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'''Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department 1''', or '''Sega AM1''' is the first arcade division within Sega. It was established in 1992. In 1999, AM1 was renamed to '''Sega Software R&D Dept. #1'''.{{fileref|DCM_JP_19991119_1999-36.pdf|page=15}}{{fileref|DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf|page=93}} In 2000, [[WOW Entertainment]] was spun off from the division.
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'''Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #1''', (第一AM研究開発部), shortened to '''AM R&D Dept. #1''' or '''AM1''', 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}} It was a successor to [[Sega R&D 1]].
  
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After the intergration back into Sega as AM1, the studio released the successful ''[[Sangokushi Taisen]]'', which is possibly the studio's most successful arcade game. Following the dissolvence of [[AM3]], AM1 gained several hit franchises and development assets from AM3, such as the ''WCCF'' franchise. Currently AM1 is the biggest arcade division within Sega, with its own internet presence as '''R&D1'''.
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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..
  
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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]].
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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.
  
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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]]''.
  
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==Softography==
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* [[Desert Breaker]] (1993)
 
  
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=== [[System C]] ===
 
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* [[Puyo Puyo]] (1992) (Development: [[Compile]])
 
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* [[Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R]] (1994)
 
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* [[Puzzle & Action: Tant-R]] (1992)
 
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* [[Stack Columns]] (1994)
 
  
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=== [[System C-2]] ===
 
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* [[Anpanman Popcorn Shop]] (1993)
 
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* [[Doraemon No Dokodemodoa]] (1993)
 
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* [[SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter Galaxy Patrol]] (1993)
 
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* [[Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car]] (1993)
 
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* [[Waku Waku Thomas the Tank Engine]] (1994)
 
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* [[SegaSonic Popcorn Shop]] (1993)
 
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* [[WakuWaku Tama & Friends]] (1994)
 
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* [[Zunzunkyou no Yabou]] (1993) (Development: [Minato Giken])
 
  
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=== [[System 24]] ===
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* Quiz Ghost Hunter (1994)
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===[[System 16]]===
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** Quiz Magical Brain (1996)
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* ''[[Touryuumon]]'' (1994)
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** Quiz Mekurumeku Story (1993)
 
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** Quiz My Homework (1991)
 
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** Quiz Rouka ni Tattenasai (1996)
 
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* Tokoro San no MahMahjan (1992)
 
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** Tokoro San no MahMahjan 2 (1994)
 
  
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===[[Sega H1 Board]]===
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=== [[System C-2]] ===
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* [[Cool Riders]] (1994)
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*''[[SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter Galaxy Patrol]]'' (1993)
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*''[[Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car]]'' (1993)
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*''[[Waku Waku Tama & Friends]]'' (1994)
  
 
===[[System 32]]===
 
===[[System 32]]===
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* [[Alien 3: The Gun]] (1993)
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*''[[Stadium Cross]]'' (1992)
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* [[Air Rescue]] (1992)
 
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* [[Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder]] (1992)
 
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* [[Holosseum]] (1992)
 
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* [[Stadium Cross]] (1992)
 
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* [[Super Visual Soccer]] (1994)
 
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* [[OutRunners]] (1992)
 
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=== [[Sega Titan Video]] ===
 
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* [[Critter Crusher]] (1996)
 
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* [[Columns 97']] (1997)
 
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* [[Die Hard Arcade]] (1996)
 
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* [[Ejihon Tantei Jimusho]] (1995)
 
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* [[Golden Axe: The Duel]] (1994)
 
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* [[Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt]] (1995)
 
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* [[Super Major League (ST-V)]] (1995)
 
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* [[Stress Busters]] (1998)
 
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* [[Virtua Fighter Remix]] (1996)
 
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* [[Maru-chan de Goo!]] (1997)
 
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* [[Taisen Tanto-R Sasissu!]] (1998)
 
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* [[Waku Waku Shinkansen]] (1998)
 
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===[[Sega Model 1]]===
 
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* [[Wing War]] (1994)
 
  
 
=== [[Sega Model 2A CRX]] ===
 
=== [[Sega Model 2A CRX]] ===
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* [[Sky Target]] (1995)
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*''[[Dynamite Cop]]'' (1998)
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* [[Dynamite Cop]] (1998)
 
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* [[Motor Raid]] (1997)
 
  
 
=== [[Sega Model 2B CRX]] ===
 
=== [[Sega Model 2B CRX]] ===
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* [[Indy 500]] (1995)
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*''[[Indy 500]]'' (1995)
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* [[Dynamite Baseball]] (1996)
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*''[[Dynamite Baseball]]'' (1996)
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** [[Dynamite Baseball 97]] (1997)
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*''[[Dynamite Baseball 97]]'' (1997)
  
 
=== [[Sega Model 2C CRX]] ===
 
=== [[Sega Model 2C CRX]] ===
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* [[The House of the Dead]] (1997)
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*''[[Sega Ski Super G]]'' (1996)
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* [[Sega Ski Super G]] (1996)
 
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* [[Wave Runner]] (1996)
 
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* [[Sega Water Ski]] (1996)
 
