Ryoichi Hasegawa (SEGA of Japan & Sony Producer) Interview

Episode 344 of the Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast podcast, hosted by Arcade Attack, titled "Ryoichi Hasegawa (SEGA of Japan & Sony Producer) Interview" was published on January 13, 2026 and runs 80 minutes.

January 13, 2026 ·80m · Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast

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Summary

Ryoichi Hasegawa is a true SEGA legend. He helped produce some classic titles including NiGHTS into Dreams, Crazy Taxi, Streets of Rage 3, Burning Rangers, Ecco the Dolphin and Sonic Jam. He also worked on other classic titles such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Jak and Daxter and The Last of Us for Sony. Stories include his work on Streets of Rage 3 and why it was so much harder for US gamers, his showdown with Nintendo when bringing Mario and Sonic to the Olympics and the true lowdown on how SEGA of Japan and SEGA of America got along during the 90s! The podcast is now WEEKLY - help us keep going by becoming a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month. Find out more at: https://www.patreon.com/arcadeattack We've plenty of retro gaming video content (if that's your thang) at: https://www.youtube.com/@ArcadeAttack For our back catalogue of podcasts, blogs, reviews and written interviews please check our website at: https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/ And for all our links including social media and merchandise, please check out our linktree page: https://linktr.ee/Arcade_attack All copyrighted material contained within this podcast is the property of their respective rights owners and their use here is protected under ‘fair use’ for the purposes of comment or critique.

Episode Description

Stories include his work on Streets of Rage 3 and why it was so much harder for US gamers, his showdown with Nintendo when bringing Mario and Sonic to the Olympics and the true lowdown on how SEGA of Japan and SEGA of America got along during the 90s!

The podcast is now WEEKLY - help us keep going by becoming a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month. Find out more at:

https://www.patreon.com/arcadeattack

We've plenty of retro gaming video content (if that's your thang) at:

https://www.youtube.com/@ArcadeAttack

For our back catalogue of podcasts, blogs, reviews and written interviews please check our website at:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/

And for all our links including social media and merchandise, please check out our linktree page:

https://linktr.ee/Arcade_attack

All copyrighted material contained within this podcast is the property of their respective rights owners and their use here is protected under ‘fair use’ for the purposes of comment or critique.