Renato Almeida

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PR Specialist

Renato grew up a SEGA kid in Brazil and pretended to be SEGA's CEO at a young age. His love for the company only grew stronger with time and he ended up working with the blue brand in a PR and communications capacity. Eventually, Renato founded Masamune, a PR, marketing and communications agency. To this day, he maintains a healthy relationship with SEGA helping the company reach the Brazilian market with their games.

Sept. 20, 2024

233 - 35 Years of the SEGA Master System in Brazil with Renato Almeida

To celebrate the recent 35th anniversary of the SEGA Master System in Brazil, KC invites Renato Almeida back to The SEGA Lounge, to discuss his personal memories and favorite games, as well as the impact of the 8-bit console…
March 3, 2023

173 - Best of SEGA in 2022

In the second episode of the season, we take a look back at SEGA's year of 2022 from the lens of the community. KC invited some friends of the show to share their thoughts about last year in terms of SEGA games and more, as …
Dec. 17, 2021

170 - ToeJam & Earl 30th Anniversary Special

This week we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of a series that's been synonymous with SEGA since its inception: ToeJam & Earl. I've invited some of our homies from the SEGA community to share their memories of these thirt…
Sept. 10, 2021

SUMMER SERIES: California Games by Renato Almeida

For the last summer game suggestion of 2021, returning guest Renato Almeida picked California Games, aka Jogos de Verão, as it was known in his country, Brazil. We're closing this summer series in style with an actual summer…
July 9, 2021

160 - Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX Round Table

Our mid-season finale focuses on Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX, a remake of the Master System classic developed by Jankenteam and published by Merge Games. Since the game is now out, I invited some friends over to chat about…
May 7, 2021

151 - Alex Kidd's 35th Anniversary Special

This week's episode of The SEGA Lounge is a very special one as we look back at 35 years of Alex Kidd. 2021 marks the 35th anniversary of the release of Alex Kidd in Miracle World and I thought the best way to celebrate the …
April 16, 2021

148 - Renato Almeida (Part II)

We're back with the second part of my chat with Renato Almeida. Not only do you get the conclusion of The SEGA Lounge Challenge but some fun stories about Renato's company and how he met SEGA's CEO.
April 9, 2021

147 - Renato Almeida (Part I)

This week we have the first of two episodes with the fantastic Renato Almeida, a long-time SEGA fan from Brazil, who went from pretending to be the CEO of the company as a kid to actually working with SEGA. This week, we're …