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'''Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #1''', ('''Sega AM R&D Dept. #1''') was a division within [[Sega of Japan]]. It was formed in 1990 primarily to create arcade (or "amusement") games.
 
  
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During its existence, this division was commonly referred to as '''Sega AM1''', being the "first" of several R&D divisions within Sega's Japanese operations and was spun-off from R&D#1 which had existed prior. R&D#1 was specifically created in the eighties to develop arcade games. Many of the developers who made games moved into the [[AM3]] department that formed in 1990.
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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.{{fileref|DCM_JP_19991119_1999-36.pdf|page=15}}{{fileref|DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf|page=93}}
  
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Despite its initial intentions, found itself assisting with home console releases due to similarities between [[Sega Titan Video]] and [[Sega Saturn]] hardware (and later the [[NAOMI]] and [[Sega Dreamcast]]). This began with the release of ''[[Virtua Fighter Remix]]'' in 1995.
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AM1 is supposed to be the oldest development division within Sega{{ref|https://www.segasammy.co.jp/japanese/ir/library/pdf/printing_archive/2002/sega/sega_annual_tuuki_2002.pdf}}. 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.{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20030422213943/www.hitmaker.co.jp/top/lounge/corumun/site/corumun_txt22.html}} This page compiles the games mentioned, as well as common credits among titles.{{ref|http://gdri.smspower.org/credits/sega_ac.txt}} And then titles from the WOW Entertainment production history website..
  
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AM1 existed for most of the 1990s until May 1999 when it became '''Sega Software R&D Dept. 1''', and later [[WOW Entertainment]] in 2000.{{fileref|DCM_JP_19991119_1999-36.pdf|page=15}}{{fileref|DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf|page=93}}
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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]].
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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.
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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]]''.  
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==Members==
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*[[Akira Watanabe]]
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*[[Eiro Nagata]]
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*[[Hirosama Kaneko]]
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*[[Kazunari Tsukamoto]]
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*[[Kazuo Wakihara]]
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*[[Makoto Uchida]]
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*[[Rikiya Nakagawa]]
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*[[Takashi Oda]]
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*[[Taku Makino]]
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==Former members==
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*[[Hisao Oguchi]]
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*[[Junichi Tsuchiya]]
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*[[Shuichi Katagi]]
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*[[Yoshiki Ooka]]
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*[[Yutaka Sugano]]
  
 
==Softography (arcade)==
 
==Softography (arcade)==
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* ''[[Quartet 2]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[Quartet 2]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[SDI]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[SDI]]'' (1987)
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* ''[[Sonic Boom]] (1987)
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* ''[[Sonic Boom]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[Time Scanner]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[Time Scanner]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[Altered Beast]]'' (1988)
 
* ''[[Altered Beast]]'' (1988)
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*''[[Shadow Dancer]]'' (1989)
 
*''[[Shadow Dancer]]'' (1989)
 
*''[[Alien Storm]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Alien Storm]]'' (1990)
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*''[[Michael Jackson's Moonwalker]]'' (1990)
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*''[[Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (System 18)|Michael Jackson's Moonwalker]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Desert Breaker]]'' (1993)
 
*''[[Desert Breaker]]'' (1993)
  
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=== [[System C-2]] ===
 
=== [[System C-2]] ===
 
*''[[Borench]]'' (1988)
 
*''[[Borench]]'' (1988)
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*''[[Anpanman Popcorn Shop]]'' (1993)
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*''[[Soreike! Anpanman no Popcorn]]'' (1993)
 
*''[[Doraemon No Dokodemodoa]]'' (1993)
 
*''[[Doraemon No Dokodemodoa]]'' (1993)
 
*''[[SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter Galaxy Patrol]]'' (1993)
 
*''[[SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter Galaxy Patrol]]'' (1993)
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*''[[SegaSonic Popcorn Shop]]'' (1993)
 
*''[[SegaSonic Popcorn Shop]]'' (1993)
 
*''[[Zunzunkyou no Yabou]]'' (1993) (with [[Minato Giken]])
 
*''[[Zunzunkyou no Yabou]]'' (1993) (with [[Minato Giken]])
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*''[[Waku Waku Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Waku Waku Tama & Friends]]'' (1994)
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*''[[WakuWaku Tama & Friends]]'' (1994)
 
  
 
