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Not to be confused with Gremlin Graphics.

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

Discrete logic arcade

Fortress (1979) (as Gremlin Industries)
Monaco GP (1979) (as Gremlin/Sega)

VIC Dual

Safari (1977) (as Gremlin Industries)
Depthcharge (1977) (as Gremlin Industries)
Deep Scan (1979) (as Gremlin/Sega)
Head On (1979) (as Sega/Gremlin)
Head On 2 (1979) (as Gremlin/Sega)
Carnival (1980) (as Gremlin/Sega)
Digger (1980) (as Gremlin/Sega)
Pulsar (1980) (as Gremlin/Sega)
Borderline (1981) (as Sega/Gremlin)

Zaxxon hardware

Zaxxon (1981) (as Sega/Gremlin)
Razzmatazz (1983)
Ixion (unreleased)

G80

Astro Blaster (1981) (as Gremlin/Sega)
Space Fury (1981) (as Sega/Gremlin)
Eliminator (1981) (as Sega/Gremlin)
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (1982)
Tac/Scan (1982)
Pig Newton (1983)

Arcade

Gee Bee (1978) (as Gremlin Industries)
Astro Fighter (1979) (as Gremlin/Sega)
Space Firebird (1980) (as Gremlin/Sega)
Moon Cresta (1980) (as Gremlin/Sega)
Frogger (1981) (as Sega/Gremlin)
Super Moon Cresta (1981) (as Sega/Gremlin)
Tactician (1981) (as Sega/Gremlin)

VIC-20

Ixion (unreleased)

Blockade hardware

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

Blockade (1976)
Comotion (1977)
Hustle (1977)
Blasto (1978)

Atari 2600

Spy Hunter (1983)
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (1983)
Tac/Scan (1983)
Thunderground (1983)
Sub Scan (198x)

Atari 5200

Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (1983)

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Electronics/Magazine articles.

Gallery

Gremlin Industries logo
Gremlin/Sega logo
Sega/Gremlin logo
Promotional group photo

Internal documents

Corporate reporting structure (1979-07-01)
Corporate reporting structure (1981)
Adminstration (1981-03-05)
Engineering division (1981-03-06)
Manufacturing division (1981-02-06)
Marketing division (1981-02-03)
Product list
History (1982-04-21)
Distributors by state (1982)

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Sega Electronics

References

45	60	65	69	74	78	84
Early Sega
Service Games			Gulf+Western
Service Games, Hawaii & Nevada & Japan	Nihon Goraku Bussan & Nihon Kikai Seizou			Sega Enterprises, Inc.
		Sega Enterprises, Ltd.			Sega Ltd. & Gremlin	Sega Ltd.

[:File:CashBox_US_1978-10-28.pdf_p72-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cash Box, "October 28, 1978" (US; 1978-10-28), page 72

[:File:CashBox_US_1983-07-02.pdf_p94-2] Cash Box, "July 2, 1983" (US; 1983-07-02), page 94

[:File:ArcadeExpress_US_0110.pdf_p2-3] File:ArcadeExpress US 0110.pdf, page 2

[:File:CashBox_US_1982-11-20.pdf_p66-4] Cash Box, "November 20, 1982" (US; 1982-11-20), page 66

[:File:Joystik_US_05.pdf_p24-5] JoyStik, "April 1983" (US; 1983-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:CashBox_US_1983-09-10.pdf_p37-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Cash Box, "September 10, 1983" (US; 1983-09-10), page 37

