Sega AM2

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Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department 2 (popularly known as Sega-AM2 or simply AM2) is a research and development team for the video game company Sega. AM2 was previously headed up by famed designer Yu Suzuki. It is potentially the most known Sega AM team, following Sonic Team. Though still its own entity within Sega, the AM2 name has since fallen out of use.

Sega AM2 are credited for revolutionising gaming in the arcade industry numerous times. Under Yu Suzuki the team have produced the majority of popular and well known Sega franchises. Throughout the 1990s Sega AM2 were at the forefront to the arcade industry, with many of their games being equally successful on Sega's home consoles. AM2 inherited the back-catelogue of Hang-On, Space Harrier, OutRun, After Burner and Super Hang-On, while also making strides with Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA, Fighting Vipers and one of the most expensive-to-produce video games of all time, Shenmue, among many others. A number of these have been massive successes for the team, and Sega as a whole.

Sega AM2 was at times called AM2 of CRI during its short 2000-2001 merger with CRI—even concurrently referred to as CRI, although they were technically two different companies.

Softography

note: incomplete

Y Board

System 32

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Sega Titan Video

NAOMI

NAOMI Satellite Terminal

NAOMI 2

Chihiro

Chihiro Satellite Terminal

Lindbergh

Mega Drive

Game Gear

Sega 32X

Saturn

Other

Dreamcast

PlayStation 2

GameCube

Xbox

Xbox 360

PlayStation 3

Nintendo 3DS

External links


Timeline of Sega of Japan research and development divisions








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