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Should this be reformatted as Sega MultiMedia Studio? I can absolutely imagine SoA being less-than-consistent with capitalization, but all internal material I've seen from this studio has written their name as such.
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Should this be reformatted as Sega MultiMedia Studio? I can absolutely imagine SoA being less-than-consistent with capitalization, but all internal material I've seen from this studio has written their name as such. Planning on checking some references and coming back to this, but right now I'm in favor of MultiMedia.
  
Planning on checking some references and coming back to this, but right now I'm in favor of MultiMedia.
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Doug Lanford says the studio closed after Wild Woody, but Spencer Nilsen says studio members were active as late as 1997. Lanford is technically correct in that Wild Woody was studio’s last game release, but the studio appeared to have other irons in the fire with third-parties. Nilsen goes on to say the studio was involved in over two-dozen games at some level, and would have likely had at least some music work coming in. It was a pretty advanced studio.
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A historically significant note is that SMS is where the Sega and Michael Jackson collaberation began, with Nilsen stating Michael loved visiting the studio. Depending on how Nilsen defines the word “joined”, Michael Jackson committed to producing Sega CD and arcade game with the studio in either an official or semi-official, contractual level. I would imagine the latter. (K. Horowitz, 2016)

Revision as of 21:54, 13 March 2021

Should this be reformatted as Sega MultiMedia Studio? I can absolutely imagine SoA being less-than-consistent with capitalization, but all internal material I've seen from this studio has written their name as such. Planning on checking some references and coming back to this, but right now I'm in favor of MultiMedia.

Doug Lanford says the studio closed after Wild Woody, but Spencer Nilsen says studio members were active as late as 1997. Lanford is technically correct in that Wild Woody was studio’s last game release, but the studio appeared to have other irons in the fire with third-parties. Nilsen goes on to say the studio was involved in over two-dozen games at some level, and would have likely had at least some music work coming in. It was a pretty advanced studio.

A historically significant note is that SMS is where the Sega and Michael Jackson collaberation began, with Nilsen stating Michael loved visiting the studio. Depending on how Nilsen defines the word “joined”, Michael Jackson committed to producing Sega CD and arcade game with the studio in either an official or semi-official, contractual level. I would imagine the latter. (K. Horowitz, 2016)