Sega Interactive

For the branch of Sega of Japan, see Sega Interactive (Japan).

Sega Interactive
Founded: 1984
Merged into: Sega (1992)
Headquarters: California, United States

Sega Interactive, formerly Interactive Designs, was a game development studio founded by Rod and Nancy Nakamoto in California (US) in 1984.

For nearly a decade, Interactive Designs developed games for clients including Electronic Arts, Activision, Sierra On-Line, Data East, Cinemaware, Capcom, NEC, Sega of America, Disney and many others. They developed titles such as RoboCop (Apple II), Commando (Apple II), Ikari Warriors (PC), Victory Road (PC), Cabal (PC), Super Hang-On (PC), Power Drift (PC), Seven Cities of Gold (PC - new version), Defender of the Crown (PC), TaleSpin (TurboGrafix, Genesis) and many others.

Near the end of 1992, Sega of America acquired Interactive Designs after utilizing all of its resources for more than a year. Over the next 4 years, the studio grew to more than 65 employees and the newly named Sega Interactive produced 26 SKUs. Sega Interactive generated total revenues exceeding $250 million. They developed titles such as Eternal Champions, which sold more than 2 million units, Star Wars Arcade, Garfield: Caught in the Act, Lose Your Marbles (which was included in Microsoft’s Windows 98 package), David Robinson Basketball, Sonic Spinball and many others.

Softography

Nu

• Rakugaki Card Battle Gekitsuiou (2016)

Master System

• Sonic Spinball (1995)

Mega Drive

• Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! (1992) (as Interactive Designs)
• TaleSpin (1992) (as Interactive Designs)
• Dinosaurs for Hire (1993)
• Eternal Champions (1994)
• Bonkers (1994)
• Garfield: Caught in the Act (1995)
• Garfield: The Lost Levels (1996) (as Sega InterActive)
• Super Star Wars (unreleased)

Game Gear

• TaleSpin (1993)
• NBA Action Starring David Robinson (1994) (as Sega InterActive)
• Sonic Spinball (1994)

Mega-CD

• Eternal Champions: Challenge From the Dark Side (1995)
• Super Star Wars (unreleased)

32X

• Star Wars Arcade (1994)

Steam

• Eternal Champions (2010)

References

Overseas Sega companies, studios and subsidiaries
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									Sega Multimedia Studio
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									Sega Amusements USA
										Deith Leisure						Sega Amusements Europe															Sega Amusements International
																							Sega Total Solutions
																							Sega Prize Europe
											Sega Music Group
											SegaSoft
											Sega Entertainment
														No Cliche
															Sega of America Dreamcast
															Sonic Team USA						Sega Studios USA
															Visual Concepts
																Sega.com
																			Sega Mobile										Sega Networks Inc.
																			Sega Publishing Korea
																		Sega of China
																					The Creative Assembly
																						Sega Studios San Francisco
																						Sports Interactive
																								Sega Studios Australia
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																													Relic Entertainment
																													Atlus USA
																															Demiurge Studios
																															Go Game
																																Amplitude Studios