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'''Electronic Arts''' (EA) is an international developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games. Originally, EA was a home computing game publisher. In the late 1980s, the company began developing games in-house and supported consoles by the early 1990s. EA later grew via acquisition of several successful developers. By the early 2000s, EA had become one of the world's largest third-party publishers. EA's refusal to support the [[Dreamcast]] in favor of preparing titles for the [[Sony PlayStation 2]] is seen by some as a contributing factor to the console's failure.
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'''Electronic Arts''' (エレクトロニック・アーツ) (EA) is an international developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games.
  
At the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, Sega announced it would be partnering with EA to release ''[[FIFA 12 World Class Soccer]]'', ''[[Battlefield 3]]'', ''[[Shadow of the Damned]]'', ''[[The Sims 3 Pets]]'', ''[[Need for Speed: The Run]]'', ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', and ''[[SSX]]'' in Japan, making this the first time EA worked with Sega since the Saturn.
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Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games. Originally, EA was a home computing game publisher, however in the late 1980s, the company began developing games in-house and began to support consoles by the early 1990s. EA later grew via acquisition of several successful developers, and by the early 2000s, EA had become one of the world's largest third-party publishers.
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Electronic Arts is one of the most significant third-party publishers for [[Sega]] consoles - the [[Sega Mega Drive]] being EA's main console of choice for the first half of the 1990s. Initially EA had planned to avoid direct contact with Sega, reverse-engineering the Mega Drive which later formed a barganing chip for securing a better deal for EA as a third-party developer than rival firms. EA would go on to make huge gains on consoles, particularly when it came to sports games (starting with ''[[John Madden Football]]'' in 1990), and supported the Mega Drive until 1997 - well after others had abandoned the system.
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EA supported the [[Sega Saturn]], but its refusal to support the [[Dreamcast]] in favor of preparing titles for the [[PlayStation 2]] is seen by some as a contributing factor to the console's failure. At the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, Sega announced it would be partnering with EA to release ''FIFA 12 World Class Soccer'', ''Battlefield 3'', ''Shadow of the Damned'', ''The Sims 3 Pets'', ''Need for Speed: The Run'', ''Mass Effect 3'', and ''SSX'' in Japan, making this the first time EA worked with Sega since the Saturn (with the exception of [[NASCAR Arcade|one 2000 game]]).
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Electronic Arts are unusual in that they produced their own Mega Drive cartridges, boxes and manuals from factories in Taiwan and Puerto Rico (on a much greater scale than the likes of [[Accolade]] and [[Codemasters]] who also took manufacturing into their own hands). EA originally packaged its North American games in cardboard boxes, moving to the "standard" clamshell design in 1991. In Europe it began with much larger and "stickier" clamshell designs before conforming with its rivals around the same period. EA cartridges, however, never changed, being iconically square with a yellow "tab" on the left hand side (colours varied in Japan) which serves no practical purpose.
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EA's Saturn PAL games also differ from their competitors, opting for larger clamshell packaging while others were forced to deal with Sega's cardboard/plastic hybrid solution.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
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===[[Mega Drive]]===
 
{{Multicol|
 
{{Multicol|
===[[Mega Drive]]===
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* ''[[Populous]]'' (1990)
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* ''[[Budokan: The Martial Spirit]]'' (1990)
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* ''[[Will Harvey's Zany Golf]]'' (1990)
 
* ''[[Battle Squadron]]'' (1990)
 
* ''[[Battle Squadron]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Budokan: The Martial Spirit]]'' (1990)
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* ''[[Sword of Sodan]]'' (1990)
 
* ''[[John Madden Football]]'' (1990)
 
* ''[[John Madden Football]]'' (1990)
 
* ''[[Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs]]'' (1990)
 
* ''[[Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Populous]]'' (1990)
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* ''[[Blockout]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Sword of Sodan]]'' (1990)
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* ''[[King's Bounty]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Will Harvey's Zany Golf]]'' (1990)
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* ''[[Might and Magic: Gates to Another World]]'' (1991)
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* ''[[The Faery Tale Adventure]]'' (1991)
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* ''[[Centurion: Defender of Rome]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[688 Attack Sub]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[688 Attack Sub]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Blockout]]'' (1991)
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* ''[[M-1 Abrams Battle Tank]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Centurion: Defender of Rome]]'' (1991)
 
 
* ''[[Dark Castle]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[Dark Castle]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[F-22 Interceptor]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[F-22 Interceptor]]'' (1991)
* ''[[The Faery Tale Adventure]]'' (1991)
 
