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− | '''Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #3''', (''' | + | '''Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #3''', (第三AM研究開発部), shortened to '''AM R&D Dept. #3''' or '''AM3''', was a division within [[Sega Enterprises]]. It was formally established in April 1993, due to an internal reorganization of the arcade development section{{fileref|DCM_JP_20000922_2000-30.pdf|page=93}}, and existed primarily to create arcade (or "amusement") games. During its existence, this division was commonly referred to as '''Sega AM3''', being the "third" of several R&D divisions within Sega's Japanese operations. From May 1993 onwards, [[Hisao Oguchi]] acted as AM3's general manager{{fileref|IR EN 2003-05-19.pdf|page=2}}. AM3 existed for most of the 1990s until May 1999 when it became '''Sega Software R&D Dept. 3'''{{fileref|DCM_JP_19991119_1999-36.pdf|page=15}}. |
Like AM1 and AM2, AM3 brought it's own colour to Sega's amusement research and development. Most notable are rail shooters (''[[Rail Chase]], [[Gunblade NY]], [[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''), sports (''[[Decathlete]], [[Virtua Tennis]]'') and games that simulate real life careers in ''[[Crazy Taxi]]'', ''[[Jambo! Safari]]'' or ''[[Derby Owners Club]]''. For a brief time, the team experimented with pre-rendered 3D graphics for use in [[AM5]]'s [[AS-1]] simulator, producing ''[[Michael Jackson in Scramble Training]]'', ''[[Megalopolis: Tokyo City Battle]]'', and a number of experimental short films based around [[Sonic the Hedgehog]].{{magref|bemega|1994-10|95}} ''[[VR-1]]'' and ''[[Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S.]]'' also saw AM3 involved with AM5 and advanced technology again. | Like AM1 and AM2, AM3 brought it's own colour to Sega's amusement research and development. Most notable are rail shooters (''[[Rail Chase]], [[Gunblade NY]], [[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''), sports (''[[Decathlete]], [[Virtua Tennis]]'') and games that simulate real life careers in ''[[Crazy Taxi]]'', ''[[Jambo! Safari]]'' or ''[[Derby Owners Club]]''. For a brief time, the team experimented with pre-rendered 3D graphics for use in [[AM5]]'s [[AS-1]] simulator, producing ''[[Michael Jackson in Scramble Training]]'', ''[[Megalopolis: Tokyo City Battle]]'', and a number of experimental short films based around [[Sonic the Hedgehog]].{{magref|bemega|1994-10|95}} ''[[VR-1]]'' and ''[[Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S.]]'' also saw AM3 involved with AM5 and advanced technology again. |
Revision as of 09:08, 3 February 2024
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Sega AM3 Division of Sega Enterprises | ||
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Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #3, (第三AM研究開発部), shortened to AM R&D Dept. #3 or AM3, was a division within Sega Enterprises. It was formally established in April 1993, due to an internal reorganization of the arcade development section[1], and existed primarily to create arcade (or "amusement") games. During its existence, this division was commonly referred to as Sega AM3, being the "third" of several R&D divisions within Sega's Japanese operations. From May 1993 onwards, Hisao Oguchi acted as AM3's general manager[2]. AM3 existed for most of the 1990s until May 1999 when it became Sega Software R&D Dept. 3[3].
Like AM1 and AM2, AM3 brought it's own colour to Sega's amusement research and development. Most notable are rail shooters (Rail Chase, Gunblade NY, The Lost World: Jurassic Park), sports (Decathlete, Virtua Tennis) and games that simulate real life careers in Crazy Taxi, Jambo! Safari or Derby Owners Club. For a brief time, the team experimented with pre-rendered 3D graphics for use in AM5's AS-1 simulator, producing Michael Jackson in Scramble Training, Megalopolis: Tokyo City Battle, and a number of experimental short films based around Sonic the Hedgehog.[4] VR-1 and Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S. also saw AM3 involved with AM5 and advanced technology again.