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-'''Gremlin Industries''' was an American arcade game developer and manufacturer who manufactured wall games in the early 1970s before switching to video games starting 1976. In 1979, they were purchased by [[Sega]], and started releasing games with joint branding, first as Gremlin/Sega, then as Sega/Gremlin.
+'''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'''.
-To [http://www.digitpress.com/library/newsletters/arcadeexpress/arcade_express_v1n10.pdf avoid confusion], they changed their name to '''Sega Electronics''' in 1982, around which time they also started producing games for home systems. This would not last; the company was shut down in early 1984 and its manufacturing assets transferred to Paramount Studios.
+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).
+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}}.
 ==Softography==
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Sega Electronics|Gremlin Industries|Gremlin/Sega|Sega/Gremlin}}
+[[Category:Use CompanyHistoryAll template]]
 {{multicol|
-===Discrete Logic===
-* ''[[Fortress]]'' (1979)
-*''[[Monaco GP]]'' (1979)
 ===Blockade hardware===
 :Should this section and its respective games be removed? It's unclear if Sega was involved during this time.
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 * ''[[Blasto]]'' (1978)
-===[[VIC Dual]]===
+===Atari 2600===
-* ''[[Depthcharge]]'' (1977)
+*''[[Spy Hunter]]'' (1983)
-* ''[[Safari (1977)|Safari]]'' (1977)
+*''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'' (1983)
-* ''[[Frogs]]'' (1978)
+*''[[Tac/Scan]]'' (1983)
-* ''[[Deep Scan]]'' (1979)
+*''[[Thunderground]]'' (1983)
-* ''[[Head On]]'' (1979)
+*''[[Sub Scan]]'' (198x)
-* ''[[Head On 2]]'' (1979, as Gremlin; Gremlin/Sega branding)
-* ''[[Invinco]]'' (1979, as Gremlin; Gremlin/Sega branding)
+===Atari 5200===
-* ''[[Carnival]]'' (1980; as Gremlin; Gremlin/Sega branding)
+*''[[Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator]]'' (1983)
-* ''[[Digger]]'' (1980; as Gremlin; Gremlin/Sega branding)
-* ''[[Pulsar]]'' (1981; as Gremlin; Gremlin/Sega branding)
-===[[G80]]===
+|cols=2}}
-* ''[[Astro Blaster]]'' (1981; as Gremlin; Gremlin/Sega branding)
-* ''[[Space Fury]]'' (1981; as Gremlin; Sega/Gremlin branding)
-*''[[Eliminator]]'' (1981)
-*''[[Space Odyssey]]'' (1981)
-*''[[Pig Newton]]'' (1983)
-===[[Zaxxoon hardware]]===
+==Magazine articles==
-*''[[Ixion]]'' (1983)
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
-*''[[Razzmatazz]]'' (1983)
-===Others===
+==Gallery==
-* ''[[Super Bowl]]'' (1977; licensed from [[Exidy]])
+<gallery>
-* ''[[Gee Bee]]'' (1979; licensed from Namco; the Gremlin version replaces the "N-A-M-C-O" letters on the bumpers with the company's distinctive "G" logo.)
+Gremlin Industries.png|Gremlin Industries logo
-* ''[[Astro Fighter]]'' (1980; licensed from [[Data East]])
+GremlinSega logo.png|Gremlin/Sega logo
-* ''[[Moon Cresta]]'' (1980; licensed from [[Nichibutsu]])
+SegaGremlin logo.png|Sega/Gremlin logo
-* ''[[Space Firebird]]'' (1980; licensed from [[Nintendo]])
+GremlinIndustries Group Photo.jpg|Promotional group photo
-* ''[[Super Moon Cresta]]'' (1980; licensed from [[Nichibutsu]])
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 01.jpg
-* ''[[Frogger]]'' (1981; licensed from [[Konami]])
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 02.jpg
-}}
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 03.jpg
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 04.jpg
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 05.jpg
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 06.jpg
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 07.jpg
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 08.jpg
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 09.jpg
+Gremlin 16250TechnologyDrive 10.jpg
+</gallery>
+==Internal documents==
+<gallery>
+Gremlin CorporateReportingStructure 1979-07-01.jpg|Corporate reporting structure (1979-07-01)
+Gremlin CorporateReportingStructure 1981.jpg|Corporate reporting structure (1981)
+Gremlin Administration 1981-03-05.jpg|Adminstration (1981-03-05)
+Gremlin EngineeringDivision 1981-03-06.jpg|Engineering division (1981-03-06)
+Gremlin ManufacturingDivision 1981-02-06.jpg|Manufacturing division (1981-02-06)
+Gremlin MarketingDivision 1981-02-03.jpg|Marketing division (1981-02-03)
+Gremlin ProductList.jpg|Product list
+Gremlin History 1982-04-21.jpg|History (1982-04-21)
+Gremlin Distributors 1982.pdf|Distributors by state (1982)
+</gallery>
+==Photographs==
+:''Main article: [[:Category:Photos of {{PAGENAME}}|Photos of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+==References==
+<references />
-{{SegaDevs}}
+{{EarlySega}}
-[[Category:Companies]]
+[[Category:Licensors]]

Difference between revisions of "Sega Electronics"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 13:10, 29 December 2021

Contents

Softography

Discrete logic arcade

VIC Dual

Zaxxon hardware

G80

Arcade

Atari 2600

Atari 5200

Apple II

Atari 8-bit family

Commodore 64

MSX

VIC-20

Blockade hardware

Atari 2600

Atari 5200

Magazine articles

Gallery

Internal documents

Photographs

References