In 1993, the Funland arcade opened in the Brickyard Mall in Chicago. It boasted 16,000 square feet of floor space, including indoor bumper cars, a SEGA R360 motion simulator, and an entire floor geared for younger audiences. (small thread)
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In January 1936, the Coin Machine Review asked a few stars of the biz what they did before jobbing. Irv gave a vexing response: 12 years in coinops, and 5 years selling cars before that. This would hypothetically cover his entire adult life since graduating high school in 1918... (thread)
New article out now! All about the SEGA 1000 stereo jukebox, featuring some new findings I've recently unearthed! note.com/2tie/n/n80b5...
SEGA's Mysterious Jukebox [EN]｜2Tie
In many official coverages of SEGA's hardware history, an important machine often brought up is their SEGA 1000 Stereo Jukebox. In the 1950s, SEGA had been locked in a three-way battle in Japan over j...
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New article out now! All about the SEGA 1000 stereo jukebox, featuring some new findings I've recently unearthed! note.com/2tie/n/n80b5...
SEGA's Mysterious Jukebox [EN]｜2Tie
In many official coverages of SEGA's hardware history, an important machine often brought up is their SEGA 1000 Stereo Jukebox. In the 1950s, SEGA had been locked in a three-way battle in Japan over j...
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Thanks to the International Arcade Museum Library's trade magazine holdings I've been able to glean further information about the SEGA 1000 Stereo Jukebox. Rather than poast things piecemeal here, this will be the topic of my next article on Note. Stay tuned!
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Just published a short article on SEGA's education-focused subsidiaries over the years! Has anyone heard of 'SEGA Tech'? note.com/2tie/n/nd1c4...
SEGA's Education Branch [EN]｜2Tie
SEGA's acquisition by CSK in April 1984 was strategically favourable for both parties. SEGA's former parent, Gulf + Western, was looking for ways to prune its less successful investments after the dea...
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Razing Core is a shoot 'em up in development for SEGA Master System/Mark III. I plan to release it this year on itch digitally with a physical version to follow. #homebrew
After an article from note.com user tripwalker today, some new information has come to light about some material I have previously posted about.
Does anyone know good contact info for the International Arcade Museum Library/Museum of the Game? Been trying to reserve some research time for a couple months now but haven't gotten a response. Tried both staff2020 and library2024.
In memoriam of Hideki Sato (1950 -2026), this shall be a thread for rarities and curios about his life and career.
if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
rational brain: Unaltered Yagi Double Sega Logo is probably a one-off fluke, it can't hurt you the Unaltered Yagi Double Sega Logo:
In rememberance of David Rosen (1930 - 2025), today's thread will cover a couple rarities about his life and career.
Today's Sega history dive is about their logos over the decades. During their initial years, it's unknown if they had anything like a wordmark, as instead of putting out ads themselves they would usually appear on distributor lists instead. (thread)
In 1962, Sega's european operations was headquartered in an office at Roebuck House (now The View) in Westminster, London. Director Martin Bromley had one of the two penthouses and manager James Humpert also owned a flat there.
Here's a fun trivia question: When was Sega created? There's at least five different answers that could be considered correct depending on what exactly you mean by the question. Here's a fun little stroll through the decades. (a thread)
In their official histories, Sega will often mention the SEGA 1000 Jukebox. The first domestically manufactured jukebox, it helped them overcome the three-way tie with taito and v&v to become the dominant jukebox distributor in japan. But is it even real? (a thread)
