Michael Latham

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Michael B. Latham
Date of birth: 19xx-xx-xx
Date of death: 2021-04-10 (age 21-121)
Employment history:
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Role(s): Director, Producer, Designer

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Michael B. Latham was an American businessman and former Sega of America Producer and Designer, best known as the creator of the Eternal Champions series of fighting games. An industry veteran with years of production experience, Latham joined Sega of America and served as Producer to over two dozen games, and also designed many of them personally. Latham would later lead both Sega of America's product development division, SegaSoft, as well as the children's game-oriented Family Group.

History

Pre-Sega

Latham entered the video game industry upon being hired by Rainbird Software, a sister company of Firebird Software, to localize computer games for the American market.

In 1988, he moved to Mediagenic where he served as a Producer on titles such as Ghostbusters II and Tongue of the Fatman before the company went bankrupt in early 1991.

Sega of America

In April 1991, Latham joined Sega of America as a Producer, where he designed games like Home Alone, Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!, and Eternal Champions.

Sometime around April 1994, Sega of America restructured its internal development groups, resulting in Latham and his teams being merged into Omega Group. Upon hearing news of this restructuring, it's Director Scott Berfield abruptly quit the company altogether, with Latham serving as the group's new Director.

Michael Latham also served as Director of Family Group.

SegaSoft

Post-Sega

Latham passed away on April 10, 2021.[1]

Production history

  • (; 1992) — Producers[2]
  • (; 1992) — Game Design[3]
  • (; 1992) — Producer[3]
  • (; 1992)[4]
  • (; 1992) — Producer[4]
  • (; 1992) — Design by
  • (; 1992) — Produced by
  • (; 1993) — Wild Game Design[5]
  • (; 1993) — Game Design
  • (; 1993) — Game Design[6]
  • (; 1993) — Producer[6]
  • (; 1994) — Special Thanks to
  • (; 1993) — Designer and Executive Producer[7]
  • (; 1993) — Manual[8]
  • (; 1994) — Designer & Producer[9]
  • (; 1994) — Special Thanks[10] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1994) — Special Thanks[11] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1994) — Special Thanks To (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1994) — Sega Special Thanks (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1994) — Special Thanks[12] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1994) — Special Thanks To[13]
  • (; 1994) — Special Thanks to[14] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1995) — Special Thanks[15] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1995) — Executive Producuer[16]
  • (; 1995) — Special Thanks
  • (; 1995) — Original Design[17]
  • (; 1995) — Executive Producer[17]
  • (; 1995) — Original Design[18]
  • (; 1995) — Executive Producer[18]
  • (; 1995) — Special Thanks[19]
  • (; 1995) — Special Thanks[20] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1995) — Special Thanks[21] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1995) — Special Thanks[22] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1995) — Designer and Executive Producer[23]
  • (; 1995) — Manual[23]
  • (; 1995) — Special Thanks[24] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1995) — For SOA[25] (as Michael B. Latham)
  • (; 1995) — Executive Producer[26]
  • (; 1995) — Special Thanks[27]
  • (; 1994) — Special Thanks To (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1995) — Executive Producer[28]
  • (; 1995) — Assistant Producer[29]
  • (; 1995) — Assistant Producers[29]
  • (; 1996) — Special Thanks[30]
  • (; 1996) — Game Designers[31]
  • (; 1996) — Special Thanks[32] (as Mike Latham)
  • (; 1997) — Executive Producer
  • (; 1997) — Game Design by[33]
  • (; 1994) — Special Thanks To (as Mike Latham)
  • (; unreleased)
  • (; unreleased) — Assistance
  • (; unreleased) — Producers

Interviews

External links

References

  1. @MikeJMika on Twitter (archive.today)
  2. File:David Robinsons Supreme Court MD US Manual.pdf, page 13
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:Greendog MD credits.pdf
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:TaleSpin MD credits.pdf
  5. File:Greendog GG credits.pdf
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:TaleSpin GG US Manual.pdf, page 10
  7. File:Eternal Champions MD credits.pdf
  8. File:Eternal Champions MD US Manual.pdf, page 66
  9. File:InstrumentsofChaos MD US Manual.pdf, page 18
  10. File:World_Championship Soccer II MD US Manual.pdf, page 27
  11. File:Worldheroes md us manual.pdf, page 23
  12. File:Mighty Morphin Power Rangers MCD credits.pdf
  13. File:NFL 95 MD credits.pdf
  14. File:Fred Couples Golf GG credits.pdf
  15. File:Wild Woody MCD credits.pdf
  16. File:Garfield Caught in the Act GG US Manual.pdf, page 19
  17. 17.0 17.1 File:VR Troopers MD credits.pdf
  18. 18.0 18.1 File:VR Troopers GG credits.pdf
  19. File:Motocross Championship 32X credits.pdf
  20. File:Pebblebeach sat us manual.pdf, page 22
  21. File:Daytonausa sat us manual.pdf, page 18
  22. File:Ivg_sat_us_manual.pdf
  23. 23.0 23.1 File:Eternal Champions MCD credits.pdf
  24. File:Clockworkknight2 sat us manual.pdf, page 22
  25. File:Virtua Fighter 32X credits.pdf
  26. File:Virtuafighter 32x us manual.pdf, page 31
  27. File:Hangongp sat us manual.pdf, page 3
  28. File:Garfield Caught in the Act MD credits.pdf
  29. 29.0 29.1 File:Battle Arena Toshinden Remix Saturn credits.pdf
  30. File:Panzerzwei sat us manual.pdf, page 14
  31. File:XPerts MD US Manual.pdf, page 26
  32. File:Nightsintodreams sat us manual.pdf, page 30
  33. File:Scud Saturn credits.pdf