around 1983, naka saw that sega was looking for programming assistants. he decided to apply. after a short interview, he started working for sega in april 1984. his first task was designing maps and checking floppy disks for a game called "road runner" for the sf-7000. naka can't remember if the game was ever released. his first major project was a game called "girl's garden". he and hiroshi kawaguchi created it together as part of their training process.