Sega Mobile
From Sega Retro
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| Founded: 2002-04-18[1] | ||
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Sega Mobile was a division established within Sega.com (a division of Sega of America) to tackle the then-emerging mobile video games market. It was founded in April 2002 and initially run by Ryoichi Shiratsuchi[1]. Sega Mobile was responsible for Sega's mobile content in North America - other regions of the world were handled differently.
Sega Mobile was established as part of an initial mobile "boom" in the early-2000s, as mobile phone and handheld PDA technology was accelerating at a rapid pace. Sega had already been catering for such a market in Japan, where at the time of this US branch's launch, was estimated to involve 2.5 million users subscribing to "wireless content"[1]. It was widely expected by industry analysts that similar growth would occur stateside, leading to a multi-billion dollar industry for Sega to take advantage of.
Sega Mobile was not the first venture into this market for Sega (a deal with Motorola was announced in June 2000 for their line of iDEN-enabled handsets), but it was the first concentrated effort to bring multiple games to multiple handheld platforms. Progress began in May 2002 after a deal was signed with US carrier Sprint[2], the first game being Sega Monkey Ball[3].
Sega Mobile added other carriers and platforms to its list towards the end of the year and into 2003, including Pocket PC[4], AT&T Wireless mMode[5], BREW[6] and Palm OS[7]. It later made a deal with publisher Handago to increase the number of distribution outlets[8].
Sega Mobile charged for its games, which were downloaded through 3G services. Many of the earlier games offered through the service were designed to stop working after 30 days forcing the user to re-purchase software.
Sega's US arm produced very little of the content offered through the service - roughly half the games were outsourced to smaller development teams (typically simpler or original titles), while the other half were brought over from Japan (usually arcade or console conversions). The US operation never matched the volume or diversity of titles available in Japan, whose market was far more mature at the time and had more capable handsets on general sale. Furthermore Sega Mobile would stop openly advertising older games and possibly pull them off the market, while in Japan games were available for much longer.
Products for Nokia's N-Gage platform, were not handled directly by Sega Mobile, with responsibilities instead going to the parent company.
Sega Mobile continued its operations throughout the decade, however accelerated change in the mobile market led to two dominant mobile platforms; iOS and Android. Sega Networks Inc. was established in 2012 to cater for this new smartphone market - Sega Mobile subsequently found itself without platforms to support, and so likely folded back into Sega of America.
Contents
- 1 Providers
- 2 Softography
- 2.1 N-Gage
- 2.2 Palm OS
- 2.3 i-mode 504i
- 2.4 i-mode 505i
- 2.5 J-Sky (50KB)
- 2.6 Vodafone Live! (256KB)
- 2.7 EZweb (Java Phase 2/2.5)
- 2.8 EZweb (BREW 2.0)
- 2.9 Club Air-Edge
- 2.10 LG F2400
- 2.11 LG KG800
- 2.12 LG S5200
- 2.13 LG U300
- 2.14 LG U8110
- 2.15 LG U8120
- 2.16 LG U8138
- 2.17 LG U8150
- 2.18 LG U880
- 2.19 Motorola C380
- 2.20 Motorola C390
- 2.21 Motorola C650