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=== [[Sega Model 3 Step 1.0]] ===
 
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* [[Sega Bass Fishing]] (1998)
 
  
 
=== [[Sega Model 3 Step 2.0]] ===
 
=== [[Sega Model 3 Step 2.0]] ===
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* [[Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders]] (1997)
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*''[[Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders]]'' (1997)
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* [[Ski Champ]] (1998)
 
  
 
=== [[Sega Model 3 Step 2.1]] ===
 
=== [[Sega Model 3 Step 2.1]] ===
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* [[Emergency Call Ambulance]] (1999)
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*''[[The Ocean Hunter]]'' (1998)
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* [[The Ocean Hunter]] (1998)
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*''[[Emergency Call Ambulance]]'' (1999)
  
 
=== [[NAOMI]] ===
 
=== [[NAOMI]] ===
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* [[Airline Pilots]] (1999)
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*''[[Ring Out 4x4]]'' (1999)
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* [[Dragon Treasure III]] (2005)
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*''[[Sega Marine Fishing]]'' (1999)
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* [[Dynamite Baseball '99]] (1999)
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*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (1999) (with [[Smilebit]])
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* [[Giant Gram All Japan Pro Wrestling 2]] (1999)
 
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* [[Ring Out 4x4]] (1999)
 
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* [[Sega Bass Fishing 2]] (2001)
 
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* [[Sega Marine Fishing]] (1999)
 
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* [[Super Major League '99]] (1999)
 
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* [[The House of the Dead 2]] (1998)
 
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* [[The Typing of the Dead]] (1999)
 
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* [[Zombie Revenge]] (1999)
 
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=== [[Hikaru]] ===
 
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* [[Brave FireFighters]] (1999)
 
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=== [[Sega Aurora]] ===
 
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* [[Brick People]] (2009)
 
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* [[Dynamite Deka EX]] (2006)
 
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* [[Tetris Giant]] (2009)
 
  
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=== [[Chihiro]] ===
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=== Unique/Unknown ===
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*''[[Starlight Fortune]]'' (1993)
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* [[Sangokushi Taisen]] (2005)
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*''[[Teso Uranai Chotto Misete]]'' (1993)
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** [[Sangokushi Taisen 2]] (2006)
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*''[[FuwaFuwa Puren]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Majikaru Zuno Pawa]]'' (1996)
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=== [[Lindbergh]] ===
 
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* [[Ami-Gyo]] (2006)
 
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* [[2 Spicy]] (2006)
 
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* [[Answer X Answer]] (2007)
 
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** [[Answer X Answer 2]] (2008)
 
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** [[Answer X Answer Live]] (2010)
 
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* [[Harley Davidson: King of the Road]] (2009)
 
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* [[Hummer]] (2009)
 
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* [[Rambo]] (2008)
 
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* [[Sangokushi Taisen 3]] (2007)
 
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* [[The House of the Dead 4]] (2005)
 
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* [[The House of the Dead EX]] (2008)
 
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=== [[RingEdge]] ===
 
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* [[Initial D Arcade Stage 5]] (2009)
 
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** [[Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA]] (2011)
 
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** [[Initial D Arcade Stage 7 AA X]] (2012)
 
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** [[Initial D Arcade Stage 8 Infinity]] (2014)
 
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*''[[Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade]]'' (2013)
 
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*[[Sengoku Taisen: 1560 Owari no Fuuunji]] (2010)
 
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**[[Sengoku Taisen: 1570 Maou Jouraku su]]  (2011)
 
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**[[Sengoku Taisen: 15XX Gokishichidou no Yuu]] (2012)
 
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**[[Sengoku Taisen: 1582 Nichirin, Honnouji Yori Izuru]] (2012)
 
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**[[Sengoku Taisen: 1590 Aoi Kanhasshuu ni Tatsu]] (2013)
 
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**[[Sengoku Taisen: 1477 Yabu Fu, Rokujuurokushuu no Kakera e]] (2014)
 
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**[[Sengoku Taisen: 1600 Sekigahara Jo no Fuseki, Aoi Utsu]] (2014)
 
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* [[StarBoat]] (2013)
 
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** [[StarBoat Progress]] (2013)
 
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* StarHorse 2 FOURTH AMBITION (2008)
 
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** StarHorse 2 FIFTH EXPANSION (2009)
 
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** StarHorse 2 FINAL DESTINATION (2010)
 
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** StarHorse 3 Season I A NEW LEGEND BEGINS (2011)
 
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** Starhorse 3 Season II BLAZE OF GLORY (2013)
 
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** StarHorse 3 Season III CHASE THE WIND (2014)
 
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** StarHorse 3 Season IV DREAM ON THE TURF (2015)
 
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** StarHorse 3 Season V EXCEED THE LIMIT (2016)
 
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*[[World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2009-2010]] (2009)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2009-2010]] (2008)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2010-2011]] (2009)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2010-2011]] (2010)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2010-2011]] (2011)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2011-2012]] (2012)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: 2012-2013]] (2013)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: 2013-2014]] (2014)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: 2014-2015]] (2015)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: 2015-2016]] (2016)
 
