Sega AM2 (2004-2011)
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Sega AM2 (2004-2011) Division of Sega Corporation | ||
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Founded: 2004-07-01[1] | ||
Defunct: 2011 | ||
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2004-07-01 2011
← Sega-AM2
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AM R&D Dept. #2[2] (第二AM研究開発部) was the second arcade division of Sega Corporation following its decision to re-absorb its development subsidiaries in July 2004. It was part of the AM Software R&D Group of Amusement R&D Div, alongside AM R&D Dept. #1 and AM R&D Dept. #3[2]. This AM2 derives from the company, Sega-AM2, established in 2001, and continued its legacy.
Development-wise, it initially continued much the same as the prior Sega-AM2, continuing its series Virtua Fighter, Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ and OutRun, as well as release new titles which began development at Sega-AM2, including Quest of D[3] and Sega Golf Club, which kept with the trend established by the other games, releasing consistent revisions across several years.
In 2008, AM3 was abolished and its staff absorbed by AM1 or AM2. AM2 thus received notable creators such as Mie Kumagai, Kenji Kanno and Motoshi Takabe, and with them IP such as Derby Owners Club and Virtua Tennis, which it would continue to develop new entries for, or legacy series Cyber Troopers Virtual-On and Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns, which it would begin porting to modern home consoles.
This also signified a new era for the department, as the aforementioned ports extended to also porting legacy AM2 games like Fighting Vipers and Sonic the Fighters to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, spearheaded by staff who had once worked under CSK Research Institute: Noriyuki Shimoda, Tohru Murayama, Hitoshi Iizawa, etc.. Also in 2009, AM2 debuted new perhaps its most successful arcade games, Border Break and Shining Force Cross.
In 2011, the AM moniker was dropped, renaming the department to R&D2, though because of the department's fame from the 90's, the AM2 brand was still used.
Sections
Softography
NAOMI
- Rhythm Tengoku (2007)
Chihiro
- Ghost Squad (2004)
- OutRun 2 SP (2004)
Chihiro Satellite Terminal
- Sega Golf Club (2004)
- Quest of D: Gofu no Keisyousya (2005)
- Quest of D: Oukoku no Syugosya (2005)
- Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ3 (2005)
- Sega Golf Club Ver. 2006 Next Tours (2006)
- Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ3 Evolution (2007)
Lindbergh
- Virtua Fighter 5 (2005)
- After Burner Climax (2006)
- OutRun 2 SP SDX (2006)
- R-Tuned: Ultimate Street Racing (2008)
- Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008)
- Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (2010)
Lindbergh Blue
Lindbergh Red
- Ghost Squad Evolution (2007)
Lindbergh Red EX
RingEdge
- Sega Card-Gen MLB 2009 (2009)
- Border Break (2009)
- Shining Force Cross (2009)
- Sega Card-Gen MLB 2010 (2010)
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade (2010)
- Shining Force Cross Raid (2010)
- Sega Card-Gen MLB 2011 (2011)
- Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
RingWide
- Sega Racing Classic (2009)
Arcade
- Touch Striker (unreleased)
PlayStation 2
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2 (2004)
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 19: Fighting Vipers (2005)
- OutRun 2 SP (2007)
Xbox
- OutRun 2 (2004)
Xbox 360
- Virtua Fighter 5 (2007)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.66 (2009)
- After Burner Climax (2010)
- Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force (2010)
- Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
- Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (2012)
PlayStation 3
- Virtua Fighter 5 (2007)
- After Burner Climax (2010)
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater (2010)
- Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater 2nd (2011)
- Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (2012)
Wii
- Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns (2010)
- Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
PlayStation Now
List of staff
- Keisuke Tsukahara (composer)
- Tatsuya Sato (Sega)
- Eisuke Abe
- Toshiyuki Adachi
- Erika Aihara
- Satoshi Andou
- Seiji Aoki
- Kazuaki Arahori
- Masataka Arai
- Eijiro Asakura
- Keisuke Chiwata
- Hideo Choumabayashi
- Takanori Daito
- Yusaku Egami
- Hiroya Eguchi
- Nobuyuki Eguchi
- Satoshi Fujinuma
- Norio Furuichi
- Saori Furutani
- Takeshi Goden
- Shinichi Goto
- Seiichi Hamada
- Takayuki Haneda
- Ayami Hasegawa
- Katsuya Hiraoka
- Takashi Hirayama
- Masahide Hiroike
- Akihito Hiroyoshi
- Ayano Hori
- Kyoshi Ieizumi
- Hitoshi Iizawa
- Kimihiro Ikami
- Toru Ikebuchi
- Toru Ikeuchi
- Yasuyuki Inomata
- Shinya Inoue
- Toshiya Inoue
- Mieko Isa
- Shin Ishikawa
- Fumio Ito
- Haruna Ito
- Hiromi Ito
- Kensuke Ito
- Kazuma Itoh
- Yoshinari Itoh
- Hajime Itou
- Takeshi Iwasaki
- Takeo Iwase
- Hiroshi Kandou
- Yukinori Kaneko
- Kenji Kanno
- Yoshiki Kanoh
- Daichi Katagiri
- Hiroshi Kataoka
- Yukitoshi Katsuyama
- Yasuo Kawagoshi
- Hideki Kawamura
- Taku Kihara
- Shinya Kitagawa
- Koki Koiwa
- Tetsu Koyama
- Toru Kujirai
- Mie Kumagai
- Shigetaka Kyoya
- Munekazu Makino
- Ringo Manabe
- Takuji Masuda
- Hiroshi Masui
- Tsuyoshi Matsuda
- Yuichi Matsui
- Kota Matsumoto
- Keiichi Matsunami
- Junichiro Matsuura
- Yusuke Matsuyama
- Dai Matsuzaki
- Takehiko Mikami
- Junpei Mishima
- Haruka Miura
- You Momotani
- Yasuhiro Mori
- Masaru Moriguchi
- Susumu Morii
- Kazuya Morita
- Rie Murai
- Takayuki Muramatsu
- Tohru Murayama
- Tsuguharu Nagasawa
- Kenji Nagashima
- Yasuyuki Nagata
- Takuya Nagayasu
- Kayo Nakamura
- Makoto Nakamura
- Tatsutoshi Narita
- Kouhei Nosaki
- Takeshi Numazawa
- Takeshi Ogawa
- Kazufumi Ohashi
- Masanori Ohe
- Hidekuni Ohta
- Yoshiyuki Okitsu
- Katsuhiko Omori
- Makoto Osaki
- Toshihide Ozeki
- Mitsuharu Saikawa
- Hidehito Sakuma
- Masanori Sakurai
- Takeshi Sano
- Fuminori Sato
- Makoto Sato
- Masanori Sato
- Shungo Seki
- Ryo Shibasaki
- Michi Shibuya
- Kazuhiro Shigekuni
- Tomonori Shiino
- Asami Shimada
- Shinya Shimada
- Kenji Shimizu
- Noriyuki Shimoda
- Hiroaki Shoji
- Yutaka Sudo
- Tetsuya Sugimoto
- Masayuki Sumi
- Kazuya Suzuki
- Kozue Suzuki
- Masatomo Suzuki
- Yoshifumi Suzuki
- Motoshi Takabe
- Kazuki Takagi
- Genta Takahashi
- Masayuki Takahashi
- Megumi Takano
- Atsuo Takayasu
- Hajime Take
- Yohsuke Takeda
- Yoshinori Takeno
- Masanori Takeuchi
- Chizuka Tamehira
- Ayumi Tanaka
- Hideki Tanaka
- Michinari Terada
- Kenji Tohma
- Hironobu Tsujikawa
- Koujou Tsukamoto
- Shintaro Tsukamoto
- Takehiko Usui
- Naonori Watanabe
- Juro Watari
- Takeshi Yamaguchi
- Makoto Yamamoto
- Junichi Yamanaka
- Takeshi Yamanouchi
- Nobuyuki Yamashita
- Masaki Yano
- Daisuke Yonezawa
- Hiroshi Yoshida
- Tatsumi Yoshida
- Shinichi Yoshino
References
- ↑ File:IR EN 2004-05-18.pdf
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:IR EN 2005-03-31.pdf
- ↑ http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/jp/games/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-06-30 00:40)
- ↑ https://media.vgm.io/albums/29/4992/4992-1429695566.jpg (Wayback Machine: 2023-08-27 11:59)
- ↑ https://media.vgm.io/albums/47/5474/5474-1503477926.jpg (Wayback Machine: 2023-12-19 14:23)
- ↑ File:LGATVGDUSAAB CD JP booklet.pdf, page 9
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