- 2.22 Motorola C975
- 2.23 Motorola C980
- 2.24 Motorola E1000
- 2.25 Motorola E1070
- 2.26 Motorola E398
- 2.27 Motorola KRZR K1
- 2.28 Motorola L2
- 2.29 Motorola L6
- 2.30 Motorola PEBL U6
- 2.31 Motorola RAZR maxx V6
- 2.32 Motorola RAZR V3
- 2.33 Motorola RAZR V3i
- 2.34 Motorola RAZR V3x
- 2.35 Motorola RIZR Z3
- 2.36 Motorola SLVR L7
- 2.37 Motorola Triplets
- 2.38 Motorola V1050
- 2.39 Motorola V180
- 2.40 Motorola V360
- 2.41 Motorola V535
- 2.42 Motorola V551
- 2.43 Motorola V620
- 2.44 Motorola V635
- 2.45 Motorola V80
- 2.46 Motorola V975
- 2.47 Nokia 2355
- 2.48 Nokia 2610
- 2.49 Nokia 2650
- 2.50 Nokia 2855
- 2.51 Nokia 3100
- 2.52 Nokia 3155
- 2.53 Nokia 3220
- 2.54 Nokia 3230
- 2.55 Nokia 3250
- 2.56 Nokia 3300
- 2.57 Nokia 3650
- 2.58 Nokia 3660
- 2.59 Nokia 5100
- 2.60 Nokia 5140
- 2.61 Nokia 5200
- 2.62 Nokia 5300 XpressMusic
- 2.63 Nokia 5500 Sport
- 2.64 Nokia 6020
- 2.65 Nokia 6030
- 2.66 Nokia 6060
- 2.67 Nokia 6070
- 2.68 Nokia 6080
- 2.69 Nokia 6100
- 2.70 Nokia 6101
- 2.71 Nokia 6108
- 2.72 Nokia 6111
- 2.73 Nokia 6125
- 2.74 Nokia 6131
- 2.75 Nokia 6151
- 2.76 Nokia 6152
- 2.77 Nokia 6165
- 2.78 Nokia 6170
- 2.79 Nokia 6220
- 2.80 Nokia 6230
- 2.81 Nokia 6230i
- 2.82 Nokia 6233
- 2.83 Nokia 6235
- 2.84 Nokia 6255
- 2.85 Nokia 6260
- 2.86 Nokia 6265
- 2.87 Nokia 6270
- 2.88 Nokia 6275
- 2.89 Nokia 6280
- 2.90 Nokia 6290
- 2.91 Nokia 6300
- 2.92 Nokia 6600
- 2.93 Nokia 6620
- 2.94 Nokia 6630
- 2.95 Nokia 6650
- 2.96 Nokia 6680
- 2.97 Nokia 6800
- 2.98 Nokia 6822
- 2.99 Nokia 7200
- 2.100 Nokia 7210
- 2.101 Nokia 7250
- 2.102 Nokia 7260
- 2.103 Nokia 7370
- 2.104 Nokia 7373
- 2.105 Nokia 7390
- 2.106 Nokia 7600
- 2.107 Nokia 7610
- 2.108 Nokia 7650
- 2.109 Nokia 8800
- 2.110 Nokia E50
- 2.111 Nokia E60
- 2.112 Nokia E65
- 2.113 Nokia E70
- 2.114 Nokia E90 Communicator
- 2.115 Nokia N70
- 2.116 Nokia N71
- 2.117 Nokia N72
- 2.118 Nokia N73
- 2.119 Nokia N75
- 2.120 Nokia N76
- 2.121 Nokia N80
- 2.122 Nokia N90
- 2.123 Nokia N91
- 2.124 Nokia N92
- 2.125 Nokia N93
- 2.126 Nokia N95
- 2.127 Series 40 1st Edition (128x128)
- 2.128 Series 40 1st Edition (128x160)
- 2.129 Series 40 2nd Edition (128x128)
- 2.130 Series 60 1st Edition (176x208)
- 2.131 Series 60 2nd Edition (176x208)
- 2.132 Series 60 2nd Edition Feature Pack 1 (176x208)
- 2.133 Series 60 2nd Edition Feature Pack 2 (176x208)
- 2.134 Series 60 2nd Edition Feature Pack 3 (176x208)
- 2.135 O2 Ice
- 2.136 Samsung D500
- 2.137 Samsung D520
- 2.138 Samsung D600
- 2.139 Samsung D800
- 2.140 Samsung D820
- 2.141 Samsung D830
- 2.142 Samsung D900
- 2.143 Samsung E250
- 2.144 Samsung E300
- 2.145 Samsung E330
- 2.146 Samsung E350
- 2.147 Samsung E370
- 2.148 Samsung E530
- 2.149 Samsung E630
- 2.150 Samsung E700
- 2.151 Samsung E710
- 2.152 Samsung E720
- 2.153 Samsung E780
- 2.154 Samsung E800
- 2.155 Samsung E810
- 2.156 Samsung E870
- 2.157 Samsung E900
- 2.158 Samsung P510
- 2.159 Samsung X450
- 2.160 Samsung X460
- 2.161 Samsung X480
- 2.162 Samsung X640
- 2.163 Samsung Z107
- 2.164 Samsung Z400
- 2.165 Samsung Z500
- 2.166 Samsung Z510
- 2.167 Siemens C65
- 2.168 Siemens C75
- 2.169 Siemens M65
- 2.170 Siemens ME75
- 2.171 Siemens S65
- 2.172 Sony Ericsson J300
- 2.173 Sony Ericsson K300
- 2.174 Sony Ericsson K310
- 2.175 Sony Ericsson K500
- 2.176 Sony Ericsson K510
- 2.177 Sony Ericsson K550
- 2.178 Sony Ericsson K600
- 2.179 Sony Ericsson K610
- 2.180 Sony Ericsson K700
- 2.181 Sony Ericsson K750
- 2.182 Sony Ericsson K800
- 2.183 Sony Ericsson S700
- 2.184 Sony Ericsson W200
- 2.185 Sony Ericsson W550
- 2.186 Sony Ericsson W580
- 2.187 Sony Ericsson W800
- 2.188 Sony Ericsson W810
- 2.189 Sony Ericsson W850
- 2.190 Sony Ericsson W880
- 2.191 Sony Ericsson W900
- 2.192 Sony Ericsson Z1010
- 2.193 Sony Ericsson Z310
- 2.194 Sony Ericsson Z500
- 2.195 Sony Ericsson Z520
- 2.196 Sony Ericsson Z530
- 2.197 Sony Ericsson Z550
- 2.198 Sony Ericsson Z610
- 2.199 Sony Ericsson Z710
- 2.200 Sony Ericsson Z800
- 2.201 UIQ 3.0
- 2.202 Android
- 2.203 J2ME
- 2.204 Pocket PC
- 2.205 Palm OS
- 2.206 BREW
- 2.207 iOS
- 2.208 Android
- 3 Gallery
- 4 External links
- 5 References
Providers
- Sprint (since May 2002)
- AT&T Wireless (October 2002-October 2004)
- Cingular/AT&T (since October 2004)
- Verizon Wireless
- T-Mobile
- Qwest Wireless (until October 2009)
- Alltel
- Hawaiian Telcom
- Embarq (May 2006-October 2009)
- Cox Wireless
- CenturyTel (October 2004-October 2009)
Softography
N-Gage
- (2004)
Palm OS
- (2003)
i-mode 504i
- (2003)
i-mode 505i
- (2003)
- (2006)
J-Sky (50KB)
- (2003)
- (2003)
Vodafone Live! (256KB)
- (2003)
EZweb (Java Phase 2/2.5)
- (2003)
- (2004)
EZweb (BREW 2.0)
- (2004)
Club Air-Edge
- (2006)
LG F2400
- (2007)
LG KG800
- (2007)
LG S5200
- (2007)
LG U300
- (2007)
LG U8110
- (2007)
LG U8120
- (2007)
LG U8138
- (2007)
LG U8150
- (2007)
LG U880
- (2007)
Motorola C380
- (200x)
Motorola C390
- (200x)
Motorola C650
- (200x)
Motorola C975
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola C980
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola E1000
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola E1070
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola E398
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola KRZR K1
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola L2
- (2007)
Motorola L6
- (2007)
Motorola PEBL U6
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola RAZR maxx V6
- (2007)
Motorola RAZR V3
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola RAZR V3i
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola RAZR V3x
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola RIZR Z3
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola SLVR L7
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola Triplets
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola V1050
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola V180
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola V360
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola V535
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola V551
- (2007)
- (200x)
Motorola V620
- (200x)
Motorola V635
- (200x)
Motorola V80
- (200x)
Motorola V975
- (2007)
- (200x)
Nokia 2355
- (2007)
Nokia 2610
- (2007)
Nokia 2650
- (2007)
Nokia 2855
- (2007)
Nokia 3100
- (2007)
Nokia 3155
- (2007)
Nokia 3220
- (2007)
Nokia 3230
- (2007)
Nokia 3250
- (2007)
Nokia 3300
- (2007)
Nokia 3650
- (2007)
Nokia 3660
- (2007)
Nokia 5100
- (2007)
Nokia 5140
- (2007)
Nokia 5200
- (2007)
Nokia 5300 XpressMusic
- (2007)
Nokia 5500 Sport
- (2007)
Nokia 6020
- (2007)
Nokia 6030
- (2007)
Nokia 6060
- (2007)
Nokia 6070
- (2007)
Nokia 6080
- (2007)
Nokia 6100
- (2007)
Nokia 6101
- (2007)
Nokia 6108
- (2007)
Nokia 6111
- (2007)
Nokia 6125
- (2007)
Nokia 6131
- (2007)
Nokia 6151
- (2007)
Nokia 6152
- (2007)
Nokia 6165
- (2007)
Nokia 6170
- (2007)
