Sega Mechatro
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| Sega Mechatro Division of Sega of Japan | ||
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| Founded: 1999 | ||
| Defunct: 2009-09-01 | ||
| Merged into: Product R&D | ||
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1999 2009
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Sega Mechatro Kenkyuu Kaihatsubu (セガメカトロ研究開発部), or Mechatro R&D Department was a research and development department of Sega, created in 1999 as a replacement for Sega AM4 and Sega AM6[1]. The name is a portmanteau of "mechanics" and "electronics"[2]. It appears to have been an internal term for Sega's engineering sections as early as the late 1980s,[3] with it persisting throughout the following decade,[4] and even continuing to see usage in more recent years.[5]
Like its predecessors, Mechatro continued to produce the physical equipment used in arcade games (e.g. cabinets), and was often left uncredited for its work. However, it notably also made more software by itself during this period, developing Club Kart: European Session and other titles.[6]
In April 2005, following the Sega Sammy Holdings merger, Mechatronics R&D Dept. was made a part of the Amusement Products R&D Group of Amusement R&D Div, alongside Hardware R&D Dept. and Mechanical Products R&D Dept.[7]. It continued it's role as Product R&D in October of 2009.
Contents
- 1 Softography
- 1.1 NAOMI
- 1.2 NAOMI GD-ROM
- 1.3 NAOMI 2
- 1.4 Hikaru
- 1.5 Triforce
- 1.6 Chihiro
- 1.7 Chihiro Satellite Terminal
- 1.8 System SP
- 1.9 Lindbergh
- 1.10 Lindbergh Red
- 1.11 Lindbergh Red EX
- 1.12 Medal game
- 1.13 Sega Titan Video
- 1.14 Sega System SP
- 1.15 NAOMI
- 1.16 Sega Lindbergh Blue
- 1.17 EX BD
- 1.18 UFO 7 BD
- 1.19 UFO 8 BD
- 1.20 GMB BD
- 1.21 Dedicated
- 2 List of staff
- 3 Magazine articles
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Softography
NAOMI
- Ring Out 4x4 (1999)
- StarHorse (2000)
- Inu no Osanpo (2001)
- StarHorse 2001 (2001)
- StarHorse 2002 (2002)
- StarHorse Progress (2003)
- Bingo Party Pirates (2007)
NAOMI GD-ROM
- Shakatto Tambourine! (2000)
- Monkey Ball (2001) (cabinet)
- Shakatto Tambourine! Motto Norinori Shinkyoku Tsuika!! (2001)
- Shakatto Tambourine! Cho PowerUp Chu! (2001)
NAOMI 2
- Club Kart: European Session (2001)
- Club Kart Prize (2003)
Hikaru
- Air Trix (2001) (cabinet)
Triforce
- F-Zero AX (2003) (cabinet)
Chihiro
- Ollie King (2003) (cabinet)
- OutRun 2 (2003) (cabinet)
- OutRun 2 SP (2004) (cabinet)
Chihiro Satellite Terminal
- Quest of D: The Battle Kingdom (2007) (cabinet)
System SP
- Bingo Parade (2005) (cabinet)
- Bingo Parade DX (2005) (cabinet)
- Magical Dance on Dream Stage (2007)
- Bingo Galaxy (2007)
- Bingo Galaxy DX (2007)
- Galileo Factory (2008)
Lindbergh
- Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (2006) (cabinet)
- OutRun 2 SP SDX (2006) (cabinet)
- Initial D Arcade Stage 5 (2009) (cabinet)
Lindbergh Red
- Ai Sareruyori Ai Shitai: The House of the Dead EX (2008) (cabinet)
Lindbergh Red EX
- Rambo (2008) (cabinet)
Medal game
- Bingo Party Splash SP (2004)
- StarHorse 2 New Generation (2005)
- StarHorse 2 Second Fusion (2006)
