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I never knew it had an American founder. All of my life I'd assumed Sega was entirely a Japanese company, founded by Japanese engineers.
by echelon 10mo ago
I never knew it had an American founder. All of my life I'd assumed Sega was entirely a Japanese company, founded by Japanese engineers.
- tombert 10mo agoIIRC, Sonic 2 was actually developed within the US, in California.
- boomboomsubban 10mo agoYes, but largely by a Japanese team moved over out of hopes they could train the Americans and corporate politics.
- framapotari 10mo agoAnd I believe Tommy Tallarico was the first American to work on the Sonic franchise, ever.
- cholantesh 10mo agoStill? Pretty sure it's widely acknowledged as one of his many fabrications.
- LocalH 10mo agoHe absolutely was not. The first Sonic game involving American developers was Sonic 2 on Genesis (developed at Sega Technical Institute with a combined American and Japanese crew), and he did not work on that game.
- Klonoar 10mo agoThis has been a fun trivia bit I’ve brought up to people over the years.
- flykespice 10mo agoSame thing with Taito, founded by ukranian jew Michael Kogan. The company that created the phenomenal Space Invaders and spark the japanese video game industry from a niche hobby to mainstream.