Sega RPG Production

{{CompanyBob | logo= | division=Sega of Japan | founded=1993 | defunct=1999-05^[1] | headquarters=Japan | prevdate=1996 | prev=Sega CS1 | nextdate=1995^[2] | next=Sega CS2 (1996-1999)^[2] RPG Production Dept. (RPG制作部) was a video game production division within Sega. As the name suggests, it was a department created by Sega Enterprises to produce role-playing games, a genre Sega was seen to have a weak precense in and had begun to rectify with the Mega-CD games Seima Densetsu 3x3 Eyes and Dark Wizard and .^[2] It probably began life as the RPG Project, a section of Sega Consumer Software managed by Tomio Takami^[3]. The department had officially been founded before April 1994 with Tatsuo Yamada as producer and director.^[3]

Many developers involved with Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium, from Sega's long-running RPG franchise, and The Hybrid Front, a simulation game, were brought on to RPG Production, such as Yoshiaki Endo, Rieko Kodama and Yasushi Takeuchi.

It was merged with Sega CS2 immediately following the release of Magic Knight Rayearth,^[4] with Dragon Force already a few months into production from many of its members.^[5] At CS2, their RPG talents would be put to use in Sakura Taisen and, many years later, Skies of Arcadia.^[2]

Sega RPG Production

From Sega Retro

Contents

Softography

Mega Drive

Saturn

List of staff

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