Sega AM1
From Sega Retro
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| Sega AM1 Division of Sega of Japan | ||
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| Founded: 1990 | ||
| Defunct: 1999 | ||
| Merged into: Sega AM3 (1990), WOW Entertainment (2000) | ||
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Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #1, (Sega AM R&D Dept. #1) was a division within Sega Enterprises. It was formed in primarily to create arcade (or "amusement") games. In May 1999 it became Sega Software R&D Dept. 1, and later WOW Entertainment in 2000.[1][2]
AM1 is supposed to be the oldest development division within Sega[3]. Koichi Izumi who then was at the sister arcade division Sega AM3, counted numeruos titles developed in AM1, claiming so many were developed that he could not list them all.[4] This page compiles the games mentioned, as well as common credits among titles.[5] And then titles from the WOW Entertainment production history website..
The most popular titles and well known titles from AM1 during the eighties were action or beat' em' up titles, with creators Makoto Uchida on the forefront with Altered Beast andd Golden Axe and Alien Storm. Also noteworthy are the very first Shinobi title by Yutaka Sugano or Shadow Dancer by Yoshiki Ooka.
1991, Sega AM1 had a major shake up, especially with the formation of Sega AM3 which had former Sega AM1 members. Previously involved with Phantasy Star III, Kazunari Tsukamoto went on to work on OutRunners, Harley Davidson & L.A. Riders and The Ocean Hunter with AM1.
Overall the most known titles during the nineties were The House of the Dead and Die Hard Arcade. AM1 also made strides with the big eleborate cabinets of Airline Pilots or Sega Bass Fishing, bringing back the "taikan" (body sensation) concept of arcades, previously introduced by Yu Suzuki and Sega AM2. Another speciality of Sega AM1 were games for the Sega Titan Video arcade board which had an identical architecture to the Sega Saturn, making ports easy, such as with the AM1 developed Virtua Fighter Remix.
Contents
- 1 Softography
- 1.1 Slot machine
- 1.2 System 18
- 1.3 System 24
- 1.4 System 32
- 1.5 System C2
- 1.6 H1 Board
- 1.7 Model 1
- 1.8 Model 2
- 1.9 Sega Titan Video
- 1.10 Model 3
- 1.11 NAOMI
- 1.12 NAOMI Multiboard
- 1.13 Medal game
- 1.14 Mega Drive
- 1.15 Game Gear
- 1.16 Saturn
- 1.17 Dreamcast
- 1.18 Sega System 1
- 1.19 Sega Space Harrier
- 1.20 System 16
- 1.21 System C-2
- 1.22 System 32
- 1.23 Sega Model 2A CRX
- 1.24 Sega Model 2B CRX
- 1.25 Sega Model 2C CRX
- 1.26 Sega Model 3 Step 2.0
- 1.27 Sega Model 3 Step 2.1
- 1.28 NAOMI
- 1.29 Unique/Unknown
- 1.30 Saturn
- 1.31 Dreamcast
- 2 List of staff
- 3 Magazine articles
- 4 External links
- 5 References
Softography
Slot machine
- Bonanza Bros. (2010)
- Golden Axe (2010)
System 18
- Desert Breaker (1992)
System 24
- Quiz Syukudai wo Wasuremashita (1991)
- Quiz Rouka ni Tattenasai! (1991)
- Tokoro San no MahMahjan (1992)
- Quiz Mekurumeku Story (1993)
- Tokoro San no MahMahjan 2 (1994)
- Quiz Ghost Hunter (1994)
System 32
- Air Rescue (1992)
- Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (1992)
- Holosseum (1992)
- Alien 3: The Gun (1993)
- OutRunners (1993)
- The J.League 1994 (1994)
- Tesou Uranai Chotto Misete (1995)
System C2
- Soreike! Anpanman Popcorn Kojo (1992)
- Puyo Puyo (1992)
- Puzzle & Action: Tant-R (1993)
- SegaSonic Popcorn Shop (1993)
- Doraemon no Dokodemodoa (1994)
- Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R (1994)
- Stack Columns (1994)
- Zunzunkyou no Yabou (1994)
H1 Board
- Cool Riders (1995)
Model 1
Model 2
- Sky Target (1995)
- WaveRunner (1996)
