Segagaga ( Japanese セ ガ ガ ガ Segagaga ) - Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) for Dreamcast , developed by and released on March 29, 2001 by Sega , at the same time as the console was discontinued. Exited exclusively in Japan and only in Japanese.
| Segagaga | |
|---|---|
 Game cover | |
| Developer | Hitmaker |
| Publisher | Sega |
| Date of issue |  March 29, 2001 |
| Genre | japanese role-playing game |
| Creators | |
| Game designer | Tedz okano |
| Technical details | |
| Platform | Dreamcast |
| Game mode | single user |
| Carrier | Gd |
| Control | gamepad |
In fact, Segagaga is a set of parodies for the games of the commercially unsuccessful Dreamcast console - a player-controlled character is hired by Sega and must stop the spread of the ominous competitive company DOGMA, which, in turn, intends to capture the entire console market [1] .
Content
- 1 Gameplay
- 2 Story
- 3 Development and release of the game
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Gameplay
Despite the presence of a large number of mini-games and parodies of games of different genres, in general, Segagaga is built on the classic role-playing system that is characteristic of many Japanese RPGs. The main objective of the player managing the Sega company is to suppress the DOGMA company, which is rapidly developing in the game console market. The confrontation itself resembles the real competition between Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 . The first part of the game takes place in the Sega studio, where the main character fights with other employees of the company and goes up the career ladder. In case of loss, development is extended for one month [2] .
Story
The game takes place in 2025, when in the past the powerful Sega Corporation was on the brink of ruin, occupying only 3% of the Japanese gaming market. In the Tokyo district of Ota , where the company was once founded, a project was created, code-named Segagaga, designed to turn the tide of competition with the evil company DOGMA (a parody of Sony, the main opponent of Sega of those times). Within the framework of the project, the management hires two new employees, teenagers Taro Segu (the main character of the game, controlled by the player) and Yayoi Handu - they should bring the company to the leaders in the gaming industry. In the plot, as a cameo, there are many famous characters of the company, such as, for example, Alex Kidd and Sonic the Hedgehog . Segagaga also refers to some well-known games for the first and second PlayStation, but the parallels are very veiled.
Game development and release
Game designer Tedz Okano was the main author of the new game, and when he first showed his achievements to the company’s managers, they did not take his words seriously, considering that they heard a joke. Funding for the project began only after Okano personally addressed the then president of Sega, Hisao Oguchi. The development was conducted secretly for two years, the author was afraid that in case of information leakage the project might be frozen. At the time of completion of work on Segagaga, the company was in a difficult financial situation, and functionaries still decided to release this scandalous product, since, in their opinion, in these circumstances it would not be able to spoil the reputation of the publisher.
Initially, the game was called Sega Sega , but such a title was considered too intrusive and decided to rename it Segagaga . During the production, there were some copyright problems, in particular, for this reason, the developers had to remove the character Segata Sansiro from the game and the mention of the Ferrari trademark. The budget of the game was quite modest, as Okano himself said, he did not make up even a hundredth of the budget of Shenmue . Okano independently engaged in the production and promotion of Segagaga , spending about two hundred dollars on marketing, and most of this amount was spent on the purchase of a wrestling mask, which he later presented to Sega fans who came to all four autograph sessions in Akihabara .
In a separate limited edition, a collectible version of the game was published, which included a T-shirt with the Segagaga logo, badges with the names of various Segov consoles and a designer organizer [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Edge Staff. The Story of Sega's Oddest Game Ever (inaccessible link) . Edge (July 21, 2008). Date of treatment July 26, 2011. Archived July 23, 2008.
- ↑ Kurt Kalata. Hardcore Gaming 101: Segagaga Hardcore Gaming 101 . Date of treatment February 2, 2011. Archived on August 26, 2012.
- ↑ Segagaga Limited Edition Box Set . segagagadomain.com. Date of treatment July 26, 2011. Archived on August 26, 2012.