History VideoGame / Segagaga

Released for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2001, ''Segagaga'' is a parody of the brief and rather one-sided rivalry between the Dreamcast and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. While it's, at its core, an RPG and game company simulator, everything else about it is wacky and zany. Your grunt-level programmers resemble Moai statues and fuzzy monsters, the characters are real and do double-duty acting in the games and working for the company (with a few exceptions), and every game that Sega under Taro's leadership develops and publishes pokes fun at some other game on the market, such as ''[[VideoGame/{{Darius}} Dalai Lama]]''.

* {{Expy}}: DOGMA is clearly an amalgamated stand-in of both Sony (The main rival of Sega at that point due to its market domination) and Nintendo (The DOGMA Pyramid is the in-game counterpart to the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, both more powerful and more cost-efficient than Dreamcast, and both named after geometry shapes and shaped accordingly).

** Some monsters fought at the Dogma HQ resemble warped, grotesque mockeries modeled after Nintendo characters, such as Franchise/{{Kirby}} and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]]. Other bear likeness to [[VideoGame/ApeEscape a Pipo Ape]], a monstrous UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and ghastly dualshock controllers.

* AbandonedMascot: The game features a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNiHxnB9urs rather poignant monologue]] by VideoGame/AlexKidd where he tells us about how he ended as a store clerk when his ill-fated stint as Sega's mascot came to an end after his games weren't as popular as the company hoped and how his replacement Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog proved to be [[SuperiorSuccessor superior to him in every way]]. Despite all this, he manages to be motivational and positive about all of it, inspiring Taro to never give up and not holding any resentment for Sonic becoming a successful mascot.

* EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: The Lead Programmer was forced into a ridiculous yellow bear suit as part of a game launch event. The following series of incidents caused him to loose his mind.

* InvoluntaryTransformation: The reason why the programmers look so strange is because the high stress of making a game causes them to mutate into bizarre creatures.

** Some monsters fought at the Dogma HQ resemble warped, grotesque mockeries modeled after Nintendo characters, such as Franchise/{{Kirby}}, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] and a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Toad]]. Other bear likeness to monstrous UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and ghastly dualshock controllers.

Released for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2001, when Sega pretty much stopped caring about what it wanted to put out, ''Segagaga'' is a parody of the brief and rather one-sided rivalry between the Dreamcast and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. While it's, at its core, an RPG and game company simulator, everything else about it is wacky and zany. Your grunt-level programmers resemble Moai statues and fuzzy monsters, the characters are real and do double-duty acting in the games and working for the company (with a few exceptions), and every game that Sega under Taro's leadership develops and publishes pokes fun at some other game on the market, such as ''[[VideoGame/{{Darius}} Dalai Lama]]''.

* GrandFinale: ''Segagaga'' was released in Japan just 2 days before the Dreamcast was officially discontinued worldwide, and while it technically wouldn't be the last Dreamcast game officially published by Sega (that honor would go to ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever]]'' in 2004), or the last non-homebrew Dreamcast game, period (''Karous'' in 2007), the game practically sends this era of Sega itself out with a bang, with a variety of cameos from Sega franchises old and (then) new, the surprise cameo of Alex Kidd, and [[spoiler:the final battle on Earth brings a whole load of Sega characters into the fray, including TheReveal that Alisa, your assistant, and her associates, are actually the [=OG=] lead cast of ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'']]. The end credits even thank 'everyone who loves Sega' at the very end.

* GrandFinale: ''Segagaga'' was released in Japan just 2 days before the Dreamcast was officially discontinued worldwide, and while it technically wouldn't be the last Dreamcast game officially published by Sega (that honor would go to ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Puyo Puyo Fever]]'' in 2004), or the last non-homebrew Dreamcast game, period (''Karous'' in 2007), the game practically sends this era of Sega itself out with a bang, with a variety of cameos from Sega franchises old and (then) new, the surprise cameo of Alex Kidd, and [[spoiler:the final battle on Earth brings a whole load of Sega characters into the fray, including TheReveal that Alisa, your assistant, and her associates, are actually the [=OG=] lead cast of ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'']]. The end credits even thank 'everyone who loves Sega' at the very end.

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* LastStand: Sega is the only company in the game business that DOGMA hasn't eliminated. A conversation with Alex Kidd shows that Creator/{{Nintendo}} existed in this world; DOGMA has wiped it out too.

