View source for Sega Mechatro

{{CompanyBob
| logo=Mechatronics logo.svg
| division=[[Sega of Japan]]
| founded=1999
| defunct=2009-09-01
| mergedwith=
| mergedinto=[[Product R&D]]
| headquarters=Japan
| prevdate=1999
| prev=[[Sega AM4]]
| prev2=[[Sega AM6]]
| nextdate=2009
| next=[[Product R&D]]
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{{sub-stub}}'''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]]{{fileref|DCM_JP_19991119_1999-36.pdf|page=15}}. The name is a portmanteau of "mechanics" and "electronics"{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20030112005943/http://www.sega-mechatro.com:80/whats/aboutus/aboutus.html}}. It appears to have been an internal term for Sega's engineering sections as early as the late 1980s,{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20200724150122/https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20200704005/}} with it persisting throughout the following decade,{{magref|harmony|119|16}} and even continuing to see usage in more recent years. {{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20200525154914/https://www.ana-cooljapan.com/contents/game/interview/gamecenter/}} 

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.{{magref|famitsudc|2001-07|63}}

It continued it's role as [[Product R&D]] in October of 2009. 

==Softography==
{{CompanyHistoryAll|Sega Mechatro}}



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===[[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)
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==List of staff==
{{StaffList|Sega Mechatro}}

==Magazine articles==
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==References==
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== External links==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090926232128/http://www.sega-mechatro.com/ Official website (Japanese, Internet Archive)]

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