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'''Gremlin Industries''' was an American arcade game developer and manufacturer who manufactured wall games in the early 1970s before switching to video games starting 1976. In 1978, they were purchased by [[Sega]]{{magref|cb|1978-10-28|72}}, and started releasing games with joint branding, first as '''Gremlin/Sega''', then as '''Sega/Gremlin'''.
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'''Gremlin Industries, Inc.''' was an American arcade game developer and manufacturer who manufactured wall games in the early 1970s before switching to video games starting 1976. In 1978, they were purchased by [[Sega Enterprises, Ltd.|Sega Enterprises]]{{magref|cb|1978-10-28|72}}, and started releasing games with joint branding, first as '''Gremlin/Sega''', then as '''Sega/Gremlin'''.
  
 
Sega/Gremlin changed their name to '''Sega Electronics''' in late 1982{{fileref|ArcadeExpress US 0110.pdf|page=2}}{{magref|cb|1982-11-20|66}} (according to chairman [[David Rosen]], the combined name was "a bit awkward"{{magref|joystik|5|24}}). Around which time they also started producing games for home systems, attempting to bring Paramount brands to home consoles (''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom]]'' being the two surviving examples, though many more were planned).
 
Sega/Gremlin changed their name to '''Sega Electronics''' in late 1982{{fileref|ArcadeExpress US 0110.pdf|page=2}}{{magref|cb|1982-11-20|66}} (according to chairman [[David Rosen]], the combined name was "a bit awkward"{{magref|joystik|5|24}}). Around which time they also started producing games for home systems, attempting to bring Paramount brands to home consoles (''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom]]'' being the two surviving examples, though many more were planned).

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Not to be confused with Gremlin Graphics.

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Sega Electronics
Founded: 1973
Defunct: 1983
Merged into: Sega Enterprises (1978-09-29[1])
Headquarters:
16250 Technology Drive[2], San Diego, California, United States

Gremlin Industries, Inc. was an American arcade game developer and manufacturer who manufactured wall games in the early 1970s before switching to video games starting 1976. In 1978, they were purchased by Sega Enterprises[1], and started releasing games with joint branding, first as Gremlin/Sega, then as Sega/Gremlin.

Sega/Gremlin changed their name to Sega Electronics in late 1982[3][4] (according to chairman David Rosen, the combined name was "a bit awkward"[5]). Around which time they also started producing games for home systems, attempting to bring Paramount brands to home consoles (Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator and Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom being the two surviving examples, though many more were planned).

Sega Electronics was sold to Bally Midway after the summer of 1983 for an undisclosed price[6]. Home video games would continue to be sold under the Sega brand (including some of Midway's back catalogue, such as Tapper and Spy Hunter), but all arcade efforts would be badged as Bally Midway games. This would include games made by Sega in Japan for a short period (though Sega's Japanese business was otherwise unaffected by the sale)[6].

Softography

Discrete logic arcade

VIC Dual

Zaxxon hardware

G80

Arcade

Atari 2600

Atari 5200

Apple II

Atari 8-bit family

Commodore 64

MSX

VIC-20

Blockade hardware

Should this section and its respective games be removed? It's unclear if Sega was involved during this time.

G80

Atari 2600

Atari 5200

Arcade games distributed by Gremlin

Gallery

  • Gremlin Industries logo

  • Gremlin/Sega logo

  • Sega/Gremlin logo

  • Promotional group photo

  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 01.jpg
  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 02.jpg
  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 03.jpg
  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 04.jpg
  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 05.jpg
  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 06.jpg
  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 07.jpg
  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 08.jpg
  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 09.jpg
  • Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 10.jpg

Internal documents

  • Corporate reporting structure (1979-07-01)

  • Corporate reporting structure (1981)

  • Adminstration (1981-03-05)

  • Engineering division (1981-03-06)

  • Manufacturing division (1981-02-06)

  • Marketing division (1981-02-03)

  • Product list

  • History (1982-04-21)

  • Distributors by state (1982)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cash Box, "October 28, 1978" (US; 1978-10-28), page 72
  2. ↑ Cash Box, "July 2, 1983" (US; 1983-07-02), page 94
  3. ↑ File:ArcadeExpress US 0110.pdf, page 2
  4. ↑ Cash Box, "November 20, 1982" (US; 1982-11-20), page 66
  5. ↑ JoyStik, "April 1983" (US; 1983-xx-xx), page 24
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cash Box, "September 10, 1983" (US; 1983-09-10), page 37
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