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The year is 2025. Creator/{{SEGA}} only has 3% of the market share left. The other 97% of the video game market is taken up by DOGMA. As the last stand against DOGMA's threat of a total monopoly, SEGA launches Project Segagaga as a last ditch effort: Find somebody on the street who will be able to reclaim SEGA's lost territory in the market and bring proper competition back to the industry. One of these people is a teenager [[MeaningfulName appropriately named Taro Sega]].

Released for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2001, when SEGA pretty much stopped caring about what it wanted to put out, ''Segagaga'' is a parody of the brief and rather one-sided rivalry between the Dreamcast and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. While it's, at its core, an RPG and game company simulator, everything else about it is wacky and zany. Your grunt-level programmers resemble Moai statues and fuzzy monsters, the characters are real and do double-duty acting in the games and working for the company (with a few exceptions), and every game that SEGA under Taro's leadership develops and publishes pokes fun at some other game on the market, such as ''[[VideoGame/{{Darius}} Dalai Lama]]''.

As the game goes on, DOGMA recognizes SEGA as a financial threat, eventually taking the battle into space. That's the sort of game this is.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[spoiler: Director Cool, revealed to be the real CEO of DOGMA, is clearly meant to be a send-up of Tom Kalinske, the man who made Sega a household name in America. The game parodies the events that lead to Kalinske's fallout with Sega of Japan and his subsequent departure from the company.]]

* LastStand: SEGA is the only company in the game business that DOGMA hasn't eliminated. A conversation with Alex Kidd shows that Creator/{{Nintendo}} existed in this world; DOGMA has wiped it out too.

* MultipleEndings: Endings are determined by how much money you've made for SEGA by the end of the game.

* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler: The final boss of the final level is a ShootEmUp section heavily inspired by Videogame/ThunderForce. It has you fighting all forms of SEGA's home console, complete with specifications as it introduced.]]

* TimeMarchesOn: SEGA lost that 3% of the market share of game consoles not long after this game came out, let alone in 2025. On the other hand, SEGA now has a share of game ''software'' market much greater than 3%, which is the focus of the game. One can only wait and see how SEGA will do in 2025, assuming it survives until then.
* TronLines: The interiors of SEGA Tower contains these.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The game becomes a [[spoiler:Videogame/ThunderForce inspired ShootEmUp]] when DOGMA goes all-out against SEGA.

* {{Expy}}: DOGMA is clearly an amalgamated stand-in of both Sony (The main rival of Sega at that point due to its market domination) and Nintendo (The DOGMA Pyramid is the in-game counterpart to the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, both more powerful and more cost-efficient than Dreamcast, and both named after geometry shapes).

* ScrapHeapHero: ''VideoGame/AlexKidd'' was once the head spokesman for SEGA. Then ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' happened, and he was promptly laid off. Alex Kidd now works behind the counter at a convenience store.

Released for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2001, when SEGA pretty much stopped caring about what it wanted to put out, ''Segagaga'' is a parody of the brief and rather one-sided rivalry between the Dreamcast and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. While it's, at its core, an RPG and game company simulator, everything else about it is wacky and zany. Your grunt-level programmers resemble Moai statues and fuzzy monsters, the characters are real and do double-duty acting in the games and working for the company (with a few exceptions), and every game that SEGA under Taro's leadership develops and publishes pokes fun at some other game on the market, such as ''[[VideoGame/{{Daikatana}} Dalai Lama]]''.

* {{Expy}}: DOGMA is clearly an amalgamated stand-in of both Sony (The main rival of Sega at that point) and Nintendo (The DOGMA Pyramid as opposed to the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube).

** Several cutscenes about Sega's innermost secrets are shout-outs to ''Anime/NeonGenesisevangelion''.

Released for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast when SEGA pretty much stopped caring about what it wanted to put out, ''Segagaga'' is a parody of the brief and rather one-sided rivalry between the Dreamcast and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. While it's, at its core, an RPG and game company simulator, everything else about it is wacky and zany. Your grunt-level programmers resemble Moai statues and fuzzy monsters, the characters are real and do double-duty acting in the games and working for the company (with a few exceptions), and every game that SEGA under Taro's leadership develops and publishes pokes fun at some other game on the market, such as ''[[VideoGame/{{Daikatana}} Dalai Lama]]''.

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* ShoutOut: Daniel from ''Film/TheKarateKid'' shows up for some reason.