Sega AM1 (2005-2011)

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Sega AM1 (2005-2011) Division of Sega of Japan
Founded: 2004-07-01
Headquarters: Japan
2004-07-01 ← Sega WOW

Sega AM1 is the first arcade division of Sega Interactive.

After the Sega Sammy Holdings restructure, the various studios established in July of 2000 got the corporate names again in April of 2005. Sega WOW employees were split into consumer and arcade studios, with latter becoming Sega AM1. However alot of the development staff came from the Overworks side (Yasuhiro Nishiyama), due to many senior developers of WOW Entertainment joining the game company Paon. In addition many developers of late Sega AM3 joined AM1 in April of 2009.

The current AM1 ultimately became Sega's most successfull division, having a large amount of cash-cows across arcades and mobile, and a big amount of titles in different genres in general. Sega AM1 has many of Sega's and Japan's most popular brands on arcade and mobile, such as Initial D Arcade Stage, World Club Champion Football, Maimai, Sangokushi Taisen and Chain Chronicle. Sega AM1 has produced novel and innovative arcade machinery such as the Toylet or Nail Puri.

In comparision to sister division Sega AM2, AM1 also still has international arcade releases with various rail-shooters such as The House of the Dead 4, Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics , or most recently the arcade edition of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Members

• Jun Matsunaga
• Kenji Arai
• Ken Kobayakawa
• Makatsu Watanabe
• Maasaki Ito
• Naoyuki Sato
• Ryudo Hirodo
• Takashi Oda
• Toru Ohara
• Tomohiro Kashiwada
• Yasuhiro Nishiyama
• Daisuke Kubota

Former Members

• Atsushi Seimiya
• Shinichi Osagawara

Softography (arcade)

NAOMI

• Dragon Treasure III (2005)

Sega System SP

• Monopoly The Medal (2005)
• Dynamite Deka EX (2006)
• Monopoly The Medal: 2nd Edition (2008)
• Brick People (2009)
• Tetris Giant (2009)
• 100 & Medal Geki Kazaan!! (2012)
• 100 & Medal Hyozaan!! (2012)
• 100 & Medal Gingaan!! (2014)

Chihiro

• Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Card Builder (2005) (with Banpresto)
• Sangokushi Taisen (2005)
• Sangokushi Taisen 2 (2006)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Card Builder (2007) (with Banpresto)
• Sangokushi Taisen 3 (2007)

Lindbergh

• The House of the Dead 4 (2005)
• Ami-Gyo (2006)
• 2 Spicy (2007)
• Network Taisen Quiz Answer X Answer (2007)
• Network Taisen Quiz Answer X Answer 2 (2008)
• Rambo (2008)
• The House of the Dead EX (2008)
• Hummer: Extreme Edition (2009)
• Harley Davidson: King of the Road (2009)
• StarHorse 2 Fifth Expansion (2009)
• Ami No.3 (2010)
• Network Taisen Quiz Answer X Answer Live! (2010)
• Sangokushi Taisen 3 War Begins (2010)
• StarHorse 3: Final Destination (2010)
• World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2008-2009 (2009)

RingEdge

• Sengoku Taisen: 1560 Owari no Fuuunji (2010)
• StarHorse 2 Final Destination (2010)
• World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2009-2010 (2010)
• Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA (2011)
• Sengoku Taisen: 1570 Maou Jouraku su (2011)
• StarHorse 3 Season I: A New Legend Begins (2011)
• World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2010-2011 (2011)
• Initial D Arcade Stage 7 AA X (2012)
• Sengoku Taisen: 1582 Nichirin, Honnouji Yori Izuru (2012)
• Sengoku Taisen: 15XX Gokishichidou no Yuu (2012)
• World Club Champion Football Intercontinental Clubs 2011-2012 (2012)
• Horuka x Toruka (2013)
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade (2013) (with Sonic Team)
• Sengoku Taisen: 1590 Aoi Kanhasshuu ni Tatsu (2013)
• StarBoat (2013)
• StarBoat Progress (2013)
• StarHorse 3 Season II: Blaze of Glory (2013)
• World Club Champion Football 2012-2013 (2013)
• Initial D Arcade Stage 8 Infinity (2014)
• Sengoku Taisen: 1477 Yabu Fu, Rokujuurokushuu no Kakera e (2014)
• Sengoku Taisen: 1600 Sekigahara Jo no Fuseki, Aoi Utsu (2014)
• StarHorse 3 Season III: Chase the Wind (2014)
• World Club Champion Football 2013-2014 (2014)
• StarHorse 3 Season IV: Dream on the Turf (2015)
• World Club Champion Football: 2014-2015 (2015)
• Sengoku Taisen: 1477-1655 Hinomoto Itto Eno Gunki (2016)
• StarHorse 3 Season V: Exceed the Limit (2016)
• World Club Champion Football 2015-2016 (2016)
• World Club Champion Football 2016-2017 (2017)