 
* ''[[The Immortal]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[The Immortal]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[James Pond: Underwater Agent]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[James Pond: Underwater Agent]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[James Pond II: Codename RoboCod]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[James Pond II: Codename RoboCod]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[John Madden Football '92]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[John Madden Football '92]]'' (1991)
* ''[[The Killing Game Show]]'' (1991)
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* ''[[Fatal Rewind]]'' (1991)
* ''[[King's Bounty]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[M-1 Abrams Battle Tank]]'' (1991)
 
 
* ''[[Marble Madness]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[Marble Madness]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Might and Magic: Gates to Another World]]'' (1991)
 
 
* ''[[NHL Hockey]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[NHL Hockey]]'' (1991)
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*''[[EA Hockey]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[PGA Tour Golf]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[PGA Tour Golf]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[Rings of Power]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[Rings of Power]]'' (1991)
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* ''[[Haunting Starring Polterguy]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Haunting Starring Polterguy]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[James Pond 3: Operation Starfish]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[James Pond 3: Operation Starfish]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Jungle Strike]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Jungle Strike|Jungle Strike: The Sequel to Desert Strike]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Lotus II: RECS]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Lotus II: RECS]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Madden NFL '94]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Madden NFL '94]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Tony La Russa Baseball]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Tony La Russa Baseball]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Virtual Pinball]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Virtual Pinball]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Australian Rugby League]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Zool: Ninja of the "Nth" Dimension]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Bill Walsh College Football 95]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Bill Walsh College Football 95]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Elitserien 95]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Elitserien 95]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Skitchin']]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Skitchin']]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Syndicate]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Syndicate]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Urban Strike]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Urban Strike|Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Australian Rugby League]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Coach K College Basketball]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Coach K College Basketball]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[College Football USA 96]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[College Football USA 96]]'' (1995)
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* ''[[Triple Play 96]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Triple Play 96]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[College Football USA 97]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[College Football USA 97]]'' (1996)
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 97]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[FIFA 97: Gold Edition]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Madden NFL 97]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Madden NFL 97]]'' (1996)
* ''[[NBA Live 97]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[NBA Live 97 (Mega Drive)|NBA Live 97]]'' (1996)
* ''[[NHL 97]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[NHL 97 (Mega Drive)|NHL 97]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Triple Play: Gold Edition]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Triple Play: Gold Edition]]'' (1996)
* ''[[FIFA Road to World Cup 98]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Mega Drive)|FIFA Road to World Cup 98]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[Madden NFL 98]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[Madden NFL 98]]'' (1997)
* ''[[NBA Live 98]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[NBA Live 98 (Mega Drive)|NBA Live 98]]'' (1997)
* ''[[NHL 98]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[NHL 98 (Mega Drive)|NHL 98]]'' (1997)
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*''[[Mutant League Basketball]]'' (unreleased)
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===[[Mega CD]]===
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===[[Master System]]===
* ''[[Bill Walsh College Football]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Championship Hockey]]'' (1992)
* ''[[NHL '94]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf]]'' (1993)
* ''[[FIFA International Soccer]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Road Rash]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Power Monger]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[FIFA International Soccer]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Road Rash]]'' (1994)
 
  
 
===[[Game Gear]]===
 
===[[Game Gear]]===
* ''[[Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Championship Hockey]]'' (1992)
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* ''[[Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Road Rash]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[FIFA International Soccer]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[FIFA International Soccer]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Road Rash]]''
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* ''[[PGA Tour Golf]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[FIFA Soccer 96]]'' (1995)
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* ''[[Jungle Strike|Jungle Strike: The Sequel to Desert Strike]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Madden NFL '95]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Madden NFL '95]]'' (1995)
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* ''[[MLBPA Baseball]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[NHL 95]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[NHL 95]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[PGA Tour Golf II]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[PGA Tour Golf II]]'' (1995)
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* ''[[Shaq Fu]]'' (1995)
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* ''[[Urban Strike|Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike]]'' (1995)
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===[[Mega CD]]===
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* ''[[Bill Walsh College Football]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[NHL '94]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[FIFA International Soccer: Championship Edition]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Power Monger]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Wing Commander]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Road Rash (Mega-CD)|Road Rash]]'' (1995)
  
 
===[[32X]]===
 
===[[32X]]===
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 96]]'' (1995)
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*''[[FIFA Soccer 96 (32X)|FIFA Soccer 96]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Toughman Contest]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Toughman Contest]]'' (1995)
  
