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

Dreamcast

• 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker
• 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

• G-LOC: Air Battle
• Out Run
• Space Harrier

Nintendo GameCube

• 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker
• Beach Spikers
• Virtua Quest
• Virtua Striker 3 ver.2002

Sega Genesis

• After Burner II
• G-LOC: Air Battle
• 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

• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
• Virtua Fighter
• Virtua Fighter 2
• Virtua Squad
• Virtua Squad 2

PlayStation 2

• 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker
• Aero Elite: Combat Academy (a.k.a. Aero Dancing 4: New Generation)
• Ferrari F355 Challenge
• King of Route 66, The
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
• Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The
• Virtua Cop: Elite Edition (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
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
• 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
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast - PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows
• After Burner: Black Falcon - PlayStation Portable

External links

• Official website (archive)