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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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00:46:34 - 00:46:56

... So one great friend of mine at SEGA went to Sony Computer Entertainment in 1997. And he was the lead producer for the Crash Bandicoot 2. Then Crash Bandicoot 3 will be much, much larger compared to Crash 2. ...

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... So I left in 1998, which was about the launch timing of Dreamcast. So I left SEGA right before the launch. So that was a very hard decision for me to make. So one great friend of mine at SEGA went to Sony Computer Entertainment in 1997. And he was the lead producer for the Crash Bandicoot 2. Then Crash Bandicoot 3 will be much, much larger compared to Crash 2. And he thought he needed one more person who is bilingual and who can help the development of the Japanese version of Crash. So he summoned me up and they gave me very good conditions. ...

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