Sega AM3 (version 2)
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| Industry | Game Development |
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| Founded | 1993 (as Namco's original Ridge Racer Team) 1994 (as Sega AM5) 2000 (as Sega Rosso) |
| Defunct | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Sega AM3 is a division of Japanese video game developer Sega Corporation. The development team has produced some popular arcade game and video games, including Virtual On, NASCAR Arcade, Crazy Taxi, Virtua Tennis, and the Initial D Arcade Stage series.
History
In 2000, as a part of a restructuring of Sega, they were renamed Hitmaker. When reintegrated into the company they got the AM3 Moniker back.
Sega Rosso
Sega Rosso is the name of a former development studio from Sega, formerly known as AM5. Some of its staff came from Namco, where they helped create the original Ridge Racer. In 2003, merged with Hitmaker.
In July 1 of 2004 all of Sega's 2nd party studios, AM2, Sonic Team, Sega WOW, Hitmaker, Amusement Vision and Smilebit were integrated into Sega again.
Games developed as Hitmaker
- Crazy Taxi (1999)
- Jambo! Safari (1999)
- Virtua Tennis (1999)
- Crackin' DJ (2000)
- Confidential Mission (2001)
- Airtrix (2001)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force (2001)
- Crazy Taxi 2 (2001) Virtua Tennis 2 (2001)
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2003)
Games developed as Sega Rosso
- Star Wars Racer (2000)
- NASCAR Arcade (2000)
- Cosmic Smash (2001)
- Initial D Arcade Stage (2002)
- Soul Surfer (2002)
- Initial D Arcade Stage 2 (2003)
- Initial D Arcade Stage 3 (2004)
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