Yu Suzuki
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Suzuki.
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[2] is a famous Japanese game designer. He was born in 1958. For most of his life, he has worked for Sega. Some people say he is as famous as Shigeru Miyamoto. Suzuki created games like Hang-On and Virtua Fighter and Shenmue. He was person #6 who was added to the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
Yu Suzuki | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Game producer, designer, director, programmer, engineer, amusement software |
Awards | AIAS Hall of Fame Award (2003)[1] |
Both of Suzuki's parents were school teachers. When Suzuki was growing up, he wanted to be a dentist. But he could not pass the test, so he decided to study computers instead. In 1983 he started working at Sega. In 1993 he wrote a famous game called Virtua Fighter. It was so famous, that it was added to the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC, as an example of an important game.
Personal life
Suzuki said in an interview that he greatly enjoys creating games. However, he has doesn't care much about playing them. he would rather spend his free time watching movies and visiting theme parks.[3]
Games developed
Title | Year released | Platform | Role |
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Champion Boxing | 1984 | Sega SG-1000 | Director / Designer[4] |
Hang-On | 1985 | Sega Hang-On hardware | Director / Designer[5] |
Space Harrier | 1985 | Sega Space Harrier hardware | Director / Designer[6] |
Enduro Racer | 1986 | Sega Space Harrier hardware | Director / Designer |
Out Run | 1986 | Sega OutRun hardware | Director / Designer[7] |
Super Hang-On | 1986 | Sega OutRun hardware | Producer |
After Burner | 1987 | Sega X Board | Director / Designer[8] |
After Burner II | 1987 | Sega X Board | Director / Designer[9] |
Power Drift | 1988 | Sega Y Board | Director / Designer[10] |
Dynamite Düx | 1988 | Sega System 16 | Producer[11] |
Turbo Outrun | 1989 | Sega OutRun hardware | Producer[11] |
Sword of Vermilion | 1989 | Sega Mega Drive | Producer[11] |
G-LOC: Air Battle | 1990 | Sega Y Board | Director / Designer[12] |
GP Rider | 1990 | Sega X Board, Sega Game Gear | Producer[11] |
Strike Fighter | 1991 | Sega Y Board | Designer[13] / Producer[11] |
Rent-A-Hero | 1991 | Sega Mega Drive | Producer[11] |
F1 Exhaust Note | 1991 | Sega System 32 | Producer[11] |
Virtua Racing | 1992 | Sega Model 1 | Director / Chief Programmer[14] |
Soreike Kokology | 1992 | Sega System 32 | Producer[11] |
Virtua Fighter | 1993 | Sega Model 1, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows | Director / Producer[15] |
Burning Rival | 1993 | Sega System 32 | Producer[11] |
Daytona USA | 1993 | Sega Model 2, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows | Producer[11] / Special Thanks[16] |
Virtua Cop | 1994 | Sega Model 2, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows | Producer[11] / Supervisor |
Virtua Fighter 2 | 1994 | Sega Model 2, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows | Director / Producer |
Desert Tank | 1994 | Sega Model 2 | Producer[11] |
Virtua Striker | 1995 | Sega Model 2 | Producer[11] |
Virtua Cop 2 | 1995 | Sega Model 2, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows | Producer[11] / Supervisor |
Fighting Vipers | 1995 | Sega Model 2, Sega Saturn | Producer[11] |
Virtua Fighter 3 | 1996 | Sega Model 3, Dreamcast | Director |
Virtua Fighter Kids | 1996 | Sega ST-V, Sega Saturn | Producer[11] |
Fighters Megamix | 1996 | Sega Saturn | Producer[11] |
Sonic the Fighters | 1996 | Sega Model 2 | Producer[11] |
Scud Race | 1996 | Sega Model 3 | Producer[11] |
Virtua Striker 2 | 1997 | Sega Model 3 | Producer[11] |
Digital Dance Mix Vol.1 Namie Amuro | 1997 | Sega Saturn | Producer[11] |
All Japan Pro-Wrestling Featuring Virtua | 1997 | Sega ST-V | Producer[11] |
Fighting Vipers 2 | 1998 | Sega Model 3, Dreamcast | Producer[11] |
Daytona USA 2 | 1998 | Sega Model 3 | Producer[11] |
Ferrari F355 Challenge | 1999 | Sega NAOMI Multiboard, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 | Director / Producer |
Shenmue | 1999 | Dreamcast | Director / Producer / Writer |
Outtrigger | 1999 | Sega NAOMI | Producer[11] |
18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker | 1999 | Sega NAOMI, Dreamcast | Producer[11] |
Shenmue II | 2001 | Dreamcast, Xbox | Director / Producer / Writer |
Virtua Fighter 4 | 2001 | Sega NAOMI 2, PlayStation 2 | Director[11] / Producer |
