Playing at the Next Level

A History of American Sega Games

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Today a multinational video game developer, Sega was the first to break Nintendo's grip on the gaming industry, expanding from primarily an arcade game company to become the dominant game console manufacturer in North America. A major part of that success came from the hard work and innovation of its subsidiary, Sega of America, who in a little more than a decade wrested the majority market share from Nintendo and revolutionized how games were made.Drawing on interviews with nearly 100 Sega alumni, this book traces the development of the company, revealing previously undocumented areas of game-making history, including Sega's relationship with Tonka, the creation of its internal studios, and major breakthroughs like the Sega Channel and HEAT Network. More than 40 of the company's most influential games are explored in detail.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-11-04
Mått178 x 254 x 16 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786499946

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments • ixSega History Timeline • xPreface • 1The Return of the American Video Game Market • 3Sega Establishes Itself in America • 6The Sega/Tonka Alliance • 10Taking the First Step • 16Building the American Arm of Software Development • 21Contracting Third Party Studios • 27Genesis Does! • 32Realtime Games Software • 34Sega Scores a Touchdown • 40Infogrames • 50Along Came a Spider • 56GEMS Shine on the Genesis • 66ToeJam & Earl Studios • 69Sega Technical Institute • 77Changing of the Guard • 87New Leadership for an Expanding Market • 105Novotrade International • 108The Hardware Revolution • 116Sega Multimedia Studio • 120Product Development Enters a New Era • 132The Coming of Full-Motion Video Games • 134BlueSky Software • 145Westwood Associates • 161Sega Interactive Development Division • 166Sega Midwest Studio • 170Sega Reorganizes Internally • 174Alpha (Amoeba) Group • 178Omega Group • 197Sega Gets Serious About Sports • 215The Sega Channel • 235Twice the Bits, Twice the Problems • 244Sega Saturn Tiger Team • 246The Winds of Change • 254SegaSoft • 256All Good Things… • 273Full Circle • 280Works Cited • 283Index • 291

“I recommend...this is a must read”—SEGAbits; “For more than a decade, the author has interviewed many of the programmers, developers, designers and others who worked for Sega of America during its heyday. It is their stories and details of other behind the scenes events that contributed to Sega of America’s success that are the focus of this text.”—Reference Reviews; “Definitely worth a read...a great inside look at the video game industry in the ’90s...a concise, highly-readable documentary of Sega’s story...an eye-opening narrative that testifies to the challenges of making it in the video game industry...much to enjoy...hard-pressed to find a more appropriate and approachable volume”—M. Brandon Robbins, level250geek.