Sega AM5
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Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department #5, commonly known as Sega AM R&D #5 or Sega AM5, was a research and development division within Sega. AM5 was created in 1991 and was split from the arcade hardware design department of Sega AM4, to focus on large scale attractions for Sega range of then-planned theme parks (such as the Joypolis chain and Sega World ATC Galbo)[1].
Unlike AM4 which collaborated with the software departments AM1, AM2 and AM3, AM5 designed and created most, if not all, of its products by itself. It was most active during the mid-1990s when Sega were rapidly expanding their amusement operations across the planet, but due to financial pressures, was gradually scaled back in scope. In 1999 AM5, like all the AM and CS teams at Sega was renamed, but emerged again as a separate entity, Mirai R&D, an arcade-only team producing more "elaborate" machines than its peers.
Softography
- Sega Super Circuit (1989?)[1]
- AS-1 (1993)[1]
- Half-Pipe Canyon (1996)
- VR-1 (1996)[1]
- Ghost Hunters[1]
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