Nicolaas Hamman

Playlist Manager for RADIOSEGA. Trusted Editor for VGMdb.

• Country: South Africa
• Date of Birth: 2000-08-21
• First Soundtrack Purchase: SEGA RALLY 2006 ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK
• Playlist Manager since: June 29, 2020

Frequents various SEGA websites for music-related info. Cares deeply about Production Credits. Unnofficially heads the SEGA side of VGMdb's product line. Half the year, I host the weekly podcast/LiVE show Individual on RadioSEGA. It's a Wednesday show in which I go over the histories and sounds of SEGA sound designers (or at the very least, the musicians with substantial ties to SEGA). A lot of edits you see during the second half of the year, it's to do with me researching for Individual.

Todo list

• Move Nobuyuki Takano to Noriyuki Takano
• Complete Harmony 1994 joins (finished all in development section)
• Rewrite early 90's R&D pages so Management is separate from history, and AM divisions have Management pages.
• Complete UGA staff page (last finished 野田 恵市)
• Complete Hitmaker column profiles (last finished Takashi Yamada who needs more. Skipped to ) (skipped 井上 太郎, 太田 篤史, 村松 梨恵子, 世永 玲生, 大貫 尚紀, 宮内 理恵, 大村 遊, 清水 亜紀)

URL seems to switch by https://web.archive.org/web/20030625075831/http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/top/lounge/corumun/site/corumun_txt107.html

• • More info on Reo Yonaga (世永 玲生) https://www.quora.com/profile/%E4%B8%96%E6%B0%B8-%E7%8E%B2%E7%94%9F-Yonaga-Reo https://www.hnut.co.jp/entry/seminor/111 https://akiyoko.hatenablog.jp/category/SEO
  • ones I had to skip - 中田 愛澄, 冨松 里絵
• Make PDFs for more albums
• Research CEDEC pages and upload photos 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Add references of Westone games listed here.
• Masayoshi Obata? - https://retrocdn.net/images/2/23/BeepMD_JP_1994-08.pdf CG designer on page 91
• Interview sorting on Sonic and Sega Retro - https://discord.com/channels/202859782779043840/1079230522288504942/1147571227993591871
• Look through all Calenders in Beep! Megadrive and Mega Drive Fan for missed release dates and canceled games.
• Look into every Sega Studios USA developer to redescribe its history.
• make pages for recurring M2 members.

Company pages

• Create Sega AM2 Sound/Sega CS3 Sound. Also link them to the respective confirmed games.
• Change pages linked to Aspect to also include appropriate Sega divisions.

Developer pages worth rewriting

• Hisao Oguchi https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z9ZAK6HQvs_slW5eT2mfi4BXFll6QPi8pq5gabt9GU4/edit
• Yukifumi Makino https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DBHsoOQqyCZrh4wzErEWvazAtO7994VzKLFj89vWocA/edit
• Hiroshi Kawaguchi
• Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
• Nobutaka Arii
• Takayuki Kawagoe - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HMV4YO83bHAyd2PNThHHsC-axo6YEEO80VUrWOKprYM/edit
• related - Sega Sound Team https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XdBolov3-iQmKzx77N0OQPi8Ck3XqpUU4i-IcZKuz2g/edit?usp=sharing

Production credits

People here need pages or fixes

• 90 Minutes: Sega Professional Football
• Sakura Taisen
• Sakura Taisen 2
• Sakura Taisen 3
• Sakura Taisen 4
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax
• 7th Dragon
• Skies of Arcadia
• Let's Make a Soccer Team
• Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society
• Sakura Taisen Monogatari: Mysterious Paris/Production credits
• Sakura Taisen V Episode 0: Kouya no Samurai Musume/Production credits
• Jinzou Ningen Hakaider: Last Judgement
• Wacky World of Sports/Production credits
• Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games/Production credits (doesn't cache values after second appearance of Simon Inch)
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games/Production credits (doesn't cache values after appearance of Okitane Usui)
• Shining Hearts/Production credits (incomplete translations and just romanizations for a lot)