RingWide

• Rekishi Taisen Gettenka (2009)
• Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics (2011)
• Sega Golden Gun (2011)
• Operation G.H.O.S.T. (2011)
• REC Check Golf (2012)
• Hero Bank Arcade (2014)

RingEdge 2

• Maimai (2012)
• Maimai Plus (2012)
• Maimai GreeN (2013)
• Code of Joker (2013)
• Code of Joker Ver. 1.1: Arcana no Kakusei (2013)
• Maimai GreeN Plus (2014)
• Maimai Orange (2014)
• Code of Joker Ver. 1.2 Re:BIRTH (2014)
• Code of Joker Ver. 1.2 EX (2014)
• Code of Joker Ver. 1.3 begiNNing (2014)
• Transformers Human Alliance (2014) (with Sega Studios China)
• Maimai PinK (2015)
• Code of Joker Ver. 1.4 GroW = Win (2015)
• Code of Joker S (2016)
• Maimai Murasaki (2016)
• Code of Joker EDGE Ver. 2.1 (2017)

Nu

• Uranai Collection Torotte (2014)
• Wonderland Wars (2015)
• Chunithm (2015)
• Chunithm Plus (2016)
• Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
• Nail Puri (2015)
• Sangokushi Taisen 4 (2016)
• Shin Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking (2015)
• Wonderland Wars: Unmei No Jikokuban (2016)
• Chunithm Air Plus (2017)
• Initial D Arcade Stage Zero (2017)

ALLS

• House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn (2018)
• Sega World Drivers Championship (2018)
• Chrono Regalia (2018)
• Ongaki (2018)

Unique/Unknown

• Let's Go Golf (2008)
• Galileo Factory (2008)
• Galileo Factory 2 (2009)
• Arabian Jewel (2010)
• That’s Paradice (2011)
• Toylet (2011)
• Lady Luck (2011)
• Galileo Factory 3: Planet Zero (2012)
• Bingo Drop (2013)
• Soreike! Anpanman Popcorn Koujiyou 3 (2013)
• Hokuto no Ken Battle Medal (2013)
• Zukan no Tamago (2013)
• The World of Three Kingdoms (2014)
• Uno Chare (2014)

Softography (consumer)

Nintendo DS

• Sangokushi Taisen DS (2007)
• Sangokushi Taisen Ten (2008)
• Rekishi Taisen Gettenka: Tenkaichi Battle Royale (2010)

Wii

• The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (2008) (with Sonic Team)

PlayStation Network

• The House of the Dead 3 (2012) (with Sega Studios China and Sega CS3)
• The House of the Dead 4 (2012) (with Sega Studios China and Sega CS3)

iOS/Android

• Samurai Bloodshow (2011) (iOS only)
• Alexandria Bloodshow (2012) (iOS only)
• Champion Football (2013)
• Chain Chronicle (2013)
• Fuuin Yuusha! Main Tou to Sora no Meikyuu (2014)
• World Chain (2016)
• Code of Joker Pocket (2017)
• Sanpoke: Sangokushi Taisen Pocket (2017)
• StarHorse Pocket (2017)
• League of Wonderland (2019)

External links

• Official website
• Sega R&D 1 on Twitter