Nokia 6220
- (2007)
Nokia 6230
- (2007)
Nokia 6230i
- (2007)
Nokia 6233
- (2007)
Nokia 6235
- (2007)
Nokia 6255
- (2007)
Nokia 6260
- (2007)
Nokia 6265
- (2007)
Nokia 6270
- (2007)
Nokia 6275
- (2007)
Nokia 6280
- (2007)
Nokia 6290
- (2007)
Nokia 6300
- (2007)
Nokia 6600
- (2007)
Nokia 6620
- (2007)
Nokia 6630
- (2007)
Nokia 6650
- (2007)
Nokia 6680
- (2007)
Nokia 6800
- (2007)
Nokia 6822
- (2007)
Nokia 7200
- (2007)
Nokia 7210
- (2007)
Nokia 7250
- (2007)
Nokia 7260
- (2007)
Nokia 7370
- (2007)
Nokia 7373
- (2007)
Nokia 7390
- (2007)
Nokia 7600
- (2007)
Nokia 7610
- (2007)
Nokia 7650
- (2007)
Nokia 8800
- (2007)
Nokia E50
- (2007)
Nokia E60
- (2007)
Nokia E65
- (2007)
Nokia E70
- (2007)
Nokia E90 Communicator
- (2007)
Nokia N70
- (2007)
Nokia N71
- (2007)
Nokia N72
- (2007)
Nokia N73
- (2007)
Nokia N75
- (2007)
Nokia N76
- (2007)
Nokia N80
- (2007)
Nokia N90
- (2007)
Nokia N91
- (2007)
Nokia N92
- (2007)
Nokia N93
- (2007)
Nokia N95
- (2007)
Series 40 1st Edition (128x128)
- (200x)
Series 40 1st Edition (128x160)
- (200x)
Series 40 2nd Edition (128x128)
- (200x)
Series 60 1st Edition (176x208)
- (200x)
Series 60 2nd Edition (176x208)
- (200x)
Series 60 2nd Edition Feature Pack 1 (176x208)
- (200x)
Series 60 2nd Edition Feature Pack 2 (176x208)
- (200x)
Series 60 2nd Edition Feature Pack 3 (176x208)
- (200x)
O2 Ice
- (2007)
Samsung D500
- (2007)
Samsung D520
- (2007)
Samsung D600
- (2007)
Samsung D800
- (2007)
Samsung D820
- (2007)
Samsung D830
- (2007)
Samsung D900
- (2007)
Samsung E250
- (2007)
Samsung E300
- (2007)
- (200x)
Samsung E330
- (2007)
- (200x)
Samsung E350
- (2007)
Samsung E370
- (2007)
Samsung E530
- (2007)
Samsung E630
- (2007)
- (200x)
Samsung E700
- (2007)
- (200x)
Samsung E710
- (2007)
Samsung E720
- (2007)
Samsung E780
- (2007)
Samsung E800
- (2007)
- (200x)
Samsung E810
- (2007)
- (200x)
Samsung E870
- (2007)
Samsung E900
- (2007)
Samsung P510
- (2007)
Samsung X450
- (2007)
Samsung X460
- (2007)
- (200x)
Samsung X480
- (2007)
- (200x)
Samsung X640
- (2007)
Samsung Z107
- (2007)
Samsung Z400
- (2007)
Samsung Z500
- (2007)
Samsung Z510
- (2007)
Siemens C65
- (2007)
Siemens C75
- (2007)
Siemens M65
- (2007)
Siemens ME75
- (2007)
Siemens S65
- (2007)
Sony Ericsson J300
- (2007)
Sony Ericsson K300
- (2007)
Sony Ericsson K310
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson K500
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson K510
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson K550
- (2007)
Sony Ericsson K600
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson K610
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson K700
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson K750
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson K800
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson S700
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson W200
- (2007)
Sony Ericsson W550
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson W580
- (2007)
Sony Ericsson W800
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson W810
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson W850
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson W880
- (2007)
Sony Ericsson W900
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson Z1010
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson Z310
- (2007)
Sony Ericsson Z500
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson Z520
