Sega AM Research & Development No. 2,[a] previously known as SEGA-AM2 Co., Ltd.,[b] is a video game development team within the Japanese multinational video game developer Sega. Yu Suzuki, who had previously developed arcade games for Sega including Hang-On and Out Run, was the first manager of the department.
AM2's first game produced was 1992's Virtua Racing, followed by the highly popular Virtua Fighter and Daytona USA. Through the remainder of the 1990s, they developed more arcade titles and focused on fighting and racing games. AM2 was placed under the management of CSK Research Institute in 2000, and a year later became SEGA-AM2 Co., Ltd. Their development of Shenmue was over budget and cost millions of dollars, and despite positive reviews and good sales was unable to become profitable.
Suzuki was promoted and left AM2 in 2003; Hiroshi Kataoka became the head of AM2. A year later Sega was acquired by Sammy Corporation and AM2 was merged back into Sega. Since, the team has continued work on arcade games such as Border Break and the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series, as well as smartphone games in Japan. Several games produced by Sega AM2 have influenced and innovated the video game industry from a technical and developmental perspective.
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Sega AM Research & Development No. 2, previously known as SEGA-AM2 Co., Ltd., is a video game development team within the Japanese multinational video...
be traced back to Sega AM11 in 1998, which was renamed to R&D4 or AM4 in 1999. It was headed by Toshihiro Nagoshi who joined SegaAM2 in 1989 and has been...
outside Japan, is a fighting game developed by SegaAM2. First released in 1996 in arcades on Sega's Model 2 arcade system, Sonic the Fighters pits players...
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by Sega. It is the sequel to Virtua Fighter (1993), and the second game in the Virtua Fighter series. It was created by Sega's Yu Suzuki-headed AM2 and...
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who headed Sega'sAM2 team for 18 years. Considered one of the first auteurs of video games, he has been responsible for a number of Sega's arcade hits...
Faitingu Vaipāzu) is a 3D fighting video game developed by SegaAM2. It uses the same game engine as AM2's Virtua Fighter 2 but features enclosed arenas and...
Artists, Smilebit, Hitmaker, Sega Rosso, WOW Entertainment, Overworks, Amusement Vision, Sega-AM2, and Sonic Team. Sega's design houses were encouraged...
1995 and developed internally at Sega by their AM2 studio. It was ported to the Sega Saturn in 1996, PC in 1997, and Sega Dreamcast in 2000. It was bundled...
3 (1990) and Solvalou (1991). Sega responded with the Sega Model 1, which further popularized 3D polygons with SegaAM2 games including Virtua Racing...
July 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine accessed June 18, 2009. "SEGA-AM2 – Games : 最新のAM2作品 -". Archived from the original on June 30, 2004. Video on YouTube...
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Hedgehog series. Sega also had success with arcade games; in 1992 and 1993, the new Sega Model 1 arcade system board showcased SegaAM2's Virtua Racing...
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Overworks, WOW Entertainment, Amusement Vision, Sega Rosso, Wave Master, and Sonic Team, while SegaAM2 had been taken over earlier in the year by CSK...
a degree in movie production and joined Sega shortly thereafter, working for the second arcade department (AM2) under Yu Suzuki as a CG designer. His first...
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Suzuki. Shenmue (1999) and Shenmue II (2001) were developed by SegaAM2 and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. Shenmue III, developed by Suzuki's company...
online update ability. On February 14, 2008, at the AOU Amusement Expo, SegaAM2 announced a revision to Virtua Fighter 5 known as Virtua Fighter 5 R. This...
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