Steve Hanawa

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Steve Hanawa is a former Sega programmer and executive instrumental in programming several early Sega arcade games. Most notable was Turbo, which hospitalised him for a brief period, but went on to create the third-person racing game genre, He also worked on other arcade titles at the time, such as Monster Bash and *Sinbad Mystery.

He travelled to America in the mid-1980s and played a key role in establishing Sega of America and bringing the Sega Master System to market. He is also credited for "discovering" Tetris and Columns, prompting Sega of Japan to acquire licenses for these titles in the late 1980s.

Steve went to work for ASCII in 1991. He now works for DiMAGIC.

Production History

• Tranquilizer Gun (Arcade Version) (1980) — Designer & Programmer
• Space Trek (1980) — Designer & Programmer
• Space Odyssey (1981) — Designer & Programmer
• Turbo (VCO Object Version) (1981) — Designer & Programmer
• Monster Bash (1982) — Designer & Programmer
• Sinbad Mystery (G80 Version) (1983)
• Midnight Magic (unreleased)
• Monopoly (Master System Version) (1988) — Programmer
• Tetris (Sega Version) (1988) — Programmer
• Columns (1990) — Business
• Double Clutch (1992) — Production
• AWS Pro Moves Soccer (1993)
• Culdcept (1997) — Special Thanks
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) — Post Production Coordinator (DiMagic)