Sega AM4
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Sega AM4 Division of Sega of Japan | ||
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Founded: 1991 | ||
Defunct: 1999 | ||
Merged into: Sega Mechatronics (1999) | ||
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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 AM4 name was adopted in 1990 after the internal AM and CS teams were separated, and its attraction and medal game personnel broke off into the Sega AM5 and Sega AM6 units. It was previously known as R&D4.
Unlike Sega AM1, Sega AM2 and Sega AM3, Sega AM4 was responsible for the creation of arcade cabinet hardware, and thus outside of an advisory role had no influence in the development of video game software. During the development process, the three main AM divisions would typically first provide a 50% complete build of their titles for AM4 personnel to examine and base a cabinet off of.[1]
Though AM4 most often created cabinets to house the three software-focused AM divisions' produce, it would make projects of its own and with others too; their UFO Catcher and Print Club lines in particular became large successes for Sega and popularised their machine types in Japan. The division also collaborated with its former AM5 and 6 colleagues again on some occasions.
Ultimately, AM4 created the vast majority of arcade machines sold by Sega in the 1990s. Its credits remain inconsistent however, with it sometimes being credited and other times not, receiving less recognition than the three main AM divisions as a result.[1]
AM4 merged with AM6 in 1999, and continued its role as Sega Mechatronics.
Contents
- 1 Softography before AM4
- 2 Softography
- 2.1 System 32
- 2.2 System C2
- 2.3 Model 1
- 2.4 Model 2
- 2.5 Sega Titan Video
- 2.6 Model 3
- 2.7 NAOMI
- 2.8 Large attraction
- 2.9 Royal Ascot BD
- 2.10 Western Dream BD
- 2.11 X Board
- 2.12 Bingo Party BD/M1
- 2.13 Castle Coaster BD
- 2.14 G-MAIN/M1
- 2.15 C-GAL/Sega Titan Video
- 2.16 UFO BD
- 2.17 Dream Catcher BD
- 2.18 UFO BD EX
- 2.19 EX BD
- 2.20 Sega System C
- 2.21 Sega System 16B
- 2.22 Y Board
- 2.23 Sega Titan Video
- 2.24 Sega H1 Board
- 2.25 Dedicated
- 2.26 Multi-purpose arcade cabinets
- 3 List of staff
- 4 Magazine articles
- 5 References
Softography before AM4
- R360 (1990)
World Derby BD
- World Derby (1989)
UFO BD
- UFO Catcher (1985)
- UFO Catcher DX (1987)
Dedicated
- New Speed Hockey (1988)
- Golden Wave (1989)
- Bull's Eye (1988)
- Sega Super Circuit (1989)
Multi-purpose arcade cabinets
- Aero City (1988)
Softography
System 32
- OutRunners (1993) (cabinet)
- Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S. (1994)
System C2
- Print Club (1995)
Model 1
- Virtua Racing (1992)
- Virtua Formula (1993)
Model 2
- Virtua Cop (1994)
- Sega Rally Championship (1995) (cabinet)
- Manx TT Super Bike (1995)
- The House of the Dead (1997) (cabinet)
Sega Titan Video
- Sports Fishing (1994)
- Critter Crusher (1995)
- Name Club (1996)
Model 3
- Sega Bass Fishing (1997)
- L.A. Machineguns (1998)
- Sega Rally 2 (1998) (cabinet)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park Special (1998)