Games in general, with copyable if possible To fix

• Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
• In progress:
  • Yakuza 3 (Japanese) (in progress) https://w.atwiki.jp/game_staff/pages/870.html

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• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 22: Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen
• Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sega Ages Thunder Force IV
• Love and Berry: Dress Up and Dance! - Magic of Happiness (needs a page first) Seesaawwiki
• Valkyria Chronicles (Japanese) Seesaawwiki
• Valkyria Chronicles 3 (in progress)
• Hero Bank
• Hero Bank 2
• Hero Bank (anime) Seesaawwiki
• Yakuza (Japanese)
• Yakuza 2 (Japanese) https://w.atwiki.jp/game_staff/pages/866.html
• Yakuza 4 (Japanese)
• Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou
• Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura Hen
• Ryu ga Gotoku: Ishin!
• Yakuza 0 (Japanese)
• Yakuza Kiwami (Japanese)
• Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (Japanese)
• Yakuza Kiwami 2(Japanese)
• Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (Japanese)
• Judgment
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon
• Lost Judgment
• Like a Dragon: Ishin!
• Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend
• Dororo (Japanese) Atwiki
• Sakura Taisen V Episode 0: Kouya no Samurai Musume raido.moe
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 5
• Shining Blade (requested by tRIPPPled)
• Total War series
• Company of Heroes series
• Football Manager series
• Endless series

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Haven't seen yet

• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone
• Gekitou Pro Yakyuu: Mizushima Shinji Allstars vs Pro Yakyuu (game has a staff_loop song)
• Initial D Arcade Stage Zero (has a staff credits song)
• Quest of D (has a staff credits song)
• Final Arch
• Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders (has a code to activate credits on title screen)

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Third-party

• • Winning Post 3 http://raido.moe/staff/sat/sat_winning_post_3.html (note it includes Koichi Namiki)
  • Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku 3: Perpetual Blue http://raido.moe/staff/dc/dc_yuukyuu_gensoukyoku_3.html (note is includes Katsuhiro Hayashi and Koichi Namiki)
  • Ninja Jajamaru-kun: Onigiri Ninpouchou Gold http://raido.moe/staff/sat/sat_ninja_jajamaru_kun.html (note it includes Koichi Namiki)
  • Eternal Melody http://raido.moe/staff/sat/sat_eternal_melody.html (note it includes Katsuhiro Hayashi and Aki Hata)

And for NEC Retro

• • Hihou Densetsu: Chris no Bouken http://raido.moe/staff/pce/pce_hihou_densetsu_chris_no_bouken.html (note it includes Katsuhiro Hayashi

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• Check ERI in Space Harrier and Fantasy Zone II
• Go through Weekly-AM2 for Production Credits breakdown, e.g. OutRun2
• Music breakdowns for hardware Sega Mega-CD, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast

Magazine articles progress

• Interviews in Beep! Megadrive - maybe finished first year?
• Link games for Beep! Megadrive. Go in reverse order, earlier releases seem better-covered.
• Interviews in Saturn Fan - everything in WAY to the SEGA FAN?
• Interviews in Sega Saturn Magazine (Japan) - up to at least SSM JP 19960223 1996-03.pdf (most recent Yu Suzuki interview)
• Interviews in Dreamcast Magazine (Japan) - complete list todo https://docs.google.com/document/d/15D_B4WH30oMhSdjPe14fJQDnbWFCPcXIzMSI8Rs9ZBI/edit
• Game links for Mega Drive Fan - only Mdfan_JP_1989-11.pdf (issue 2)
• Find that CRI interview with like 10 different people and they all have photos.

