Masanobu Yamamoto

Masanobu Yamamoto

Employment history: Sega of Japan Divisions: Sega CS1 Sega of America Divisions: Sega Technical Institute Sega of Japan Divisions: Sega CS3 Sega Software R&D Dept. 8 Sonic Team (company) Sega of Japan Divisions: Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 1
Role(s): Programmer

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Masanobu Yamamoto (山本正伸) is a programmer. In the 90's, he was viewed as one of the top 3 programmers of Sega's home console games, alongside Yuji Naka and Takahiro Hamano^[2]

Aliases

Masanobu Yamamoto is confirmed to have worked on Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, which features a programmer named Mt. Book^[3]. This is a direct translation of the characters in his surname: Mountain (山) and Book (本).

Production history

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive; 1990) — Programmer^[4] (as Mt. Book)
Mercs (Mega Drive; 1991) — Programmers^[5] (as Mt Book)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Assistant Programmers^[6]
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Senior Programmers^[7]
Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive; 1994) — Senior Programmers^[8]
Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video; 1996) — Enemy Programmer
Die Hard Arcade (Saturn; 1997) — Enemy Programmer^[9]
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Player character programmers
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Technical staff coordinators
ChuChu Rocket! (Dreamcast; 1999) — プログラマー (as やまもとまさのぶ)
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast; 2000) — Chartacter
Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Character
Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Product Support
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Chao Program Support
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Product Support
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GameCube; 2003) — Technical Director
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GameCube; 2003) — Lead System Programmer
Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Special Thanks
Puyo Puyo Fever 2 (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Program Manager
Shadow the Hedgehog (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Special Thanks
Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube; 2005) — Special Thanks
Shadow the Hedgehog (Xbox; 2005) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Special Thanks
Sonic the Hedgehog (PlayStation 3; 2006) — Special Thanks
Sonic the Hedgehog (Xbox 360; 2006) — Special Thanks
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii; 2007) — Special Thanks
The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii; 2008) — Special Thanks

References

↑ @SiFi_TZK on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2023-10-17 06:54)
↑ @SiFi_TZK on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2023-10-17 06:52)
↑ @Har7201 on X
↑ File:Moonwalker MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Mercs MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog 3 MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf

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[:File:Moonwalker_MD_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Moonwalker MD credits.pdf

[:File:Mercs_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Mercs MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Sonic the Hedgehog 3 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_.26amp.3B_Knuckles_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf

[:File:Die_Hard_Arcade_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf

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Masanobu Yamamoto

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Aliases

Production history

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