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'''Gremlin Industries''' was an American arcade game developer and manufacturer who manufactured wall games in the early 1970s before switching to video games starting 1976. In 1978, they were purchased by [[Sega]]{{magref|cb|1978-10-28|72}}, and started releasing games with joint branding, first as Gremlin/Sega, then as Sega/Gremlin.
 
'''Gremlin Industries''' was an American arcade game developer and manufacturer who manufactured wall games in the early 1970s before switching to video games starting 1976. In 1978, they were purchased by [[Sega]]{{magref|cb|1978-10-28|72}}, and started releasing games with joint branding, first as Gremlin/Sega, then as Sega/Gremlin.
  
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December 1981 saw Sega's US arm moved from [[Gulf+Western]]'s manufacturing division into the hands of subsiduary Paramount Pictures, and in to, Sega/Gremlin changed their name to '''Sega Electronics''' in 1982{{fileref|ArcadeExpress US 0110.pdf|page=2}}. Around which time they also started producing games for home systems, attempting to bring Paramount brands to home consoles (''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom]]'' being the two surviving examples, though many more were planned).
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Sega/Gremlin changed their name to '''Sega Electronics''' in late 1982{{fileref|ArcadeExpress US 0110.pdf|page=2}}{{magref|cb|1982-11-20|66}} (according to chairman [[David Rosen]], the combined name was "a bit awkward"{{magref|joystik|5|24}}). Around which time they also started producing games for home systems, attempting to bring Paramount brands to home consoles (''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom]]'' being the two surviving examples, though many more were planned).
  
 
Thanks in part to the North American video game crash, Sega Electronics was shut down in early 1984 and its manufacturing assets transferred to Paramount Studios.
 
Thanks in part to the North American video game crash, Sega Electronics was shut down in early 1984 and its manufacturing assets transferred to Paramount Studios.

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Not to be confused with Gremlin Graphics.

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Sega Electronics
Founded: 1973
Defunct: 1984
Merged into: Sega (1978-09-29[1])
Headquarters:
San Diego, California, USA

Gremlin Industries was an American arcade game developer and manufacturer who manufactured wall games in the early 1970s before switching to video games starting 1976. In 1978, they were purchased by Sega[1], and started releasing games with joint branding, first as Gremlin/Sega, then as Sega/Gremlin.

Sega/Gremlin changed their name to Sega Electronics in late 1982[2][3] (according to chairman David Rosen, the combined name was "a bit awkward"[4]). Around which time they also started producing games for home systems, attempting to bring Paramount brands to home consoles (Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator and Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom being the two surviving examples, though many more were planned).

Thanks in part to the North American video game crash, Sega Electronics was shut down in early 1984 and its manufacturing assets transferred to Paramount Studios.

Softography

Discrete Logic

Blockade hardware

Should this section and its respective games be removed? It's unclear if Sega was involved during this time.

VIC Dual

G80

Zaxxon hardware

Apple II

Atari 2600

Atari 5200

Atari 8-bit

Commodore 64

MSX

VIC-20

Arcade games distributed by Gremlin

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cash Box, "October 28, 1978" (US; 1978-10-28), page 72
  2. ↑ File:ArcadeExpress US 0110.pdf, page 2
  3. ↑ Cash Box, "November 20, 1982" (US; 1982-11-20), page 66
  4. ↑ JoyStik, "April 1983" (US; 1983-xx-xx), page 24

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