Difference between revisions of "Sega AM4"

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{{sub-stub}}'''Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #4''', commonly known as '''Sega AM R&D #4''' or '''Sega AM4''', was a research and development division within [[Sega]]. The group operated under the AM4 name for much of the 1990s.
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Unlike [[Sega AM1]], [[Sega AM2]] and [[Sega AM3]], Sega AM4 was responsible for the creation of arcade cabinets, and thus outside of an advisory role, had no influence in the development of video games. AM4 are thought to have produced the vast majority of Sega arcade machines of the 1990s.
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==Softography==
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===[[Model 2]]===
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*''[[Indy 500]]'' (1995)
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*''[[Manx TT Super Bike]]'' (1995-11)
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*''[[Top Skater]]'' (1997)
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*''[[The House of the Dead]]'' (1997-03)
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===[[Model 3]]===
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*''[[Virtua Fighter 3]]'' (1996-08)
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*''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park (arcade)|The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' (1997)
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*''[[Le Mans 24]]'' (1997-09)
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*''[[Virtua Fighter 3tb]]'' (1997)
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*''[[L.A. Machineguns]]'' (1998)
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{{sub-stub}}'''Sega AM4''' was a video game research and development division within [[Sega]], the sixth of eight to co-exist between 1990 and 1998. Much of its staff originally worked for [[Sega AM2]] and the team was headed by [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]].
 
{{sub-stub}}'''Sega AM4''' was a video game research and development division within [[Sega]], the sixth of eight to co-exist between 1990 and 1998. Much of its staff originally worked for [[Sega AM2]] and the team was headed by [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]].
  
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Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #4, commonly known as Sega AM R&D #4 or Sega AM4, was a research and development division within Sega. The group operated under the AM4 name for much of the 1990s.

Unlike Sega AM1, Sega AM2 and Sega AM3, Sega AM4 was responsible for the creation of arcade cabinets, and thus outside of an advisory role, had no influence in the development of video games. AM4 are thought to have produced the vast majority of Sega arcade machines of the 1990s.

Softography

Model 2

Model 3



Timeline of Sega of Japan research and development divisions








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