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'''Gremlin Industries, Inc.''' was an American arcade game developer and manufacturer who manufactured wall games in the early 1970s before switching to video games starting 1976. They were purchased by [[Sega Enterprises, Inc.]] in 1978{{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 early San Diego, California arcade game manufacturer in the 1970s and early 1980s.  
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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).
  
Gremlin was founded in 1973 as a manufacturer of coin-operated wall games. Gremlin's first wall game, ''Play Ball'', was fairly successful.
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Sega Electronics was sold to [[Bally Midway]] after the summer of 1983 for an undisclosed price{{magref|cb|1983-09-10|37}}. Home video games would continue to be sold under the Sega brand (including some of Midway's back catalogue, such as ''[[Tapper]]'' and ''[[Spy Hunter]]''), but all arcade efforts would be badged as Bally Midway games. This would include games made by Sega in Japan for a short period (though Sega's Japanese business was otherwise unaffected by the sale){{magref|cb|1983-09-10|37}}.
  
== History ==
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==Softography==
Gremlin joined the video game market in 1977 by releasing its first video arcade game entitled ''[[Blockade]]''. In 1979,  Gremlin merged its operations with [[Sega]] and, from then on, all new video games by Gremlin were labelled either under the '''Gremlin/Sega''' or '''Sega/Gremlin''' brand names. Some of Gremlin's output, both before and after the marriage with Sega, were titles originally created by Japanese companies. Among theses video games were [[Namco|Namco's]] ''[[Gee Bee]]'' and [[Konami|Konami's]] ''[[Frogger]]''.
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{{CompanyHistoryAll|Sega Electronics|Gremlin Industries|Gremlin/Sega|Sega/Gremlin}}
  
Gremlin became one of the many victims of the video game crash of 1983 and completely closed its doors in 1984 after being acquired by Paramount Studios. Some of Gremlin's original wall games have since been re-released under different names.
 
  
==Games==
 
  
; 1976:
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* ''[[Fonz]]''
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* ''[[Blockade]]'' (Gremlin's first released game)
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===Blockade hardware===
; 1977:
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* ''[[Safari (video game)|Safari]]''  
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* ''[[Blockade]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Super Bowl]]''  
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* ''[[Comotion]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Comotion]]'' 
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* ''[[Hustle]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Depthcharge]]''  
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* ''[[Blasto]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Hustle (video game)|Hustle]]''
 
  
; 1978:
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===Atari 2600===
* ''[[Gee Bee]]'' (licensed from Namco; the Gremlin version replaces the "N-A-M-C-O" letters on the bumpers with the company's distinctive "G" logo.)
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*''[[Spy Hunter]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Blasto]]''
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*''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Frogs]]''
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*''[[Tac/Scan]]'' (1983)
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*''[[Thunderground]]'' (1983)
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*''[[Sub Scan]]'' (198x)
  
; 1979:
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===Atari 5200===
* ''[[Deep Scan]]''
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*''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Head On]]''
 
* ''[[Head On 2]]''
 
* ''[[Invinco]]''
 
  
; 1980:
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* ''[[Astro Fighter]]''
 
* ''[[Digger]]''
 
* ''[[Monaco GP]]'' 
 
* ''[[Moon Cresta]]'' (licensed from [[Nichibutsu]])
 
* ''[[Space Firebird]]'' (licensed from [[Nintendo]])
 
* ''[[Super Moon Cresta]]'' (licensed from [[Nichibutsu]])
 
* ''[[Carnival]]''
 
  
; 1981:
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==Magazine articles==
* ''[[Astro Blaster]]''
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* ''[[Eliminator (video game)|Eliminator]]''
 
* ''[[Frogger]]'' (licensed from [[Konami]])
 
* ''[[Pulsar]]''
 
* ''[[Space Fury]]'' 
 
* ''[[Space Odyssey]]''
 
  
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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Gremlin Industries.png|Gremlin Industries logo
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GremlinSega logo.png|Gremlin/Sega logo
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SegaGremlin logo.png|Sega/Gremlin logo
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GremlinIndustries Group Photo.jpg|Promotional group photo
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 01.jpg
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 02.jpg
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 03.jpg
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 04.jpg
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 05.jpg
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 06.jpg
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 07.jpg
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 08.jpg
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 09.jpg
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Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 10.jpg
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</gallery>
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==Internal documents==
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<gallery>
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Gremlin CorporateReportingStructure 1979-07-01.jpg|Corporate reporting structure (1979-07-01)
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Gremlin CorporateReportingStructure 1981.jpg|Corporate reporting structure (1981)
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Gremlin Administration 1981-03-05.jpg|Adminstration (1981-03-05)
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Gremlin EngineeringDivision 1981-03-06.jpg|Engineering division (1981-03-06)
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Gremlin ManufacturingDivision 1981-02-06.jpg|Manufacturing division (1981-02-06)
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Gremlin MarketingDivision 1981-02-03.jpg|Marketing division (1981-02-03)
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Gremlin ProductList.jpg|Product list
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Gremlin History 1982-04-21.jpg|History (1982-04-21)
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Gremlin Distributors 1982.pdf|Distributors by state (1982)
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</gallery>
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==Photographs==
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:''Main article: [[:Category:Photos of {{PAGENAME}}|Photos of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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==References==
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<references />
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{{EarlySega}}
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[[Category:Licensors]]

Revision as of 13:10, 29 December 2021

Not to be confused with Gremlin Graphics.

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Sega Electronics
Founded: 1973
Defunct: 1983
Merged into: Sega Enterprises, Inc. (1978-09-29[1])
Headquarters:
16250 Technology Drive[2], San Diego, California, United States

Gremlin Industries, Inc. was an American arcade game developer and manufacturer who manufactured wall games in the early 1970s before switching to video games starting 1976. They were purchased by Sega Enterprises, Inc. in 1978[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[3][4] (according to chairman David Rosen, the combined name was "a bit awkward"[5]). 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).

Sega Electronics was sold to Bally Midway after the summer of 1983 for an undisclosed price[6]. Home video games would continue to be sold under the Sega brand (including some of Midway's back catalogue, such as Tapper and Spy Hunter), but all arcade efforts would be badged as Bally Midway games. This would include games made by Sega in Japan for a short period (though Sega's Japanese business was otherwise unaffected by the sale)[6].

Softography

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VIC Dual

G80

Arcade

Atari 2600

Intellivision

ColecoVision

Atari 5200

Apple II

Atari 8-bit family

Commodore 64

MSX

VIC-20

Blockade hardware

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

Atari 2600

Atari 5200

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Electronics/Magazine articles.

Gallery

Internal documents

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Sega Electronics

References

Early Sega
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