=== [[System 24]] ===
 
=== [[System 24]] ===
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*''[[Bonanza Bros.]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Bonanza Bros.]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Rough Racer]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Rough Racer]]'' (1990)
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*''[[Tokoro San no MahMahjan]]'' (1992)
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* ''[[Quiz Syukudai wo Wasuremashita‏‎]]'' (1991)
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*''[[Quiz Ghost Hunter]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Tokoro San no MahMahjan]]'' (1992)
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*''[[Quiz My Homework]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Quiz Mekurumeku Story]]'' (1993)
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*''[[Quiz Magical Brain]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Quiz Ghost Hunter]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Quiz Mekurumeku Story]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Tokoro San no MahMahjan 2]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Quiz Rouka ni Tattenasai]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Quiz Magical Brain]]'' (1996)
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*''[[Tokoro San no MahMahjan 2]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Quiz Rouka ni Tattenasai!]]'' (1996)
  
 
===[[Sega H1 Board]]===
 
===[[Sega H1 Board]]===
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*''[[Die Hard Arcade]]'' (1996)
 
*''[[Die Hard Arcade]]'' (1996)
 
*''[[Virtua Fighter Remix]]'' (1996)
 
*''[[Virtua Fighter Remix]]'' (1996)
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*''[[Aroma Club]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Columns '97]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Columns '97]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Maru-chan de Goo!]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Maru-chan de Goo!]]'' (1997)
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*''[[Sega Marine Fishing]]'' (1999)
 
*''[[Sega Marine Fishing]]'' (1999)
 
*''[[Super Major League '99]]'' (1999)
 
*''[[Super Major League '99]]'' (1999)
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*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (1999)
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*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (1999) (with [[Smilebit]])
 
*''[[Zombie Revenge]]'' (1999)
 
*''[[Zombie Revenge]]'' (1999)
 
* ''[[Giant Gram 2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling 3: Brave Men of Glory]]'' (2000)  
 
* ''[[Giant Gram 2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling 3: Brave Men of Glory]]'' (2000)  
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*''[[Virtua Fighter Remix]]'' (1995)
 
*''[[Virtua Fighter Remix]]'' (1995)
 
*''[[Die Hard Arcade]]'' (1996) (with [[Sega Technical Institute]])
 
*''[[Die Hard Arcade]]'' (1996) (with [[Sega Technical Institute]])
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*''[[Sky Target]]'' (1997) (with [[Tantalus]])
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*''[[Sky Target]]'' (1997) (with [[Tantalus Interactive]])
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*''[[The House of the Dead]]'' (1998) (with [[Tantalus]])
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*''[[The House of the Dead]]'' (1998) (with [[Tantalus Interactive]])
  
 
===[[Dreamcast]]===
 
===[[Dreamcast]]===
 
*''[[Dynamite Cop]]'' (1998)
 
*''[[Dynamite Cop]]'' (1998)
 
*''[[Giant Gram 2: All Japan Pro Wrestling In Nippon Budokan]]'' (1999) (with [[Scarab]])
 
*''[[Giant Gram 2: All Japan Pro Wrestling In Nippon Budokan]]'' (1999) (with [[Scarab]])
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*''[[The House of the Dead 2]]'' (1999)
 
* ''[[Giant Gram 2000: All Japan Pro Wrestling 3]]'' (2000) (with [[Scarab]])
 
* ''[[Giant Gram 2000: All Japan Pro Wrestling 3]]'' (2000) (with [[Scarab]])
  

Revision as of 12:29, 31 July 2017

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.

Members

Former members

Softography (arcade)

Sega Zaxxon hardware

Sega System 1

Sega System E

Sega System 2

Sega Space Harrier

Y Board

X Board

System 16

System 18

System C

System C-2

System 24

Sega H1 Board

System 32

Sega Titan Video

Sega Model 1

Sega Model 2A CRX

Sega Model 2B CRX

Sega Model 2C CRX

Sega Model 3 Step 1.0

Sega Model 3 Step 2.0

Sega Model 3 Step 2.1

NAOMI

Hikaru

Unique/Unknown

Softography (consumer)

Saturn

Dreamcast

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:DCM_JP_19991119_1999-36.pdf, page 15
  2. ↑ File:DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf, page 93
  3. ↑ https://www.segasammy.co.jp/japanese/ir/library/pdf/printing_archive/2002/sega/sega_annual_tuuki_2002.pdf
  4. ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2003-04-22 21:39)
  5. ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/credits/sega_ac.txt


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