Kazuhiko Nagai
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Kazuhiko Nagai is a Japanese composer, sound designer, and sound programmer known for his many works at Sega. He joined them in 1986. He also designed the first version of Sega's Genesis sound engine. Some of Kazuhiko's best-known works is Altered Beast, Moonwalker, Ghostbusters, and Phantasy Star II.
One of the games Nagai worked on was Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (GEN). While he doesn't remember having anything to do with it, there is a name "Iagan" in the Sound Assistant credits, which is Nagai backwards.
He is married to former Sega composer Chikako Kamatani.
Music Development
Genesis
Kazuhiko used SMPS using a PC-9801 computer and programmed the music in assembly, which was converted to his own version of the Genesis/Mega Drive sound engine.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-10-18 | Alien Syndrome (SMS) (エイリアン シンドローム) | ||
| 1988-04-02 | Hoshi o Sagashite... (SM3) (星をさがして。。。) | ||
| 1988-10-29 | Space Harrier II (GEN) (スペースハリアーⅡ) | Sound Programming | |
| 1988-11-27 | Altered Beast (GEN) (獣王記) | Arranged Tohru Nakabayashi's music. | |
| 1988-12-01 | Cyborg Hunter (SMS) (調音戦士 ボーグマン) | ||
| 1989-??-?? | Altered Beast (SMS) | Arranged Tohru Nakabayashi's music. | |
| 1989-03-21 | Phantasy Star II (GEN) (ファンタシースターⅡ 還らざる時の終わりに) | Sound effects | |
| 1990-06-29 | Ghostbusters (GEN) (ゴーストバスターズ) | ||
| 1990-08-24 | Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (GEN) (マイケル・ジャクソン ムーンウォーカー) | |
Sound Assistant |
| 1991-??-?? | Pyramid Magic III (GEN) (ピラミッドマジックⅢ) | ||
| 1991-??-?? | Rail Chase (ARC) | ||
| 1991-04-26 | Rad Mobile (ARC) | ||
| 1995-09-29 | Golden Axe: The Duel (ARC) | ||
| 1995-10-17 | Sky Target (ARC) | ||
| 2004-10-30 | Oshare Majo: Love and Berry (ARC) |
Links
- facebook.com/cellandxmass - Facebook.
- gamer.ne.jp/news/201108100005/image/2 - Biography.
