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6 unusual facts about SEGA AM2


Dead or Alive 5 Plus

Dead or Alive 5 Plus (stylized as Dead or Alive 5+ and abbreviated to DOA5+) is a fighting game in the Dead or Alive series, developed by Team Ninja in partnership with Sega AM2 and released by Tecmo Koei for the PlayStation Vita in March 2013.

Dynamite Düx

Bean also appeared in Sega AM2's Sega Saturn fighting game Fighters Megamix as a bonus unlockable character (along with Bark The Polarbear.) He is unlocked by completing the fourth arcade mode 'Muscle' and fought against in the final arcade mode 'Bonus'.

Dynamite Düx is a side-scrolling 'beat 'em up' arcade game, created by Sega AM2 and released by Sega in 1988 for their successful Sega System 16 arcade board, the same board that was used for hits like Golden Axe and Altered Beast.

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast is a racing game developed by Sumo Digital and released in 2006 on behalf of Sega AM2.

Sega Race TV

This was the only game Yu Suzuki was successfully able to complete after his departure from Sega AM2, the other 2 projects that he worked on Psy-Phi & Shenmue Online were never released.

Virtua Cop

Virtua Cop (known as Virtua Squad for the North American Windows version) is a first-person lightgun shooter arcade game created by Sega AM2 and headed by Yu Suzuki.


Toshihiro Nagoshi

Later on he directed & produced other Racing games from AM2 such as Scud Race and Daytona USA 2, as well as the Virtua Striker series.


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