Soundtrack sections for games

• Tetris Giant - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dfdBA_p3iK-yk9KTYZGnGKMrEiTe3ZVdEwvJfYnXS3A/edit

Alias Speculation

• Sachio Ogawa - Booty, Roge, E.Fugu
• Masafumi Ogata - Galapagos
• Yasuhiro Kawakami - Yamiagari
• Hisato Fukumoto - see Talk:Hisato_Fukumoto
• Kazuo Wakihara - Wahaha
• Chieko Aoki - April Fool
• Yoshihiko Toyoshima - よしくん (Yoshikun), Totoyo
• Ai Kotani - Cotani ?
• Naomi Yamamoto - N.Y, Nao Chan (in SDI), Nao, Nao Nao
• Ryuichi Hattori - Mad Hatter?, Hatter?
• Michikazu Tamamura - Tamamur∀
• Gen Adachi - Geny
• Naoya Ichikawa - Ichiemon, N.Ichikuwa
• Keiichi Matate/Keiichi Yamamoto - K1
• Akihito Wada - Wa-Da
• Mika Okada - Mikarin (Astal graphics were compared to the Illusion series a lot, but no Astal developers are confirmed to have also worked on Illusion)
• R. Fujimura/Ray.F - Raizou/Ray
• Takaaki Kamohara - Angel Kamo (similar names, same roles, both with Sega CS5), Kumakura. T
• A.Tezuka - Tez (Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)), Tez・Mania (Jurassic Park (8-bit))
• Marsh - Marusan (similar name and roles, works with many of the same people)
• K.Koba - Kamu (progammed Alex Kidd in Shinobi World with Takubon.
• KenKen - K.K. (in Ghostbusters (Mega Drive)). Similar name and same role. Also would make for 2 games programmed with K.Koba.
• Miki Morimoto - Moritan (Phantasy Star III, thanked with many previous series developers), Moririn (OutRunners, was in Sega CS3 at the time and Moririn is a designer) Mike (in Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit, was in Sega CS3 at the time and Mike is a designer)
• Kazuyuki Shibata - Kyz (Phantasy Star III, thanked with many previous series developers)
• Hirokazu Yasuhara - Autumn (in Super League (Mega Drive), Autumn is a translation of Akitsu, like the name Carol Akitsu. They are also both graphic designers and Autumn worked with Naoto Ohshima).
• Daisuke Sato - Ching Sato (in Surging Aura, an RPG Production game)
• Takayuki Iida - Iiyo (both programmers in roughly the same era)
• Hiroyuki Kawaguchi - Hirorih or Hirochan (in Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit, artist, matches CS2 -> CS3 -> CS2 trajectory)
• Takeshi Doi - Doydoy
• Masanori Hara - Haraita (with Katsuhiko Ogikubo in Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba)
• Koichi Nagata - Sexy Dynamite (apparently both named programmers, both programmers in roughly the same era), Nas Agatan (programmer on Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, it's a reverse of Nagata San), Shoozy (programmer whose surname starts with N)
• Endo Aki - Chameleon Aki (same gender, Endo Aki has an unknown works history)
• Masaru Nakamura - Saku (Programmer with Game Gear history, 卓 can be read as Taku which sound similar)
• Shin Futakawame - Shinchan (fills in missing year, is with CS2 at about the right time)
• Fumiaki Tomura - F.HAMSTER (in Golden Axe III, matching initials, kinda similar sounding names, both manual writers)
• Kenji Sakurai - Ken-San/Kensan (Game Gear programmers, overlap between Sakurai+Yoshihiko Toyoshima and Ken-San/Totoyo)
• Yoshiaki Kitagawa - Will Cane (game designer named Kita)
• Sei Akaiwa - Say.A/Say A (evolution from CS2 to CS3 seems to work out)
• Kazuyuki Mukaida - Emukei (sounds like M.K = Mukaida Kazuyuki. Both Mega-CD programmers)
• Yukio Sato - Sant (probably old enough for Space Harrier, and was part of Sega CS1 when Golden Axe III was being developed)
• Hitoshi Ohta - Djinni (both programmers at HIC and 仁 can be read as both Hitoshi and Jin)
• Hiroshi Nakatani - Hirorih (seems to have been a member of Sega CS3)
• Hiroshi Nikaidoh - Papa the programmer (Naoto Ohshima said most of the programmers behind Sonic 3 also programmed Sonic 1, which only makes sense if Sonic 1 had multiple programmers, but only 1 is credited. The closest option is Papa in the special thanks.)