NAOMI
- The House of the Dead 2 (1998) (cabinet)
- Dynamite Baseball NAOMI (1998) (cabinet)
Large attraction
- Mad Bazooka (1994)
- VR-1 (1994)
Royal Ascot BD
- Royal Ascot (1992) (with Sega AM3, Sega AM6)
Western Dream BD
- Western Dream (1992) (with Sega AM6)
X Board
- Carribean Roule (1992) (with Sega AM3, Sega AM6)
Bingo Party BD/M1
- Bingo Party (1993) (with Sega AM6)
Castle Coaster BD
- Castle Coaster (1995) (with Sega AM6)
G-MAIN/M1
- Bingo Planet (1997)
C-GAL/Sega Titan Video
- Fantasy Zone (ST-V game) (1997)
UFO BD
- Dream Town (1993)
- School Kids (1993)
Dream Catcher BD
- Dream Catcher (1993)
UFO BD EX
- Prize Sensor (1998)
EX BD
- UFO Catcher 21 (1996)
- UFO A La Carte (1996)
- UFO Catcher 800 (1998)
- Baby UFO (1998)
Sega System C
- Waku Waku Marine (1992)
- SegaSonic Popcorn Shop (1993) (with AM1)
- Print Club (1995) (with Atlus)
- Print Club Vol.2: Winter Version (1995) (with Atlus)
- Print Club Vol.4: Summer Version (1996) (with Atlus)
- Print Club Vol.5: Autumn Version (1996) (with Atlus)
Sega System 16B
- Heavyweight Champ (1987) (with Sega AM1)
Y Board
- Galaxy Force II (1988) (with AM1)
Sega Titan Video
- Critter Crusher (1995) (with Sega AM1)
- Name Club (1996)
- Aroma Club (1997)
- Movie Club (1997)
- Waku Waku Shinkansen (1997) (with Sega AM1)
- Waku Waku Shoubousya (1997)
- Wanpaku Safari (1998)
Sega H1 Board
- Aqua Stage (1995)
Dedicated
- Speed Basketball (1992)
- Speed Soccer (1992)
- Zaurus Oozu (1992)
- Bingo Carnival (1993)
- Exciting Speed Hockey (1993)
- Speed Attack (1993)
- Ghost Hunters (1994) (with AM5)
- Aqua Paradise (1995)
- Stamp Club (1996)
- Hockey Stadium (1997)
- PaoPao Catcher (1998)
Multi-purpose arcade cabinets
- Astro City (1993)
- Super Megalo 2 (1994)
- Megalo 410 (1996)
- Blast City (1996)
- New Versus City (1996)
List of staff
- Keisuke Tsukahara (Engineer)
- Ken Adachi
- Yumiko Ara
- Junta Asano
- Satoshi Doi
- Shingo Dote
- Mitsuharu Fukazawa
- Norio Furuichi
- Kazuhiro Goji
- Tomoyuki Goto
- Keitaro Hanada
- Motohiko Higashiguchi
- Asata Hirai
- Jun Hirato
- Eiji Inoue
- Hideki Inoue
- Masaharu Inoue
- Seiji Ishii
- Masami Ishikawa
- Yasuo Ishikawa
- Futoshi Ito
- Shigeyuki Iwase
- Toshiyuki Kaji
- Tokinori Kaneyasu
- Yukihiro Kashiwaguchi
- Mitsuru Kawamura
- Junichi Kobayashi
- Akihiko Kohno
- Yasuhiro Komori
- Nobuhiko Kondo
- Yasuhiro Kondo
- Hiroki Koyama
- Minoru Matsuba
- Masaki Matsuno
- Tomoji Miyamoto
- Toru Mori
- Hiroyuki Naito
- Eiji Nishimura
- Sachio Ogawa
- Takuya Ohashi
- Yuji Ohzono
- Tetsuo Okabe
- Yutaka Okumura
- Masayuki Osada
- Makoto Saito
- Mieko Sakaniwa
- Yasunobu Shinzato
- Yuji Sugimori
- Yoshinori Suzuki
- Hiroyuki Takahashi
- Tomoya Takasugi
- Asako Tominaga
- Kimio Tsuda
- Noriaki Ueda
- Yoshinao Usuki
- Kenji Watanabe
- Shinji Watanabe
- Akihiko Yamada
- Hideyuki Yamada
- Masayoshi Yamada
- Masayuki Yamada
- Toshiya Yamaguchi
- Yoshiaki Yamamoto
- Masahito Yanase
- Yutaka Yokoyama
- Hiroyuki Yoshimi
- Masao Yoshimoto
Magazine articles
- Main article: Sega AM4/Magazine articles.
References
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