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson Z530
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson Z550
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson Z610
- (2007)
Sony Ericsson Z710
- (2007)
- (200x)
Sony Ericsson Z800
- (2007)
- (200x)
UIQ 3.0
- (2007)
- (200x)
Android
- (2011)
J2ME
- Psychic Fantasy (2003)
- Super Real Tennis (2004)
- Butt Brawl in Animal Land (2005)
- Mr. Raccoon's Tightrope Act (2005)
- Puyo Puyo (2005)
- Puyo Puyo 2 (2005)
- Wonder Boy (2005)
- Monkey Ball Bowling (200x)
- Ollie King SK8R (200x)
- Phantasy Star (200x)
- Real Billiards (200x)
- Sega Air Hockey (200x)
- Sonic Backgammon (200x)
- Sonic Darts (200x)
- Sonic Hearts (200x)
- Space Harrier (200x)
- Super Monkey Ball 3D (200x)
- The House of the Dead (200x)
- Vectorman (200x)
- Charlotte's Web (200x)
- Golden Axe (200x)
- Sonic Jump 2 (2008)
- Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008)
- Beijing 2008 (2008)
Pocket PC
- Sega Classics Action Pack (2002)
- Sega Classics Leisure Pack (2002)
Palm OS
- Sega Swirl (2002)
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (2003)
- Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya (2003)
- Shinobi (2003)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2003)
- Super Columns (2003)
BREW
- Pengo (2002)
- Puyo Puyo (2002)
- Sega Fast Lane (2002)
iOS
- Sonic the Hedgehog (iPod) (2007)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) (2007)
- Super Monkey Ball (2008)
- Golden Axe (2009)
- Streets of Rage (2009)
- Altered Beast (2010)
- ChuChu Rocket! (2010)
- Ecco the Dolphin (2010)
- Football Manager Handheld 2010 (2010)
- Gunstar Heroes (2010)
- Phantasy Star II (2010)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2010)
- Sonic Spinball (2010)
- Space Harrier II (2010)
- Shining Force (2010)
- Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2010)
- Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2010)
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2011)
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)
- Virtua Fighter 2 (Mega Drive) (2011)
- Golden Axe II (2011)
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (2011)
- Streets of Rage III (2011)
Android
- Fallen Realms (2011)
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)
- Super Monkey Ball (2011)
- Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012)
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2013)
Gallery
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External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Press release: 2002-04-18: Sega.com Enters Wireless Gaming Market With the Launch of Sega Mobile
- ↑ Press release: 2002-05-20: SEGA MOBILE AND SPRINT ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOR GROWING WIRELESS GAMES MARKET
- ↑ Press release: 2002-08-15: SEGA MOBILE ROLLS OUT ITS FIRST WIRELESS GAME WITH SEGA Monkey Ball
- ↑ Press release: 2002-09-23: Sega Mobile to Deliver Gaming Content to the Pocket PC; Company Offers Classic SEGA Titles to Burgeoning Wireless Market
- ↑ Press release: 2002-10-14: Sega Mobile and AT&T Wireless Join Forces to Bring Wireless Gaming to mMode Customers
- ↑ Press release: 2003-02-03: SEGA Mobile Delivers Arcade Hits and Extreme Sports Games for QUALCOMM's BREW™ Platform
- ↑ Press release: 2003-04-16: Sega.com and Palm Bring SEGA Games to the PDA Market
- ↑ Press release: 2003-05-13: Sega Mobile Delivers J2ME™ Games through Handango