Sega-16, Mark Cerny interview

Cite as: Sega-16, Mark Cerny interview
Original: https://www.sega-16.com/2006/12/interview-mark-cerny/
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Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: © Sega-16
Credit: Interview with Mark Cerny, founder of Sega Technical Institute, Sega-16, 5 December 2006.
Notes: Cerny describes founding STI, bringing Yuji Naka and Hirokazu Yasuhara from Japan, and the studio's mix of Japanese mentors and American staff.

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Mark Cerny, who founded the Sega Technical Institute, said in 2006 that by September 1991 he had brought Yuji Naka and Hirokazu Yasuhara to the institute; Sega of America's marketing told him another Sonic was "much too soon", then in November asked for it at once, so the team lost two months of an eleven-month schedule.	`answer on Sonic 2answer on Sonic 2answer on Sonic 2`	Interview