Sega CS3
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Sega Consumer Research and Development Dept. #3 (nickamed Sega CS3, which it was officially renamed to in 1994)[1] was a video game research and development division within Sega. As the name suggests, it was the third "consumer"-specific R&D department created by Sega of Japan. It was managed by Makoto Oshitani until 1994,[2][1] developing Mega Drive games and seemingly every first-party game for Mega-CD during its latter years.
It had 3 programming sections in 1992, managed in order by Toshinori Asai, Takashi Shoji and Shuichi Katagi. It also had at least 2 design sections, the second of which was managed by Koichi Nagata, and only 1 known art section, managed by Masayuki Hasegawa.[3] Come 1993, its section managers were Keiichi Yamamoto (programming), Tomohiro Kondo (design) and Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (art)[3], known in 1993 to have had major input on the Mega-CD games Panic! (developed throughout 1992)[4] and/or Sonic the Hedgehog CD (developed throughout 1992 and 1993).[5]
Some evidence suggests CS3 housed the consumer sound department in 1993, with Tokuhiko Uwabo[6] and Masayuki Nagao[7] known to have been part of CS3 Sound.
In 1994 its producer became Hiroshi Aso[1], now being assigned to develop content for Mega Drive and 32X.[8][9] Another head developer in the department was art director Yukio Sato.[1] Several of the 32X games Aso produced feature individual developers who also worked on games by Sega CS4, another department focused on Mega Drive and 32X.[8][9]
It was abolished in 1995 alongside every other separate consumer department and merged into a temporary single department, with a new Sega CS3 established in 1996.[10]
Contents
Softography
Master System
Mega Drive
- Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (1992)
- J.League Pro Striker 2 (1994)
- Streets of Rage 3 (1994)
- OutRunners (1994)
- Ristar (1995) (later development)
- Chou Kyuukai Miracle Nine (1995)
- Pro Striker Final Stage (1995)
Game Gear
- Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1993)
- Ninku (1995)
Mega-CD
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993)
- Dark Wizard (1993)
- Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (1994)
32X
- Chaotix (1995)
- Stellar Assault (1995)
- Tempo (1995)
Saturn
- Sega Rally Championship (1995) (pre-restructure)
List of staff
- Toshinori Asai
- Hiroshi Aso
- Hiroaki Chino
- Hiromi Fukuda
- Naoko Hamada
- Eriko Hanada
- Masayuki Hasegawa
- Kazuo Ikeda
- Jina Ishiwatari
- Shuichi Katagi
- Masaki Kawahori
- Tomohiro Kondo
- Minoru Matsuura
- Miki Morimoto
- Kenji Murayama
- Koichi Nagata
- Atsuhiko Nakamura
- Takeshi Niimura
- Masato Nishimura
- Katsuyoshi Nitta
- Makoto Oshitani
- Yukio Sato
- Yoichi Shimosato
- Takashi Shoji
- Kouichi Toya
- Junichi Tsuchiya
- Masumi Uchida
- Tokuhiko Uwabo
- Tohru Watanuki
- Keiichi Yamamoto
- Takumi Yoshinaga
Magazine articles
- Main article: Sega CS3/Magazine articles.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harmony, "1994 5-6" (JP; 1994-05-23), page 15
- ↑ https://tzk-gamedesign.hatenablog.jp/entry/2023/04/23/012721 (Wayback Machine: 2023-08-23 16:00)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harmony, "1993 5-6" (JP; 1993-05-20), page 15
- ↑ Panic!/Magazine articles
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog CD/Magazine articles
- ↑ @gdri on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2022-03-30 02:15)
- ↑ Harmony, "1993 9-10" (JP; 1993-10-01), page 27
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/190909a/2 (Wayback Machine: 2023-06-20 15:39)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://www.mirai-idea.jp/post/segasaturn01 (Wayback Machine: 2023-08-19 07:30)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-09 (1996-06-14)" (JP; 1996-05-24), page 138
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