Sega-AM2

Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department 2 (popularly known as Sega-AM2 or simply AM2) is a research and development team for the video game company Sega. Originally known as "Sega Amusement Developing Section 8", AM2 was previously headed up by famed designer Yu Suzuki. Of Sega's AM teams, AM2 was the best known and would become a major development house for Sega, first creating the late-eighties classics "After Burner II", "Out Run", and "Space Harrier", all of which were monster successes. Later AM2 would go on to create the "Virtua Fighter" and "Shenmue" series as well as "Daytona USA".

Following the release of "OutRun 2", AM2 was absorbed into Sega (July 1 2004). Unlike most of the other old AM departments, it remains a separate division within Sega.

List of games developed by AM2

=Arcade=

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*"After Burner"
*"After Burner Climax"
*"After Burner II"
*"Arabian Fight"
*"Beach Spikers"
*"Burning Rival"
*"Daytona USA"
*"Daytona USA 2"
*"Desert Tank"
*"Dynamite Dux"
*"F1 Exhaust Note"
*"F1 Super Lap"
*"Ferrari F355 Challenge"
*""
*"Fighting Vipers"
*"Fighting Vipers 2"
*""
*"Ghost Squad"
*"GP Rider"
*"Hang-On"
*"King of Route 66, The"
*"Out Run"
*"OutRun 2"
*"OutRun 2 SP"
*"Outtrigger"
*"Power Drift"
*"Quest of D
*"Sega Super GT (Scud Race in Japan)
*"Sonic the Fighters" (a.k.a. "Sonic Championship")
*"Soreike Kokology"
*"Soreike Kokology 2"
*"Space Harrier"
*"Strike Fighter"
*"Super Hang-On"
*"Turbo Out Run"
*"Virtua Cop"
*"Virtua Cop 2"
*"Virtua Cop 3"
*"Virtua Fighter"
*"Virtua Fighter 2"
*"Virtua Fighter 2.1"
*"Virtua Fighter 3"
*"Virtua Fighter 3tb"
*"Virtua Fighter 4"
*"Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution"
*"Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned"
*"Virtua Fighter 5"
*"Virtua Fighter 5R"
*"Virtua Fighter Kids"
*"Virtua Formula"
*"Virtua Racing"
*"Virtua Striker"
*"Virtua Striker 2"
*"Virtua Striker 2 version '98"
*"Virtua Striker 2 version '99"
*"Virtua Striker 2 version '99.1"
*"Virtua Striker 2 ver. 2000"

Dreamcast

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*"Ferrari F355 Challenge" ("Ferrari F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa")
*"Fighting Vipers 2"
*"Outtrigger"
*"Propeller Arena"
*"Shenmue"
*"Shenmue II"
*"Virtua Cop 2"
*"Virtua Fighter 3tb"
*"Virtua Striker 2" ("Virtua Striker 2 ver. 2000.1")

Game Gear

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*"Out Run"
*"Space Harrier"

Nintendo GameCube

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*"Beach Spikers"
*"Virtua Quest"
*"Virtua Striker 3 ver.2002"

Sega Genesis

*"After Burner II"
*""
*"Out Run"
*"Rent-A-Hero"
*"Space Harrier II"
*"Sword of Vermilion" (A.K.A. "Vermilion" in Japan)
*"Virtua Fighter 2"
*"Virtua Racing"

Sega Master System

*"After Burner"
*"Dynamite Dux"
*"Out Run"
*"Space Harrier"
*"Space Harrier 3D"

=PC=

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*"Virtua Fighter"
*"Virtua Fighter 2"
*"Virtua Squad"
*"Virtua Squad 2"

PlayStation 2

*""
*"" (a.k.a. "Aero Dancing 4: New Generation")
*"Ferrari F355 Challenge"
*"King of Route 66, The"
*""
*"Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The"
*"" (a.k.a. "Virtua Cop Re-Birth")
*"Virtua Fighter 4"
*"Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution"
*"Virtua Quest"

Sega Saturn

*"Digital Dance Mix"
*"Fighters Megamix"
*"Fighting Vipers"
*"Sega Ages: After Burner II"
*"Sega Ages: Out Run"
*"Sega Ages: Power Drift"
*"Sega Ages Vol. 2: Space Harrier"
*"Virtua Cop"
*"Virtua Cop 2"
*"Virtua Fighter"
*"Virtua Fighter 2"
*"Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series"
*"Virtua Fighter Kids"
*"Virtua Fighter Remix"

Sega 32X

*"After Burner"
*"Space Harrier"
*"Virtua Fighter"
*"Virtua Racing Deluxe"

Xbox

*"OutRun 2"
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*"Shenmue II"

Playstation 3

*"Virtua Fighter 5"

Xbox 360

*"Virtua Fighter 5 Online"

Wii

*"Ghost Squad"

Continued development of AM2 franchises
*"Shenmue Online" - Microsoft Windows
*"" - PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows
*"" - PlayStation Portable

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040630003509/www.sega-am2.co.jp/ Official website (archive)]