
In addition to using space-themed codenames for its consoles, the initial lineup of Saturn games also used codenames internally, this time as constellations[3]:
Game | Constellation | |
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English | Japanese | |
Blue Seed: Kushinada Hirokuden | Chamaeleon | カメレオン |
Clockwork Knight: Pepperouchau no Daibouken Joukan | Apus | エパス |
Gale Racer | Aquarius | アクエリアス |
Gotha: Ismailia Seneki | Pegasus | ペガサス |
Gran Chaser | Cassiopeia | カシオペア |
Kanzen Chuukei Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine | Ara | アラ |
Kisuishou Densetsu Astal | Centaurus | セントーラス |
Mahou Kishi Rayearth | Delphinus | デルフィナス |
Panzer Dragoon | Andromeda | アンドロメダ |
Pebble Beach Golf Links | Canis Major | カニスメジャー |
Rampo | Columbia | コロンバ |
Riglordsaga | Lacerta | ラセルタ |
Shinsetsu Yumemi Yakata: Tobira no Oku ni Dareka ga... | Coma | コマ |
Shin Shinobi Den | Auriga | アリガ |
SimCity 2000 | Draco | ドラコ |
Victory Goal | Aquila | アクイラ |
Virtual Hydlide | Cancer | キャンサー |
WanChai Connection | Cygnus | シグナス |
Wing Arms: Kareinaru Gekitsuiou | Antares | アンタレス |
World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu | Aries | アリエス |
Only three were ever used in public:
- Panzer Dragoon's "Andromeda" codename became the name of development team behind it, Team Andromeda. They would go on to produce the two Saturn sequels; Panzer Dragoon Zwei and Panzer Dragoon Saga.
- Victory Goal's "Aquila" codename was also used as a team name, and was seen again in sequel Victory Goal '96.
- Wing Arms was (accidentally?) named as "Antares" in early promotional material.
The two earliest first-party games that did not originate on the Saturn, Virtua Fighter and Daytona USA did not adhere to this naming scheme.
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Pico | Beena |