===[[Saturn]]===
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===[[Sega Saturn]]===
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 96]]'' (1995)
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{{multicol|
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* ''[[Mahjong Gokuu Tenjiku]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Theme Park]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Theme Park]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Andretti Racing]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Senryaku Shogi]]'' (1995)
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 97]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[FIFA Soccer 96 (Saturn)|FIFA Soccer 96]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Hi-Octane]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Hi-Octane]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Madden NFL 97]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Alone in the Dark 2]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Magic Carpet]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Magic Carpet]]'' (1996)
* ''[[NBA Live 97]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Shockwave Assault]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[The Need for Speed]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[The Need for Speed]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Road Rash]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Road Rash (Saturn)|Road Rash]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Senryaku Shogi]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Madden NFL 97]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Shockwave Assault]]'' (1996)
 
 
* ''[[Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels]]'' (1996)
 
* ''[[Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Shellshock]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[PGA Tour 97]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Loaded|Blood Factory]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[NHL 97 (Saturn)|NHL 97]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Andretti Racing]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Nissan Presents Over Drivin' GT-R]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Crusader: No Remorse]]'' (1996)
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* ''[[Die Hard Trilogy]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Soukyugurentai]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Soviet Strike]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Independence Day]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[FIFA Soccer 97]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[NBA Live 97 (Saturn)|NBA Live 97]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Shin Theme Park]] (1997)
 
* ''[[Battle Stations]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[Battle Stations]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Rabbit]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Darklight Conflict]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Warcraft II: The Dark Saga]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[Croc: Legend of the Gobbos]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[Croc: Legend of the Gobbos]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Crusader: No Remorse]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[Darklight Conflict]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[Die Hard Trilogy]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[FIFA Road to World Cup 98]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[Independence Day]]'' (1997)
 
 
* ''[[Madden NFL 98]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[Madden NFL 98]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[NASCAR 98]]'' (1997)
 
* ''[[NASCAR 98]]'' (1997)
* ''[[NHL 97]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Saturn)|FIFA Road to World Cup 98]]'' (1997)
* ''[[NHL 98]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[NBA Live 98 (Saturn)|NBA Live 98]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Soukyugurentai]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Soukyugurentai|Soukyugurentai Otokuyou]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Soviet Strike]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[NHL 98 (Saturn)|NHL 98]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Warcraft II: The Dark Saga]]'' (1997)
 
 
* ''[[Battle Garegga]]'' (1998)
 
* ''[[Battle Garegga]]'' (1998)
* ''[[NBA Live 98]]'' (1998)
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* ''[[Diablo]]'' (unreleased)
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* ''[[Nuclear Strike]]'' (unreleased)
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* ''[[Viewpoint]]'' (unreleased)
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* ''[[Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger]]'' (unreleased)
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===[[Hikaru]]===
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* ''[[NASCAR Arcade]]'' (2000)
  
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==References==
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Revision as of 12:38, 8 October 2017

Electronic Arts (エレクトロニック・アーツ) (EA) is an international developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games.

Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games. Originally, EA was a home computing game publisher, however in the late 1980s, the company began developing games in-house and began to support consoles by the early 1990s. EA later grew via acquisition of several successful developers, and by the early 2000s, EA had become one of the world's largest third-party publishers.

Electronic Arts is one of the most significant third-party publishers for Sega consoles - the Sega Mega Drive being EA's main console of choice for the first half of the 1990s. Initially EA had planned to avoid direct contact with Sega, reverse-engineering the Mega Drive which later formed a barganing chip for securing a better deal for EA as a third-party developer than rival firms. EA would go on to make huge gains on consoles, particularly when it came to sports games (starting with John Madden Football in 1990), and supported the Mega Drive until 1997 - well after others had abandoned the system.

EA supported the Sega Saturn, but its refusal to support the Dreamcast in favor of preparing titles for the PlayStation 2 is seen by some as a contributing factor to the console's failure. At the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, Sega announced it would be partnering with EA to release FIFA 12 World Class Soccer, Battlefield 3, Shadow of the Damned, The Sims 3 Pets, Need for Speed: The Run, Mass Effect 3, and SSX in Japan, making this the first time EA worked with Sega since the Saturn (with the exception of one 2000 game).

Electronic Arts are unusual in that they produced their own Mega Drive cartridges, boxes and manuals from factories in Taiwan and Puerto Rico (on a much greater scale than the likes of Accolade and Codemasters who also took manufacturing into their own hands). EA originally packaged its North American games in cardboard boxes, moving to the "standard" clamshell design in 1991. In Europe it began with much larger and "stickier" clamshell designs before conforming with its rivals around the same period. EA cartridges, however, never changed, being iconically square with a yellow "tab" on the left hand side (colours varied in Japan) which serves no practical purpose.

EA's Saturn PAL games also differ from their competitors, opting for larger clamshell packaging while others were forced to deal with Sega's cardboard/plastic hybrid solution.

Softography

Mega Drive

Master System

Game Gear

Mega CD

32X

Sega Saturn

Hikaru

References

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