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| founded=1984
| defunct=2000-04-21
| mergedinto=[[Sega AM3]] (1990), [[WOW Entertainment]] (2000)
| headquarters=Japan
| prevdate=1990
| prev=[[Sega R&D 1]]
| nextdate=1999
| next=[[Sega Software R&D Dept. 1]]
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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}}

AM1 is supposed to be the oldest development division within Sega{{fileref|AnnualReport2002_English.pdf|page=18}}. 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..

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==
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*[[Akira Watanabe]]
*[[Eiro Nagata]]
*[[Hirosama Kaneko]]
*[[Kazunari Tsukamoto]]
*[[Kazuo Wakihara]]
*[[Makoto Uchida]]
*[[Rikiya Nakagawa]]
*[[Takashi Oda]]
*[[Taku Makino]]
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==Former members==

*[[Hisao Oguchi]]
*[[Junichi Tsuchiya]]
*[[Shuichi Katagi]]
*[[Yoshiki Ooka]]
*[[Yutaka Sugano]]

==Softography==
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===[[Sega System 1]]===
* ''[[Sindbad Mystery]]'' (1984)

===[[Sega Space Harrier]]===
* ''[[Enduro Racer]]'' (1985)

===[[System 16]]===
* ''[[Time Scanner]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Touryuumon]]'' (1994)

=== [[System C]] ===
*''[[Puyo Puyo]]'' (1992) (with [[Compile]])
*''[[Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R]]'' (1994)
*''[[Puzzle & Action: Tant-R]]'' (1992)

=== [[System C-2]] ===
*''[[SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter Galaxy Patrol]]'' (1993)
*''[[Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car]]'' (1993)
*''[[SegaSonic Popcorn Shop]]'' (1993)
*''[[Waku Waku Tama & Friends]]'' (1994)

===[[System 32]]===
*''[[Stadium Cross]]'' (1992)

=== [[Sega Model 2A CRX]] ===
*''[[Motor Raid]]'' (1997)
*''[[Dynamite Cop]]'' (1998)

=== [[Sega Model 2B CRX]] ===
*''[[Indy 500]]'' (1995)
*''[[Dynamite Baseball]]'' (1996)
*''[[Dynamite Baseball 97]]'' (1997)

=== [[Sega Model 2C CRX]] ===
*''[[Sega Ski Super G]]'' (1996)

=== [[Sega Model 3 Step 2.0]] ===
*''[[Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders]]'' (1997)

=== [[Sega Model 3 Step 2.1]] ===
*''[[The Ocean Hunter]]'' (1998)
*''[[Emergency Call Ambulance]]'' (1999)

=== [[NAOMI]] ===
*''[[Ring Out 4x4]]'' (1999)
*''[[Sega Marine Fishing]]'' (1999)
*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (1999) (with [[Smilebit]])

=== Unique/Unknown ===
*''[[World Bingo]]'' (1985)
*''[[Starlight Fortune]]'' (1993)
*''[[Teso Uranai Chotto Misete]]'' (1993)
*''[[FuwaFuwa Puren]]'' (1994)
*''[[Majikaru Zuno Pawa]]'' (1996)

===[[Saturn]]===
*''[[Sky Target]]'' (1997) (with [[Tantalus Interactive]])
*''[[The House of the Dead]]'' (1998) (with [[Tantalus Interactive]])

===[[Dreamcast]]===
*''[[The House of the Dead 2]]'' (1999)
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==External links==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030625045159/http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/jpn/products/history.html Sega AM1's production history in the WOW Entertainment website (Internet Archive)]

==References==
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