- Medalink (2007)
- StarHorse 2 Third Evolution (2007)
- StarHorse 2 Fourth Ambition (2008)
Sega Titan Video
- Dancing Fever (2000)
Sega System SP
- Medalink (2007)
NAOMI
- Boat Race Ocean Heats (2001)
- Oinori Daimyoujin (2002)
- Prayer Daimyo God Festival (2003)
Sega Lindbergh Blue
- StarHorse 2 New Generation (2005)
- StarHorse 2 Second Fusion (2006)
- StarHorse 2 Third Evolution (2007)
- StarHorse 2 Fourth Ambition (2008)
EX BD
- UFO Prize Stage (2000)
- Super Guru Guru Station (2000)
UFO 7 BD
- UFO Catcher 7 (2001)
- UFO Catcher 7 Max Edition (2003)
- UFO Dream Town JP (2004)
- UFO Catcher 7 Second (2004)
- UFO Colon (2004)
UFO 8 BD
- UFO Catcher 8 (2008)
- UFO Dream Catcher (2008)
GMB BD
- Gacha Mambo! (2004)
Dedicated
- Super Guru Guru Station (2000)
- UFO À La Carte II (2002)
- Bingo Party Splash (2002)
- Bingo Party Splash SP (2004)
- Bingo Party Pirates (2007)
- Bingo Galaxy (2007)
List of staff
- Naoki Arikawa
- Satoshi Doi
- Shingo Dote
- Mitsuharu Fukazawa
- Kazuhiro Goji
- Shinichi Goto
- Tomoyuki Goto
- Kazuhiro Hagino
- Kazuhiro Hakoda
- Tetsuya Hamada
- Yasuki Haruta
- Shuhei Hashigami
- Motohiko Higashiguchi
- Eiji Inoue
- Hideki Inoue
- Mikio Inoue
- Takayuki Inoue
- Keigo Inuyama
- Masami Ishikawa
- Yasuo Ishikawa
- Toshiyuki Kaji
- Yusuke Kaji
- Minoru Kanari
- Nobuto Kashiwagi
- Masaki Kawabata
- Mitsuru Kawamura
- Junichi Kobayashi
- Katsumi Kobayashi
- Akihiko Kohno
- Ryohei Kohno
- Yasuhiro Komori
- Nobuhiko Kondo
- Yasuhiro Kondo
- Naoyuki Kondou
- Hiroki Koyama
- Hirotaka Machida
- Masayuki Makino
- Kentaro Manabe
- Minoru Matsuba
- Masaki Matsuno
- Kenji Matsuo
- Tomoji Miyamoto
- Hirofumi Miyauchi
- Toru Mori
- Kenji Morita
- Akira Motegi
- Yoshiro Murakami
- Hiroyuki Naito
- Tohru Nakabayashi
- Hirotake Nakano
- Eiji Nishimura
- Kazuhiro Nojo
- Hiroki Nunokawa
- Sachio Ogawa
- Yoshinori Ohgane
- Tetsuo Okabe
- Masayuki Osada
- Mieko Sakaniwa
- Rintaro Sano
- Atsuko Sasada
- Naoyuki Sato
- Yuji Shimada
- Kazuhito Shimizu
- Yuji Sugimori
- Hajime Sugiyama
- Tomomi Sumi
- Hiroyuki Takahashi
- Daisuke Takahata
- Jun Takenaka
- Makoto Tanaka
- Tomohisa Tashiro
- Asako Tominaga
- Masanori Tsuchimoto
- Kimio Tsuda
- Ryuji Tsujita
- Tsutomu Uchida
- Yoshinao Usuki
- Yasuhiro Wada
- Akira Wako
- Akihiko Yamada
- Hideyuki Yamada
- Masayoshi Yamada
- Masayuki Yamada
- Naoya Yamaguchi
- Toshiya Yamaguchi
- Masaki Yamamoto
- Sohey Yamamoto
- Yoshiaki Yamamoto
- Takao Yamauchi
- Masahito Yanase
- Otoh Yashima
- Yutaka Yokoyama
- Masao Yoshimoto
Magazine articles
- Main article: Sega Mechatro/Magazine articles.
References
- ↑ File:DCM_JP_19991119_1999-36.pdf, page 15
- ↑ http://www.sega-mechatro.com:80/whats/aboutus/aboutus.html (Wayback Machine: 2003-01-12 00:59)
- ↑ https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20200704005/ (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-24 15:01)
- ↑ Harmony, "1993 5-6" (JP; 1993-05-20), page 16
- ↑ https://www.ana-cooljapan.com/contents/game/interview/gamecenter/ (Wayback Machine: 2020-05-25 15:49)
- ↑ Famitsu DC, "June 2001" (JP; 2001-04-27), page 63
- ↑ File:IR EN 2005-03-31.pdf
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