Sega R&D 2

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Sega R&D 2
Division of Sega of Japan
Founded: 1984[1]
Defunct: 1990
Headquarters:
Japan
1990

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Research and Development Dept. #2 (第二研究開発部) (often shortened to Sega R&D2) was a video game research and development division within Sega of Japan. It was the first department established specifically to produce console games. Several well known Sega developers got their start here, who have increasingly gained more authority in the company later on.

As Sega gained more staff throughout the 80's, further R&D divisions were established to create console games, including R&D 4, R&D 6. By the time R&D 9 was founded in October 1989, R&D 2 had been shifted to focus on 8-bit console games,[2] rather than 16-bit, and therefore would likely became the primary developer for Sega Game Gear which launched in 1990. The naming convention for these departments changed in 1990/1991, becoming Sega CS1, CS2 and CS3.

History

According to Mark Cerny, who later set up the Sega Technical Institute in Sega of America, the company was a sweatshop. Most of the time, the game only had 3 months development, and 3 main developers. Hardware enginner Hideki Sato said much of the same, lacking behind the arcade experience of the company.[3][4]

Softography

VCO Object

System 1

Arcade

SG-1000

Master System

Mega Drive

Game Gear

List of staff

References

  1. ↑ https://www.sega.jp/fb/album/05_fz/interview1.html
  2. ↑ https://www.sega.jp/fb/album/10_add/interview2.html
  3. ↑ http://shmuplations.com/segahistory/
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Cc6Q3cJkc&t=2444s


Timeline of Sega of Japan research and development divisions








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