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Founded in 1940, Sega started up as "Standard Games" in Hawaii as a business to provide coin-operated amusements for military bases. The company moved to Tokyo, Japan in 1952 as "Service Games of Japan". In 1954, Rosen Enterprises Inc. was established by another American businessman to export art, but found great success with coin-operated photobooths and expanded into coin-operated games.
Sega Enterprises was officially formed in 1965 when Service Games and Rosen Enterprises merged; their first hit was a submarine simulator called "Periscope".
Over the next few decades Sega changed hands a couple of times, owned first by Gulf+Western, producing Frogger and Zaxxon. Gulf+Western then sold the US portion of Sega to the pinball business Bally Manufacturing after the videogame crash in 1983, while the Japanese business was bought by Rosen Enterprises founder David Rosen and Japanese businessman Hayao Nakayama. In 1984 the Japanese conglomerate CSK bought Sega and relocated its entire business to Japan under the name Sega Enterprises Ltd. The American subsidiary, Sega of America, was founded in 1986 to cash in on the growing videogame market there, launching the Sega Master System against Nintendo's NES.
The Sega Mega Drive (Genesis in the US) launched in 1989, accompanied by a new mascot in the shape of Sonic The Hedgehog, and a directly anti-Nintendo advertising campaign. This didn't pay off, and the company lost market share in the face of Nintendo's strong Super Nintendo lineup and the commercial failures of the 32X and Sega CD.
The Sega Saturn followed in 1994 (1995 in America), but despite strong Japanese sales the machine failed to gather momentum in America. Sega's last-ditch attempt to recapture part of the home console market was the Dreamcast in 1998/1999. Like the Saturn, the Dreamcast got off to a strong start but was ultimately devastated by Sony's PlayStation 2 before being discontinued in 2001 — a move which signaled the end of Sega's home console ambitions.
Sega is currently owned by Viacom and the Japanese conglomerate Sammy, under the official name Sega Sammy Holdings.
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- Safari Hunt
- Sakura Taisen
- Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare
- Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka
- Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome
- Sakura Taisen V Episode 0: Kouya no Samurai Musume
- Sakura Taisen: Atsuki Chishio Ni
- Sakura Wars
- Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
- Samba de Amigo
- Samba de Amigo: Party Central
- Samurai
- Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku
- Sands of Destruction
- Saturn Bomberman
- Scramble Spirits
- Sega 3D Classics Collection
- Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives
- Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 25: Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection
- Sega Ages Volume 1
- Sega Ages: Fantasy Zone
- Sega Arcade Gallery
- Sega Bass Fishing
- Sega Classics Arcade Collection
- Sega Classics Collection
- Sega Genesis Classics
- Sega Genesis Collection
- Sega Genesis Mini
- Sega Genesis Mini 2
- Sega Marine Fishing
- Sega Mega Drive Collection
- Sega Memorial Selection
- Sega Ninja
- Sega Rally Championship
- Sega Rally Championship (Game Boy Advance)
- Sega Smash Pack
- Sega Smash Pack (Game Boy Advance)
- Sega Smash Pack Twin Pack
- Sega Smash Pack Volume 1
- Sega Soccer Slam
- Sega Strike Fighter
- Sega Superstars Tennis
- Sega Swirl
- Sega Touring Car Championship
- SegaSonic Popcorn Shop
- Senjin Aleste
- Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal
- Shadow Dancer
- Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Shadowrun (Sega Genesis)
- Shenmue
- Shenmue I & II
- Shenmue II
- Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
- Shin Sōseiki Ragnacënty
- Shining Force CD
- Shining Force Gaiden
- Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict
- Shining Force II
- Shining Force III
- Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention
- Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
- Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya
- Shining in the Darkness
- Shining Resonance
- Shining Soul
- Shining the Holy Ark
- Shining Wisdom
- Shinobi
- Shinobi (PlayStation 2)
- Shinobi 3D
- Shinobi II: The Silent Fury
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
- Shinobi Legions
- Shiren the Wanderer
- Shogun: Total War
- Shura no Mon
- Silpheed
- The Simpsons Game (Nintendo DS)
- Sindbad Mystery
- Skies of Arcadia
- Sky Target
- Soleil
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
- Sonic & Knuckles
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
- Sonic 3 & Knuckles
- Sonic 3D Blast
- Sonic Advance
- Sonic Advance 2
- Sonic Advance 3
- Sonic Adventure
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
- Sonic and the Black Knight
- Sonic and the Secret Rings
- Sonic Blast
- Sonic Boom
- Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
- Sonic CD
- Sonic Chaos
- Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
- Sonic Colors
- Sonic Drift
- Sonic Drift 2
- Sonic Forces
- Sonic Frontiers
- Sonic Gems Collection
- Sonic Generations
- Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)
- Sonic Heroes
- Sonic Jam
- Sonic Labyrinth
- Sonic Lost World
- Sonic Lost World (Nintendo 3DS)
- Sonic Mania
- Sonic Mega Collection
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus
- Sonic Origins
- Sonic R
- Sonic Riders
- Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
- Sonic Rivals
- Sonic Rivals 2
- Sonic Rush
- Sonic Rush Adventure
- Sonic Superstars
- Sonic the Fighters
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
- Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
- Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
- Sonic Unleashed
- Sonic X Shadow Generations
- Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
- Sorcerian (Sega Mega Drive)
- Space Attack
- Space Channel 5
- Space Channel 5: Part 2
- Space Firebird
- Space Fury
- Space Harrier
- Space Harrier 3-D
- Space Harrier II
- Space Odyssey
- Space Trek
- Spatter
- Spider-Man (Sega Genesis)
- Spider-Man: The Video Game
- Star Mobile
- Star Raker
- Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
- Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
- Star Wars: Racer Arcade
- Starblade
- Starhawk
- Stella Glow
- The Story of Thor
- Streets of Kamurocho
- Streets of Rage
- Streets of Rage 2
- Streets of Rage 3
- Strider
- Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu
- Super Daisenryaku
- Super Fantasy Zone
- Super Hang-On
- Super Hydlide
- Super League
- Super Locomotive
- Super Monkey Ball
- Super Monkey Ball 2
- Super Monkey Ball 3D
- Super Monkey Ball Adventure
- Super Monkey Ball Deluxe
- Super Monkey Ball Jr.
- Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania