Sega AM1

From Sega Retro

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.

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.

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.

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.[1][2].

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

Consumer

Saturn

Dreamcast

External links

References


Timeline of Sega of Japan research and development divisions








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