Contents
- 1 Softography
- 1.1 Y Board
- 1.2 System 18
- 1.3 System 24
- 1.4 System 32
- 1.5 System C2
- 1.6 Model 1
- 1.7 Model 2
- 1.8 Sega Titan Video
- 1.9 Model 3
- 1.10 NAOMI
- 1.11 Medal game
- 1.12 Saturn
- 1.13 Windows PC
- 1.14 Large attraction
- 1.15 X Board
- 1.16 System 32
- 1.17 Sega Model 2A CRX
- 1.18 Sega Model 2B CRX
- 1.19 Sega Model 3 Step 2.1
- 1.20 Unique/Unknown
- 1.21 Sega Saturn
- 1.22 Dreamcast
- 2 List of staff
- 3 Magazine articles
- 4 External links
- 5 References
Softography
Y Board
- Rail Chase (1991)
System 18
- D. D. Crew (1991)
- Wally o Sagase! (1992)
System 24
- Dynamic Country Club (1991)
System 32
- Rad Mobile (1991) (final)
- Dark Edge (1993)
- SegaSonic the Hedgehog (1993)
- Jurassic Park (1994)
- Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S. (1994)
System C2
- Poto Poto (1994)
Model 1
- Star Wars Arcade (1993)
- Dennou Senki Net Merc (1995)
Model 2
- Rail Chase 2 (1995)
- Sega Rally Championship (1995)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (1996)
- Last Bronx (1996)
- Sega Rally Special Stage (1996)
- Top Skater (1997)
Sega Titan Video
- Baku Baku Animal (1995)
- Funky Head Boxers (1996)
- Decathlete (1996)
- Winter Heat (1997)
Model 3
- Le Mans 24 (1997)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- L.A. Machineguns (1998)
- Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.2 (1998)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park Special (1998)
- Dennou Senki Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram Special (1998)
- Magical Truck Adventure (1998)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.4 (1999)
NAOMI
- Crazy Taxi (1999)
Medal game
- Bingo Party (1993)
Saturn
- Sega Rally Championship (1995)
- Decathlete (1996)
- Sega Rally Championship Plus (1996)
- Manx TT Super Bike (1997)
- Last Bronx (1997)
- Sega Rally Championship Plus NetLink Edition (1997)
- Winter Heat (1998)
Windows PC
- Manx TT Super Bike (1997)
Large attraction
- VR-1 (1994)
X Board
- Carribean Roule (1992) (with Sega AM6)
- Royal Ascot (1992) (with Sega AM6)
System 32
- Hard Dunk (1994)
- Title Fight (1992)
Sega Model 2A CRX
- Manx TT Superbike (1995)
Sega Model 2B CRX
- Gunblade NY (1995)
Sega Model 3 Step 2.1
- Dirt Devils (1998)
Unique/Unknown
- Bingo Party (1993)
- Exciting Boat Race (1993)
Sega Saturn
- Baku Baku Animal (1995)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (1996) (with CRI and Sega CS)
- Funky Head Boxers (1995)
- Winter Heat (1998) (with Data East)
Dreamcast
List of staff
- Masayuki Inoue (programmer)
- Akinobu Abe
- Hiroaki Akamatsu
- Yoshiro Akata
- Kenji Arai
- Nobutaka Arii
- Harumi Azuma
- Shinichi Fujii
- Seiji Fujiwara
- Norio Furuichi
- Takeshi Goden
- Toshikazu Goi
- Masayuki Hasegawa
- Takashi Hasegawa
- Sachio Hatayama
- Kazuko Hayasaka
- Shinobu Hayashi
- Yoshimasa Hayashida
- Kimiharu Hida
- Yoshio Hirasawa
- Takaomi Hirono
- Minori Hisamatsu
- Kenichi Hokari
- Motoshige Hokoyama
- Masamitsu Hoshino
- Daisuke Ide
- Kyoshi Ieizumi
- Hiroshi Iijima
- Satoko Inoue
- Yuko Iseki
- Bungo Ishida
- Manabu Ishihara
- Yoshifumi Ishihata
- Hirokazu Ito
- Hiromi Ito
- Masaaki Ito
- Shintaro Ito
- Takeo Iwase
- Hiroyuki Izuno
- Tadashi Kagawa
- Takahiro Kajimoto
- Mitsuhiko Kakita
- Junichi Kamai
- Nachiyo Kamogawa
- Shoichiro Kanazawa
- Hiromasa Kaneko
- Kenji Kanno
- Jun Kasahara
- Hiroyuki Kataoka
- Shunsuke Kato
- Hideshi Kawatake
- Go Kikuchi
- Satoshi Kitahara
- Chiho Kobayashi
- Masahiko Kobayashi
- Kentaro Koyama
- Mie Kumagai
- Manabu Kusunoki
- Yoshitaka Maeyama
- Megumi Matsuda
- Tsuyoshi Matsuda
- Isao Matsumoto
- Seiichiro Matsumura
- Kiyoshi Miyagi
- Takashi Miyaguchi
- Shinsuke Miyamura
- Masaki Miyashita
- Tetsuya Mizuguchi
- Yasuhiro Mori
- Nobuhiro Morishita
- Yasuto Muraki
- Shinichi Nakagawa
- Nobukazu Naruke
- Ayako Narumi
- Hisaki Nimiya
- Toshiya Nishikawa
- Masataka Noda
- Kazuko Noguchi
- Kenji Nomura
- Ryuji Ochi
- Naoko Ofuji
- Hisao Oguchi
- Akira Ohe
- Hirofumi Okamoto
- Satoru Okano
- Tetsu Okano
- Jin-ichiro Okuda
- Noriko Omizo
- Koji Ono
- Mitsuyoshi Ono
- Koichi Ozaki
- Mitsuharu Saikawa
- Atsushi Saito
- Hideki Saito
- Takeshi Sano
- Kenji Sasaki
- Taihei Sato
- Taku Sato
- Yoshitsugu Sato
- Narito Serizawa
- Atsuo Shima
- Kazunari Shimamura
- Kenji Shimizu
- Masahito Shimizu
- Satoshi Shiozaki
- Kumiko Shoji
- Yoshihiro Sonoda
- Yoshifumi Suzuki
- Masaki Takahashi
- Masaru Takano
- Kou Tanaka
- Yasuhito Tanaka
- Katsuya Taniguchi
- Katsumoto Tatsukawa
- Michinari Terada
- Kenji Tohma
- Katsumi Tojo
- Mizuki Totori
- Tomosuke Tsuda
- Mari Tsuruzoe
- Jun Uriu
- Manabu Washio
- Atsushi Watanabe
- Kunio Watanabe
- Yasushi Watanabe
- Juro Watari
- Takashi Yamada
- Seiichi Yamagata
- Kenichi Yamamoto
- Kenji Yamamoto
- Makoto Yamamoto
- Shinichiro Yamamoto
- Sohey Yamamoto
- Nobuyuki Yamashita
- Takeshi Yamazaki
- Takashi Yano
- Masanobu Yanso
- Tomoko Yemura
- Hiroshi Yoshida
Magazine articles
- Main article: Sega AM3/Magazine articles.
External links
References
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