Steve Hanawa

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Steve Hanawa is a former Sega programmer and executive instrumental in programming several early Sega arcade games (most notably, Turbo which hospitalised him for a brief period). He travelled to America in the mid-1980s and played a key role in establishing Sega of America and bringing the Sega Master System to market. He is also credited for "discovering" Tetris, prompting Sega of Japan to acquire licenses for the title in the late 1980s.

Steve went to work for ASCII in 1991. He now works for DiMAGIC.

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