#trainumentary

(via This is SEGA TEST (1996) Director JOHN JANSEN on Vimeo)

Check out #SEGA's 90s training video for their game testers ft. @ThomasTkalinske

During the first half of the 1990s, SEGA was considered to be the king of the video game industry. Because of Tom Kalinske, his hardworking crew, and the brilliant marketing (Welcome to the Next Level), SEGA eventually overtook Nintendo as the most popular video company in North America. Of course the name of the game is the game, and game testers have an important role to make sure that each…

“This video was uploaded online a few days ago, titled ‘This is SEGA TEST’ a titled “trainumentary” created by the SEGA test department in 1995-1996. The video was shot on location at Sega of America in Redwood City, CA. The SEGA Game Tester documentary talks about what SEGA is looking for in a game tester, but gives you a interesting inside look at the company during that era and the people that worked as testers.

Tom Kalinske, President of SEGA of America at the time is in the video talking about the processes of selecting a SEGA game tester. We had a chance to interview him in our podcast, if you haven’t listened. Its a great little documentary, especially for retro SEGA game fans. Watch it and let us know what you guys think in the comments below and tell us how many of you wanted to be a SEGA game tester during the mid-90s.”