I’ve recently gained access to some interesting data: a breakdown of Sega Enterprise’s revenues from 1991 to 1998 in six-month intervals. Perhaps most interesting is that the data also includes export revenues.
The following is a translation of a round table discussion between some of Sega’s greatest developers of the early 1990s: Yu Suzuki, Yoichi Miyaji, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Masato Maegawa, and Koichi Nagata. This was published in the Oct. 8, 1993 issue of Famitsu and was the last in a seven-week series of features on Sega games.
The following is a translation of a short article in Sega’s staff newsletter, published in February 1993, about Michael Jackson’s visit to Sega’s headquarters in Tokyo in December 1992. The article featured several photos that have never before been seen publicly of Michael meeting with Sega’s leadership. Enjoy! Michael Jackson,…
Sega and Microsoft had a close working relationship in the 1990s. Many people are familiar with the custom version of Windows CE that Microsoft developed for the Dreamcast, or the games that SegaSoft developed for Windows 95 PCs. What is less commonly known, however, is that Sega and Microsoft apparently…
The following is a translation of a speech given by long-time Sega president Hayao Nakayama on January 17th, 1994 on the occasion of Sega’s annual new year party. Such new year parties are common in Japan and are attended by employees from many different companies, and they serve as a…
(This is a re-post of a post on Sega-16.) The following is a translation of the final part in a six-part series of articles on the development of the Hitachi SH microcontroller. The article originally appeared in the September 22, 1997 issue of Nikkei Electronics magazine and was subsequently posted…
(This is a re-post of a post on Sega-16.) Recently, an interview was conducted with Hideki Sato on his life and his time at Sega as part of an oral history research project documenting the game industry in Japan. The interview transcription is over 150 pages long. If you don’t…
Over the past twenty years, former Sega of America president Tom Kalinske has often said that Sega and Sony were close to forming a partnership to co-develop a 32-bit console, but that Sega’s Japanese management shot down the idea. Recent evidence translated here for the first time adds new insight…
A translation of the third in a monthly series on game design by Kan Naito (Shining in the Darkness, Landstalker) that appeared in the April 1991 issue of the Japanese magazine Mega Drive Fan.
Recently, a post on the SonicRetro forums asked why early Sonic goods were marked “SegaSonic.” You’ve probably seen this if you’ve ever come across the plethora of stationary, clothes, stuffed animals, and other goods that Sega released in the early ‘90s in Japan: Initially, goods were labeled as “Sonic the…