- Sega Water Ski (1997)
- The House of the Dead (1997)
- Motor Raid (1997)
Sega Titan Video
- Virtua Fighter Remix (1995)
- Golden Axe: The Duel (1995)
- Ejihon Tantei Jimusho (1995)
- Final Arch (1995)
- Critter Crusher (1995)
- Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt (1995)
- Die Hard Arcade (1996)
- Magical Zunou Power (1996)
- Aroma Club (1997)
- Columns '97 (1997)
- Maru-chan de Goo! (1997)
- Zen Nihon Pro Wres Featuring Virtua (1997)
- Taisen Tanto-R Sasissu! (1998)
- Stress Busters (1998)
Model 3
- Sega Bass Fishing (1997)
- Ski Champ (1998)
NAOMI
- The House of the Dead 2 (1998)
- Dynamite Baseball NAOMI (1998)
- Zombie Revenge (1999)
- Giant Gram: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 2 in Nihon Budoukan (1999)
- Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi (2000)
NAOMI Multiboard
- Airline Pilots (1999)
- Sega Strike Fighter (2000)
Medal game
- World Bingo (1986)
Mega Drive
- Puyo Puyo (1992)
Game Gear
- Puyo Puyo (1993)
Saturn
- Golden Axe: The Duel (1995)
- Virtua Fighter Remix (1995)
- Die Hard Arcade (1997)
- Zen Nihon Pro Wres Featuring Virtua (1997)
Dreamcast
Sega System 1
- Sindbad Mystery (1984)
Sega Space Harrier
- Enduro Racer (1985)
System 16
- Time Scanner (1987)
- Touryuumon (1994)
System C-2
- SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter Galaxy Patrol (1993)
- Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car (1993)
- Waku Waku Tama & Friends (1994)
System 32
- Stadium Cross (1992)
Sega Model 2A CRX
- Dynamite Cop (1998)
Sega Model 2B CRX
- Indy 500 (1995)
- Dynamite Baseball (1996)
- Dynamite Baseball 97 (1997)
Sega Model 2C CRX
- Sega Ski Super G (1996)
Sega Model 3 Step 2.0
Sega Model 3 Step 2.1
- The Ocean Hunter (1998)
- Emergency Call Ambulance (1999)
NAOMI
- Ring Out 4x4 (1999)
- Sega Marine Fishing (1999)
- The Typing of the Dead (1999) (with Smilebit)
Unique/Unknown
- World Bingo (1985)
- Starlight Fortune (1993)
- Teso Uranai Chotto Misete (1993)
- FuwaFuwa Puren (1994)
- Majikaru Zuno Pawa (1996)
Saturn
- Sky Target (1997) (with Tantalus Interactive)
- The House of the Dead (1998) (with Tantalus Interactive)
Dreamcast
- The House of the Dead 2 (1999)
List of staff
- Yoshimi Aikawa
- Sachiko Amano
- Hiroshi Ando
- Toshihiro Ando
- Masayuki Ao
- Yoshiaki Aoki
- Nobutaka Arii
- Toshihiro Fujimaki
- Tadashi Fujita
- Hitoshi Furukubo
- Susumu Hirai
- Kazutaka Horie
- Masaharu Ijichi
- Kenichi Imaeda
- Yoji Ishii
- Yuko Isoda
- Hiroshi Kanazawa
- Shuichi Katagi
- Hideyuki Katoh
- Ichiro Kawaoka
- Masateru Kawasaki
- Tetsuya Kawauchi
- Hirotsugu Kobayashi
- Masaki Kondoh
- Takahiro Kudo
- Tatsuto Kumada
- Taku Makino
- Katsunori Matsui
- Masamoto Morita
- Rikiya Nakagawa
- Tomoyuki Nishimura
- Makito Nomiya
- Takashi Oda
- Takuya Ohashi
- Shinichiro Okumoto
- Norihito Omoda
- Koji Ooto
- Eriko Sakurai
- Kazutomo Sanbongi
- Takao Seki
- Hideaki Sekiya
- Akiyoshi Shinpo
- Akiko Shirota
- Makoto Sugawara
- Nanae Suizu
- Yoshiharu Suzuki
- Hiroyuki Taguchi
- Motoshi Takabe
- Naoko Takahashi
- Hiroshi Takei
- Hidetoshi Takeshita
- Masanori Takeuchi
- Gregg Tavares
- Haruyoshi Tomita
- Kazunari Tsukamoto
- Shunichi Urushibara
- Akira Watanabe
- Takuya Yamazaki
- Makito Yokota
Magazine articles
- Main article: Sega AM1/Magazine articles.
External links
References
- ↑ File:DCM_JP_19991119_1999-36.pdf, page 15
- ↑ File:DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf, page 93
- ↑ File:AnnualReport2002_English.pdf, page 18
- ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2003-04-22 21:39)
- ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/credits/sega_ac.txt
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