Taku Matsubara
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| Taku Matsubara |
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| Company(ies): Sega of Japan |
| Role(s): Engineer |
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Taku Matsubara (松原 拓) is a Japanese engineer and developer. His first known work for Sega is engineering the motor drive circuit used in Space Harrier;[1] following this, he switched to console R&D, and was among the team of seven led by Hideki Sato in the development of the Mega Drive.[2]
His involvement with the Mega Drive subsequently saw him develop the Mega CD and 32X.[2] Matsubara also contributed to Sega's karaoke business, designing aspects of Sega Kara.[1] After work on the Dreamcast GD-ROM drive in 1998, he received credits for Sonic Adventure and Rent A Hero No. 1.
Matsubara has more recently been a representative of TM Appliance.[1]
Production history
- Space Harrier (1985)
- Mega Drive (1988)
- Mega CD (1991)
- Super 32X (1994)
- Sega Kara (1994)
- Dreamcast (1998)
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Hardware support
- Rent A Hero No.1 (Dreamcast; 2000) — スペシャルサンクス (as 松原 拓)
Hardware
- Sega Mega Drive (Mega Drive; 1988)
- Sega Mega-CD (Mega-CD; 1991)
- Sega 32X (32X; 1994)
- Sega Dreamcast (Dreamcast; 1998)
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Taku Matsubara
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://tm-appliance.amebaownd.com/pages/2415518/page_201811271241 (Wayback Machine: 2022-05-05 02:18)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harmony, "1994 8" (JP; 1994-08-01), page 18