Sega Co-Founder David Rosen Has Died
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The gaming world is mourning the loss of David Rosen, co-founder of Sega, sparking a lively discussion about the company's fascinating history. Commenters were surprised to learn that Sega was founded by a former GI, with some also highlighting the intriguing fact that two major Japanese arcade manufacturers, Sega and Taito, were founded by foreigners, including Jewish entrepreneurs. While one commenter sparked controversy by emphasizing the Jewish background of these founders, others quickly defused the tension, and the conversation ultimately turned into a nostalgic celebration of Rosen's legacy. As users shared interesting facts and anecdotes, it became clear that Rosen's story is a captivating chapter in the history of the gaming industry.
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The other was Taito.
Seriously, look at their list of output. Just banger after banger. Not to mention their arcade hardware was top notch and was widely adopted.
Rest in peace David! Thank you!
Even though I haven't liked a lot by Sega in quite awhile, I really respect at how amenable they seem to be with fan projects, so much so that they hired one of the biggest Sonic hackers (Christian Whitehead) to make Sonic Mania. I'm sure Sega is aware of most of the fan projects (e.g. Sonic Robo Blast 2), and they seem to be somewhere between "not caring" and "supportive", which is pretty cool.
Sega also embraced emulation pretty early. I remember as a kid I had "Sega Smash Pack" on my PC, which used Kega Fusion, and on Steam I have "Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Classics", which is using vanilla Genesis ROMs that I believe you can load in virtually emulator.
Compare this to Nintendo, who took down stuff like AM2R, and multiple Switch emulators.
After Console Wars, he apparently stopped giving interviews because he didn't like that game historians were constantly getting the Sega story wrong.
Classic, nobody dislikes journalism as much as someone who lived through something journalists have covered. They always get stuff wrong in pursuit of an angle or narrative.
It as a result completely changed how I see everything in the media. It's not that I distrust it as such, but...I try to ensure I can get as many angles as possible to converge into a more whole picture, as opposed to fewer sources.
A national TV news network dubbed the sound of alarmed animals over our provided footage for their broadcast. Apparently the original audio of happy animals making happy sounds was not exciting enough to use, despite the contentment of the animals being the point of the work. I was so mad and sad.
cultural landmark for 80s kids