Sega AM2

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Sega AM2's logo.

Sega AM Research & Development No. 2 (セガ第二AM研究開発部, Sega Daini Ē Emu Kenkyū Kaihatsu Bu^?), better known as Sega-AM2 Co., Ltd. (株式会社SEGA-AM2, Kabushiki gaisha Sega Ē Emu Tsū^?), is the oldest video game development team within the Japanese multinational video game developer Sega. They are Sega's second development division for arcade software. Several games produced by Sega-AM2 have influenced and innovated the video gaming industry from a technical and developmental perspective.

History

In the earliest days of research and development at Sega, the most standout products were taikan arcades, which is translated from Japanese as "body sensation", and refers to large cabinet set-ups with more than button and joysticks. Sega popularized the term and innovated this design through games such as Hang-On, Outrun, Space Harrier, and After Burner and the more elaborate set-up, the R-360. All the aforementioned games were created by the second arcade department at Sega which started to stand out relatively quickly.

From 1990 onwards the game development groups at Sega became their own divisions. Development teams became bigger and many of the planners, designers and programmers of the small teams of before, became producers and managers of their own teams and departments. Thus Amusement Machine Research and Development Division No. 2 (AM2), was created.

As creators of famous franchises such as Virtua Fighter, Outrun and Daytona USA, AM2 supervises the implementation of their properties in guest appearances, such as in Dead or Alive 5 and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. They also supervise all ports of Sonic the Fighters. Unlike other divisions, Sega's restructuring had little impact on Sega AM2.

Credits

Games

• Sonic the Fighters

External links

• Official website
• Sega AM2 at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia