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Amusement Vision, Ltd. is a video game developer formerly known as SEGA AM4. AM4 was a special research department of SEGA known for the development of arcade games such as Daytona USA (1994). Amusement Vision was formed in 2000 and was then considered to be a second-party developer to SEGA. In July 2004, Amusement Vision and Sega's six other subsidiaries, Sega Wow, Hitmaker, Smilebit, Sega Rosso, Overworks and United Game Artists re-integrated into Sega following the merge between SEGA and SAMMY in 2005, and a holding company, (Sega Sammy Holdings), was formed.
Games developed by AM4- Daytona USA — (1994) (Arcade)
- Daytona USA 2: Battle On The Edge — (1998) (Arcade)
- SpikeOut Digital Battle Online — (1998) (Arcade)
- Daytona USA 2: Power Edition — (1998) (Arcade)
- SpikeOut Final Edition — (1999) (Arcade)
Games developed by Amusement Vision (Ltd.)- Virtua NBA — (2000) (Arcade)
- Slash Out — (2000) (Arcade)
- Planet Harriers — (2000) (Arcade)
- Daytona USA 2001 — (2000) (Dreamcast)
- Monkey Ball — (2001) (Arcade)
- Spikers Battle — (2001) (Arcade)
- Virtua Striker 3 — (2001) (Arcade)
- Super Monkey Ball — (2001) (GameCube)
- Virtua Striker 3 ver.2002 — (2002) (GameCube)
- Virtua Striker 2002 — (2002) (Arcade)
- Super Monkey Ball 2 — (2002) (GameCube)
- F-Zero AX — (2003) (Arcade)
- F-Zero GX — (2003) (GameCube)
- F-Zero AX "Cycraft ver." — (2003) (Arcade)
- Super Monkey Ball — (2003) (N-Gage)
- Shining Force: Kuroki Ryu no Fukkatsu — (2004) (Game Boy Advance)
- Ollie King — (2004) (Arcade)
Games developed by Smilebit Ltd. (see "Notes")- Jet Set Radio Future — (2002) (Xbox)
- GunValkyrie — (2002) (Xbox)
- Panzer Dragoon Orta — (2003) (Xbox)
Games developed by Amusement Vision (Development Studio)- Shining Force Neo — (2005) (PlayStation 2)
- Super Monkey Ball Deluxe — (2005) (PlayStation 2)
- Super Monkey Ball Deluxe — (2005) (Xbox)
- SpikeOut: Battle Street — (2005) (Xbox)
- Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll — (2005) (Nintendo DS)
- Ryu Ga Gotoku — (2005) (PlayStation 2)
- Ryu Ga Gotoku 2 — (2006) (PlayStation 2)
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz — (2006) (Wii)
NotesThe original Arcade Virtua Striker series was developed by Sega-AM2 (another Sega development studio) to Sega's Arcade Board "Model" Hardware and released in 1995 (Japan). Later the series moved to Amusement Vision with Virtua Striker 3. Sega's Sega Saturn version of Daytona USA was developed by Sega-AM2 and released in 1995 (Japan) Sega's Dreamcast title Daytona USA 2001 was released in the US under the title Daytona USA in March 2001. Virtua Striker 3 was released to Dreamcast based arcade board Sega NAOMI 2 both in the ROM and GD-ROM format. The Nintendo GameCube title Virtua Striker 3 ver.2002 was released in the US under the title Virtua Striker 2002 in May 2002. Virtua Striker 2002 the Triforce Arcade Board based game and Virtua Striker 2002 for the Nintendo GameCube (US) are NOT the same game. Virtua Striker 3 ver.2002 is an updated version from the Naomi Arcade Board based game Virtua Striker 3, and Virtua Striker 2002 the Triforce Arcade game use a new technology (based on the advanced Nintendo GameCube specifications) and new data (new players, countries and improved controls) Amusement Vision's game Super Monkey Ball on Nokia's N-Gage wasn't released in Japan due to the absence of Nokia in the Japanese mobile phone market. F-Zero AX "Cycraft ver." is an updated version of the Triforce Arcade Board based game F-Zero AX. The game uses a new technology: the hydraulic cockpit called Cycraft. This "attraction" is exclusive of Sega's Amusement parks "Joypolis" in Japan. Shining Force: Kuroki Ryu no Fukkatsu — (2004) (Game Boy Advance) also known as: Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon. This game was released to in the US in June 8, 2004 and published by Atlus. January, 2004 the Smilebit's franchises: Panzer Dragoon Orta, GunValkyrie and Jet Set Radio became part of the Amusement Vision portfolio. Sega Chihiro arcade board title Ollie King was developed by many Smilebit's "Jet Set series" members. Shining game series for Mobile Phone was released only in Japan. Super Monkey Ball DS — (2005) (Nintendo DS) also known as: Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll (in US and EU) Ryu Ga Gotoku — (2005) (PlayStation 2) also known as: Yakuza (in US and EU) Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz — (2006) (Wii) also known as: Super Monkey Ball: Uki Uki Party Daishuugou (in Japan)
External links- Amusement Vision's official website - Because of Amusement Vision's merge with Sega, this website is no longer active. Only a "welcome" page remains.
- Official F-Zero GX/AX website - Available in Japanese and English.
- NOA F-Zero GX webpage - Nintendo's GameCube game "F-Zero GX" webpage by Nintendo of America
- Shining World - Sega's RPG series "Shining" official webpage (only in Japanese)
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