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[[Image:Hitmaker.png|thumb|right|300px|Hitmaker logo]]'''Hitmaker''' (originally '''AM3''') is a former second-party developer for [[Sega|Sega Corporation]]. The development house has produced some popular [[arcade|arcade game]] and video games, including ''Virtual On'', ''Crazy Taxi'', and ''Virtua Tennis''. In 2000, as a part of a restructuring of Sega, they were renamed Hitmaker. Later in 2004, they were merged back with the other "AM teams" into Sega.
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'''Hitmaker''' (ヒットメーカー) is a former internal development studio owned by [[Sega]]. It was founded in 2000 largely on the remains of '''Sega Software R&D Dept. 3''' (formerly [[Sega AM3]]), and was one of the 10 that was spun off during the 2000 restructure.
  
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==Production history==
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AM3 was a dominant force within Sega throughout the 1990s, however had been very much arcade-orientated by design. With Hitmaker, this focus shifted more towards home consoles, but as the arcade section did not go away, this led to Hitmaker producing a large chunk of Sega games during the 2000-2004 period.
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*1994 - Star Wars Arcade
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*1995 - Sega Rally Championship, Virtual On, Gunblade NY, Baku Baku
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By far and away the biggest international success for Hitmaker were the ''[[Crazy Taxi]]'' and ''[[Virtua Tennis]]'' games, which defined the Dreamcasts library. But perhaps an even more defining success is changing the Japanese arcade landscape with the titles ''[[World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002]]'' and
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*1996 - Last Bronx, Manx TT
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''[[The Key of Avalon: The Wizard Master]]''. These titles along with the [[Sega AM2]] ''[[Virtua Fighter 4]]'', brought new features and dynamics, with cards and internet usage.
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*1997 - The Lost World, Top Skater
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*1998 - Crazy Taxi, Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram, L.A. Machineguns
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In October 2003, [[Sega Rosso]] was merged back into the studio{{fileref|IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf|page=3}}.
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*1999 - Virtua Tennis  
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*2000 - Confidential Mission
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Hitmaker even had their own record label, [[Hitmaker Records]], for a short period.
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*2001 - Crazy Taxi 2, Tennis 2K2
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==Members==
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{{multicol|
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*[[Junichi Tsuchiya]]
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*[[Juro Watari]]
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*[[Kenji Kanno]]
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*[[Maasaki Ito]]
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*[[Mie Kumagai]]
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*[[Nobuyuki Yamashita]]
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*[[Shinichi Osagawara]]
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*[[Shoichiri Kanazawa]]
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*[[Takeshi Goden]]
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*[[Tetsu Okano]]
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==Former members==
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*[[Hisao Oguchi]]
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==Softography==
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{{CompanyHistoryAll|Hitmaker}}
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{{multicol|
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===[[NAOMI 2]]===
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* ''[[World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002]]'' (2002)
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*''[[World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2002-2003]]'' (2003)
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*''[[World Club Champion Football: European Clubs 2004-2005]]'' (2004)
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===[[Triforce]]===
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*''[[Avalon no Kagi Ver.1.20: Summon The New Monsters]]'' (2004)
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===[[Chihiro]]===
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* ''[[The Quiz Show]]'' (2004)
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===PC===
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* ''[[Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller]]'' (2004)
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* ''[[Derby Owners Club Online]]'' (2004)
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===Mobile===
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* ''[[Nakayoshi Techo]]'' (2000)
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* ''[[Virtua Tennis (N-Gage)|Virtua Tennis]]'' (2003)
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* ''[[Sega Rally Championship (N-Gage)|Sega Rally Championship]]'' (2004)
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* ''[[The Sumou Kokoro Waza Tai]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Uchuujinda!]]'' (2001)
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|cols=2}}
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==Magazine articles==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[http://www.hitmaker.co.jp Hitmaker Official websites]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040629001328/http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/site/index.html Hitmaker Official websites (Internet Archive)]
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** [http://web.archive.org/web/20040610032406/http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/site/comphistory.html Production history of the Hitmaker]
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==References==
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<references />
  
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Revision as of 07:35, 12 January 2020

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Hitmaker Logo.svg
Hitmaker
Founded: 2000-04-21[1]
Defunct: 2004-07-01 (as Subsidiary)[2], 2005-04-01 (as Division)
Merged into: Sega AM3
Headquarters:
Japan

Hitmaker (ヒットメーカー) is a former internal development studio owned by Sega. It was founded in 2000 largely on the remains of Sega Software R&D Dept. 3 (formerly Sega AM3), and was one of the 10 that was spun off during the 2000 restructure.

AM3 was a dominant force within Sega throughout the 1990s, however had been very much arcade-orientated by design. With Hitmaker, this focus shifted more towards home consoles, but as the arcade section did not go away, this led to Hitmaker producing a large chunk of Sega games during the 2000-2004 period.

By far and away the biggest international success for Hitmaker were the Crazy Taxi and Virtua Tennis games, which defined the Dreamcasts library. But perhaps an even more defining success is changing the Japanese arcade landscape with the titles World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002 and The Key of Avalon: The Wizard Master. These titles along with the Sega AM2 Virtua Fighter 4, brought new features and dynamics, with cards and internet usage.

In October 2003, Sega Rosso was merged back into the studio[1].

Hitmaker even had their own record label, Hitmaker Records, for a short period.

Members

Former members

Softography

NAOMI

NAOMI GD-ROM

NAOMI Satellite Terminal

NAOMI 2 Satellite Terminal

Hikaru

Chihiro

Triforce

Dreamcast

PlayStation 2

GameCube

Xbox

PlayStation 3

Game Boy Advance

N-Gage

Windows PC

i-mode 503i

J-Sky (50KB)

EZweb (Java Phase 2/2.5)


NAOMI 2

Triforce

Chihiro

PC

Mobile

Magazine articles

Main article: Hitmaker/Magazine articles.

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 3
  2. ↑ File:IR EN 2004-05-18.pdf


Timeline of Sega of Japan research and development divisions








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