Sega R&D 4
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Sega R&D #4 the fourth research and development lab within Sega during the late 80's. It designed and engineered arcade cabinets,.[1] much like the future Sega AM4.
It seems to have become the R&D designation for a consumer-based software developer at some point after 1986. The only reference to the department within a game is the credits for April 1987's Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu. According to Wikipedia.jp, Phantasy Star was also developed by R&D 4[2], which will need to be confirmed.
It was again responsible for arcade products in 1990 when Tetsuya Mizuguchi joined the department, and R&D 4 began early development of the AS-1 hardware, thus making it a precursor to AM5[3]. This shift in direction likely happened in 1989, where AM5's history is said to have begun as the developers of the Waku Waku kids rides such as Waku Waku Pajero and Waku Waku Jumbo[4].
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- ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-40 (1999-12-31)" (JP; 1999-12-17), page 64
- ↑ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC (Wayback Machine: 2023-06-20 15:32)
- ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-13 (2000-04-14)" (JP; 2000-03-31), page 28
- ↑ https://blog.goo.ne.jp/lemon6868/e/964683a1754808ef332712561e51b4c0 (Wayback Machine: 2021-05-07 02:05)
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