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**[[World Club Champion Football: 2016-2017]] (2017)
 
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=== [[RingWide]] ===
 
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* [[Hero Bank Arcade]] (2014)
 
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* [[Rekishi Taisen Gettenka]] (2009)
 
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* [[Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics]] (2011)
 
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* [[Sega Golden Gun]] (2011)
 
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* [[Transformers Human Alliance]] (2014)
 
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* [[Operation G.H.O.S.T.]] (2011)
 
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=== [[RingEdge 2]] ===
 
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* [[Code of Joker]] (2013)
 
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**Code of Joker Ver. 1.1: Arcana no Kakusei (2013)
 
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**Code of Joker Ver. 1.2 Re:BIRTH (2014)
 
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**Code of Joker Ver. 1.2 EX (2014)
 
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**Code of Joker Ver. 1.3 begiNNing (2014)
 
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* [[Maimai]] (2012)
 
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**[[Maimai Plus]] (2012)
 
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**[[Maimai GreeN]] (2013)
 
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**[[Maimai GreeN Plus]] (2014)
 
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**[[Maimai Orange]] (2014)
 
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**[[Maimai PinK]] (2015)
 
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* [[The World of Three Kingdoms]] (2014)
 
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=== [[Nu]] ===
 
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* [[Chunithm]] (2015)
 
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* Urunai Collection Torotte (2014)
 
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* Wonderland Wars (2015)
 
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=== Unqiue/Unknown ===
 
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* [[FuwaFuwa Puren]] (1994)
 
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* [[Galileo Factory]] (2008)
 
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**[[Galileo Factory 2]] (2009)
 
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**[[Galileo Factory 3 -Planet Zero-]] (2012)
 
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* [[Starlight Fortune]] (1993)
 
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* [[Teso Uranai Chotto Misete]] (1993)
 
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* [[Majikaru Zuno Pawa]] (1996)
 
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* [[Ora Shashin Kurabu]] (1997)
 
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==Consumer==
 
  
 
===[[Saturn]]===
 
===[[Saturn]]===
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* [[Die Hard Arcade]] (1996) (with [[Sega Technical Institute]])
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*''[[Sky Target]]'' (1997) (with [[Tantalus Interactive]])
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* [[Sky Target]] (1997) (with [[Tantalus]])
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*''[[The House of the Dead]]'' (1998) (with [[Tantalus Interactive]])
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* [[The House of the Dead]] (1998) (with [[Tantalus]])
 
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* [[Virtua Fighter Remix]] (1995)
 
  
 
===[[Dreamcast]]===
 
===[[Dreamcast]]===
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* [[Dynamite Cop]] (1998)
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*''[[The House of the Dead 2]]'' (1999)
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* [[Giant Gram 2: All Japan Pro Wrestling In Nippon Budokan]] (1999)
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* [[Sega Bass Fishing]] (1999) (with [[SIMS]])
 
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* [[The House of the Dead 2]] (1999)
 
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===[[Nintendo DS]]===
 
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* [[Sangokushi Taisen DS]] (2007)
 
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* [[Sangokushi Taisen Ten]] (2008)
 
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* [[Rekishi Taisen Gettenka: Tenkaichi Battle Royale]] (2010)
 
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===[[Wii]]===
 
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* [[The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return]] (2008)
 
  
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===[[PlayStation 3]]===
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==List of staff==
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* [[The House of the Dead 3]] (2012)
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{{StaffList|Sega AM1}}
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* [[The House of the Dead 4]] (2012)
 
  
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=== [[iOS]] ===
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==Magazine articles==
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* [[Samurai Bloodshow]] (2011)
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* [[Alexendria Bloodshow]] (2012)
 
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* [[Chain Chronicle]] (2013)
 
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* [[Fuuin Yuusha! Main Tou to Sora no Meikyuu]] (2014)
 
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* [[World Chain]] (2017)
 
  
 
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Sega AM1
Division of Sega of Japan
Founded: 1992[1][2]
Defunct: 1999-05-11
Merged into: Sega AM3 (1990), WOW Entertainment (2000)
Headquarters:
Japan
1992
1999-05-11

Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #1, (第一AM研究開発部), shortened to AM R&D Dept. #1 or AM1, 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.[3][4] It was a successor to Sega R&D 1.

AM1 is supposed to be the oldest development division within Sega[5]. 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.[6] This page compiles the games mentioned, as well as common credits among titles.[7] 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.

Softography



System 16

System C-2

System 32

Sega Model 2A CRX

Sega Model 2B CRX

Sega Model 2C CRX

Sega Model 3 Step 2.0

Sega Model 3 Step 2.1

NAOMI

Unique/Unknown

Saturn

Dreamcast

List of staff

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega AM1/Magazine articles.

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/jpn/aboutWOW/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2002-06-06 10:46)
  2. ↑ http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/eng/about_WOW.html
  3. ↑ File:DCM_JP_19991119_1999-36.pdf, page 15
  4. ↑ File:DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf, page 93
  5. ↑ File:AnnualReport2002_English.pdf, page 18
  6. ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2003-04-22 21:39)
  7. ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/credits/sega_ac.txt


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