16 Facts About Sega AM2

Yu Suzuki, who had previously developed arcade games for Sega AM2 including Hang-On and Out Run, was the first manager of the department.

Several games produced by Sega AM2 have influenced and innovated the video game industry from a technical and developmental perspective.

At the time Suzuki joined Sega AM2, there was only one development division at the company.

Sega AM2 was promoted to project leader while still in his first year at the company.

Sega AM2 worked on development of G-LOC: Air Battle and the R360 arcade cabinet.

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Some time after the release of Power Drift, Sega AM2 began to separate the amusement division into the Amusement Machine Research and Development teams, or AM teams.

Sega AM2 has stated the reason for this separation was the advent of advanced computer graphics technology.

Sega AM2 mandated that Daytona USA had to be better than Ridge Racer, a game made by Namco.

Subsequently, Sega AM2 released Virtua Cop and Virtua Fighter 2 for the Model 2.

Sega AM2 described the palm tree logo of AM2 as representing reliance and peace of mind.

Also in 2000, Sega AM2 restructured its arcade and console development teams into nine semi-autonomous studios headed by the company's top designers.

Sega AM2 has developed games for the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series, as well as a number of free-to-play smartphone games in Japan, such as Soul Reverse Zero.

Sega AM2 became involved with the Hatsune Miku license with items for Virtua Fighter 5 R and the racing game R-Tuned: Ultimate Street Racing.

Sega AM2 has several arcade and video game series they develop, including Daytona USA, Virtua Fighter, OutRun, Virtua Cop, Virtua Striker, Fighting Vipers, and Shenmue.

Journalists have praised Sega AM2 as having a "legendary" status in game development, in particular under Yu Suzuki.

Also in 1995, Next Generation stated that Sega AM2's unusual repeated success came from its ability to release high-quality games on a regular basis.