Sonic 3D Blast/Staff

This article pertains to the staff members behind of Sonic 3D Blast and its additional re-releases.

Mega Drive/Genesis version

Program Design and implementation

• Jon Burton (Traveller's Tales)

Head artist

• James Cunliffe (Traveller's Tales)

Head designer

• Takao Miyoshi (Sega)

Producer

• Kats Sato (Sega)

Senior producer

• Yutaka Sugano (Sega)

Travellers Tales

Program design and implementation

• Jon Burton

Background artist

• James Cunliffe

3D models and animation

• James Cunliffe
• Neil Allen
• Dave Burton
• Will Thompson
• Jon Rashid

Sonic animation

• Dave Burton

Bonus game implementation

• David Dootson

Additional programs

• David Dootson
• Gary Vine
• Neil Harding

Project management

• Jon Burton

Production support

• Karen Roberts

Moral support

• Helen Musk

Sega

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Sega Europe Limited

Sega of America, Inc.

Game concept design (SOJ)

• Kats Sato
• Takao Miyoshi
• Kenji Ono
• Takashi Iizuka

Playfield design (SOJ)

• Takao Miyoshi
• Hirokazu Yasuhara

3D modelling (SOJ)

• Toshiyuki Mukaiyama

Music and sound effects (SOJ)

• Tatsuyuki Maeda
• Jun Senoue
• Masaru Setsumaru
• Seiroh Okamoto

Document translations (SOA)

• Osamu Shibamiya

Lead tester (SOE)

• Jason Cumberbatch

Assistant lead testers (SOE)

• John Murphy
• Dave Thompson

Lead tester (SOA)

• Nicole Tatem

Assistant lead testers (SOA)

• Ian McGuinness
• Fernando Valderrama
• Michale McCollum
• Jason Bartholomew

Testers

• Lloyd Kinoshita^[1]
• Lou DiSimone^[1]
• Ben Rubright^[1]
• Dennis Lee^[1]
• Pedro Ponce^[1]
• Mike Dobbins^[1]
• Mark McCunney^[1]
• Marcus Montgomery^[1]
• Andrew Byrne^[1]
• Dennis Cheng^[1]
• Jesse Caceres^[1]
• Anthony Gomez^[1]
• Rodric Hong^[1]
• Karen Brown^[1]

Technical support (SOE)

• Colin Carter

Marketing (SOE)

• Andy Mee
• Jo Bladen
• Mark Maslowicz

Marketing (SOA)

• Chrissie Kremer
• Eric Dunstan
• Kristin McCloskey
• Mark Subotnick

Package/manual design

• Arvin Carlson^[1]
• Bob Schonfisch^[1]
• Eileen Sacman ^[1]

Package illustration

• Garret Honn^[1]

Advisors (SOJ)

• Yuji Naka
• Naoto Oshima

Producers (SOJ)

• Yoji Ishii
• Yutaka Sugano

Producers (SOE)

• Kazutoshi Miyake
• Kats Sato

Producers (SOA)

• Manny Granillo
• Mike Wallis

Executive producer

• Shoichiro Irimajiri

Saturn version

Program design and implementation

• Jon Burton (Travellers Tales)

Head artist

• James Cunliffe (Travellers Tales)

Program conversion

• Steve Harding
• Neil Harding (Travellers Tales)

Head designer

• Takao Miyoshi (Sega Enterprises Ltd.)

Producer

• Kats Sato (Sega Europe Limited.)
• Mike Wallis (Sega of America Inc.)

Senior producer

• Yutaka Sugano (Sega Enterprises Ltd.)

Travellers Tales

Program design and implementation

• Jon Burton

Head artist

• James Cunliffe

Code conversion

• Neil Harding
• Steve Harding
• Jon Burton

Graphic conversion + additional artwork

• Neil Allen
• Dave Burton
• James Cunliffe
• Jeremy Pardon
• Jon Rashid
• Alex Szeles
• Barry Thompson
• Will Thompson

Utility programming

• Gary Ireland
• Neil Harding
• Gary Vine
• David Dootson
• Andy Holdroyd

Project management

• Jon Burton

Production support

• Karen Roberts

Moral support

• Helen Musk

Sega

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Sega Europe Limited.

Sega of America, Inc.

Game concept design (SOJ)

• Kats Sato
• Takao Miyoshi
• Kenichi Ono
• Takashi Iizuka

Playfield design (SOJ)

• Takao Miyoshi
• Hirokazu Yasuhara

Saturn version enhancement design (SOJ)

• Takashi Iizuka

3D modelling (SOJ)

• Toshiyuki Mukaiyama

Special Stage development

Game designers (SOJ)

• Takashi Iizuka
• Daisuke Mori

Programmer(s) (SOJ)

• Tetsu Katano
• Yasuhiro Takahashi
• Atsutomo Nakagawa
• Kazuhiko Hattori

Artists (SOJ)

• Kazuyuki Hoshino
• Yuji Uekawa
• Nobuhiko Honda
• Shinichi Higashi
• You Nishiyama
• Sachiko Kawamura

Movie development

Movie creation (SOJ)

• Norihiro Nishiyama

Movie processing (SOJ)

• Yuji Sawairi

Music (SOE)

• Richard Jacques

Sound effects (SOE)

• Richard Jacques
• Thomas Szirtes

Closing theme

• "You're My Hero"

Music by

• Richard Jacques

Voice by

• Debbie Morris

All Music Recorded and Produced at Sega Digital Studio (SOE)

Technical support

Additional programming (SOE)

• Ed Hollingshead
• Thomas Szirtes

Additional support (SOE)

• Tamer Tahsin
• Colin Carter

Document translations (SOA)

• Osamu Shibamiya

Lead tester (SOE)

• Jason Cumberbatch

Assistant lead testers (SOE)

• Dave Thompson
• Roberto Parraga

Lead tester (SOA)

• David Wood

Assistant lead tester (SOA)

• Mark McCunney
• Ian McGuiness
• Tony Borba

Testers

• Anthony Borba^[2]
• Mark McCunney^[2]
• Ian McGuinness^[2]
• Fernando Valderrama^[2]
• Pedro Ponce^[2]
• Andrew Byrne^[2]
• Nicolas Azizian^[2]
• Jason Bartholomew^[2]
• Michael Sierra^[2]
• Howard Gipson^[2]
• Mo Berry^[2]
• Jeremy Caine^[2]
• John Jansen^[2]
• Joe Raposo^[2]
• Robert Davidson^[2]
• Anthony Chau^[2]
• Louis Disimone^[2]

Marketing (SOE)

• Andy Mee
• Jo Bladen
• Mark Maslowicz

Marketing (SOA)

• Chrissie Kremer
• Eric Dunstan
• Kristin McCloskey
• Mark Subotnick

Package/manual design

• Arvin Carlson^[2]
• Bob Schonfisch^[2]
• Eileen Sacman ^[2]
• Brian Kruse^[2]

Package illustration

• Moore & Price Design Group^[2]
• Brian Kruse^[2]

Advisors (SOJ)

• Yuji Naka
• Naoto Oshima

Special thanks to Mega Drive version music SFX composers

• Taksuyuki Maeda
• Jun Senoue
• Masaru Setsumaru
• Seiroh Okamoto

Producers (SOJ)

• Yoji Ishii
• Yutaka Sugano

Producers (SOE)

• Kazutoshi Miyake
• Kats Sato

Producers (SOA)

• Manny Granillo
• Mike Wallis

Executive producer

• Shoichiro Irimajiri

Sega Enterprises Ltd. 1996

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