Virtua Cop 3 | 2003 | Sega Chihiro | Producer |
OutRun 2 | 2003 | Sega Chihiro | Producer[17] |
Sega Race TV | 2008 | Sega Lindbergh | Producer[18] |
Shenmue City | 2010 | Yahoo Mobage Service | Director |
Virtua Fighter: Cool Champ | 2011 | iPhone | Director[19] |
Bullet Pirates | 2013 | Android, iPhone | Director[20][21] |
Virtua Fighter: Fever Combo | 2014 | iPhone, Android | Director[22] |
Shenmue III | 2019 | PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows | Director / Producer/ Writer[23] |
Canceled games
Title | Year canceled | Platform | Role |
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Virtua Fighter 3 | - | Saturn | Director |
Propeller Arena | 2001 | Dreamcast | Producer |
Pure Breed | – | – | Concept[24] |
Psy-Phi | 2005 | Sega Lindbergh | Director / Producer |
Shenmue Online | 2007 | PC | Director |
On top of games, Yu Suzuki lead the creation of a technical demo "Tower of Babel" prepared for the Dreamcast showcase at Tokyo New Otani Hotel on May 1st 1998.[25]
Hardware developed
- Sega Space Harrier (1985)[26]
- Sega Model 1 (1992)[26]
- Sega Model 2 (1993)[26]
- Sega Model 3 (1996)[27]
- Dreamcast (1998)[28]
- Sega NAOMI (1998)[28]
Yu Suzuki Media
Suzuki and Mark Cerny at Game Developers Conference 2011
References
- ↑ "D.I.C.E Special Awards". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ Yu Suzuki on IMDb
- ↑ "Nothing Compares to Yu". Next Generation. Imagine Media (11): 8. November 1995.
- ↑ "Champion Boxing arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1984)". Arcade-history.com. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Hang-On arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1985)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Space Harrier arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1985)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Out Run arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1986)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "After Burner arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1987)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "After Burner II arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1987)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Power Drift arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1988)". Arcade-history.com. 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 "The Works of Yu Suzuki". Ysnet-inc.jp (in Japanese).
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "G-Loc: Air Battle arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1990)". Arcade-history.com. 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Strike Fighter arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1991)". Arcade-history.com. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "V.R.: Virtua Racing arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1992)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Virtua Fighter arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1993)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Daytona USA arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (1993)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Out Run 2 arcade video game by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. (2003)". Arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Yu Suzuki At A Time Of Transition". Gamasutra.com. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Cool Champ Virtua Fighter" (PDF). Ys Net. 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "iTunes Store へ接続中です。". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "南国entag!【シューティング・ウォーズ】シューティング - Aplikace pro Android ve službě Google Play". Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Virtua Fevercombo Fighter" (PDF). Ysnet-inc.jp. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Shenmue 3 by Ys Net — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ Leone, Matt. "Two Hours in Yu Suzuki's Kitchen". Polygon. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ↑ "Tower of Babel Dreamcast Tech Demo". SEGA Dreamcast Info. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Mielke, James (2010-12-07). "The Disappearance of Yu Suzuki: Part 1". 1UP. Archived from the original on 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "Model 3: Sega Affirms Arcade Supremacy". Next Generation. May 1996. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Suzuki, Yu (2015-06-20). "I am Yu Suzuki. New Posting!". Reddit. Retrieved 2015-09-06.