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Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast

Ryoichi Hasegawa (SEGA of Japan & Sony Producer) Interview

Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast · January 13, 2026

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... So one day I was browsing through a magazine which carries information about all those part-time jobs. And among all those job openings, I saw Sonic the Hedgehog character in it. That was Sega actually recruiting the debugger game testers for Sonic the Hedgehog 2. ...

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... So after I came back from the United States, it was September so that I was a little bit too late to apply for the new recruiting activities for 1993. So one day I was browsing through a magazine which carries information about all those part-time jobs. And among all those job openings, I saw Sonic the Hedgehog character in it. That was Sega actually recruiting the debugger game testers for Sonic the Hedgehog 2. As you might know, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was developed in the United States, SDI, Sega Technical Institute. So all those information says that, of course, you'd better be good at games. ...

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