Sega

Sega Corporation (セガ) he hui hana pāʻani wikiō i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Honolulu, Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1940 e Martin Bromley, Irving Bromberg, a me James Humpert. I kēia manawa, aia ke keʻena nui ma Tōkiō, Iāpana. He lālā ʻo Sega o ka Sega Sammy Holdings mai ka makahiki 2004. Ua kaulana loa ʻo Sega no ka hana ʻana i nā mīkini pāʻani wikiō e like me ka Sega Genesis a me ka Sega Dreamcast, a no nā pāʻani kaulana e like me Sonic the Hedgehog.

I ka makahiki 1940, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Martin Bromley, Irving Bromberg, a me James Humpert i ka Standard Games ma Honolulu no ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mīkini leʻaleʻa no nā koa o ʻAmelika. I ka makahiki 1951, ua neʻe ka hui i Iāpana no ka hana ʻana i nā mīkini pāʻani no nā koa ʻAmelika. I ka makahiki 1965, ua hui pū ʻo Service Games me Rosen Enterprises a lilo i Sega Enterprises, Ltd. Ua kūleʻa loa ka hui ma ka ʻoihana arcade, me nā pāʻani kaulana e like me Periscope (1966) a me Frogger (1981).

I ka makahiki 1983, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Sega i ka hana ʻana i kāna mīkini pāʻani mua, ka SG-1000, i ka lā hoʻokahi me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o Nintendo i ka Family Computer ma Iāpana. Ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka Sega Master System i ka makahiki 1985. ʻOiai ua kūleʻa ka Master System ma ʻEulopa a me Palakila, ua paʻakikī ka hoʻokūkū ʻana me ka Nintendo Entertainment System ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.

Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka Sega Genesis (i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo Mega Drive ma waho o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau) i ka makahiki 1988. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua paʻakikī ka hoʻokūkū ʻana ma Iāpana, akā ua hoʻololi ʻo Tom Kalinske, ka luna nui o Sega of America, i ke ala kūʻai ʻana ma ʻAmelika. Ua hoʻemi ʻo ia i ke kumukūʻai o ka Genesis, ua hoʻololi i ka pāʻani pū ʻia mai Altered Beast a i Sonic the Hedgehog, a ua hoʻomaka i ka hoʻolaha ʻana me ka ʻōlelo "Genesis Does What Nintendon't".

He mīkini pāʻani wikiō Sega Genesis no ʻAmelika ʻĀkau me kāna mea hoʻokele 6-pihi. He mīkini pāʻani 16-bit o ka hanauna ʻehā i hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia ma Iāpana me ka inoa Mega Drive i ka lā 29 ʻOkakopa 1988, a ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau i ka lā 14 ʻAukake 1989. Ua kūʻai ʻia ma ke kumukūʻai $189.99 i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai, a ua komo pū me ka pāʻani Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I ka makahiki 1991, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Sonic the Hedgehog, ka pāʻani i lilo i hōʻailona no Sega. No ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki o ka Genesis, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Sega i ka Sega CD (1991) a me ka Sega 32X (1994), akā ʻaʻole i kūleʻa kēia mau mea hoʻonui. Ua kūʻai ʻia ka Genesis ma mua o ka Super Nintendo Entertainment System ma ʻAmelika no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO kēia ka hoʻololi ʻelua o ka mīkini pāʻani (Model 2) i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1993, me ke kino liʻiliʻi iho a māmā iho, a ua kāpae ʻia ka "16-BIT" mai ka pale mua. Ua hōʻike ʻia me ka mea hoʻokele 6-pihi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1993 no ka pāʻani ʻana iā Street Fighter II. Hiki i kēia mea hoʻokele ke hoʻohana ʻia me nā pāʻani kahiko a pau o ka Genesis, akā ua hoʻohana nā pāʻani hou i nā pihi ʻē aʻe no nā hana like ʻole.

I ka makahiki 1994, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Sega i ka Sega Saturn ma Iāpana. Ua manaʻo ʻo Sega e hoʻokuʻu i ka Saturn ma ʻAmelika i ka lā 2 Kepakemapa 1995, akā i ka lā 11 Mei 1995 ma ka E3, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Kalinske e kūʻai ʻia ana ka Saturn ma ia lā me ke kumukūʻai $399. ʻO kēia hoʻolaha hoʻohihi i hoʻopilikia i nā hale kūʻai i ʻae ʻole ʻia, a ua hoʻopau kekahi iā lākou i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana Sega.

Ua pilikia ka Saturn me ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe, ka nele o nā pāʻani maikaʻi, a me ka paʻakikī o ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi polygonal. ʻOiai ua kūleʻa nā pāʻani e like me Nights into Dreams, Panzer Dragoon Saga, a me Virtua Fighter, ua emi ka kūleʻa o ka Saturn ma mua o ka PlayStation a me ka Nintendo 64. Ma ka hopena, ua kūʻai ʻia he 9.26 miliona Saturn wale nō.

I ka makahiki 1998, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Sega i kāna mīkini pāʻani hope loa, ka Sega Dreamcast, ma Iāpana. Ua kūleʻa ka Dreamcast i ka hoʻomaka ʻana, me nā pāʻani kaulana e like me Sonic Adventure, Jet Set Radio, Shenmue, a me Crazy Taxi. Akā, i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka PlayStation 2 i ka makahiki 2000, ua emi ka kūʻai ʻana o ka Dreamcast.

I ka lā 31 Ianuali 2001, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Sega e hoʻopau ana i ka hana ʻana i ka Dreamcast. Ua hoʻololi ka hui i kāna hana a lilo i mea hana pāʻani wale nō no nā mīkini ʻē aʻe, me ka hoʻokuʻu mua ʻana iā Sonic Adventure 2 no ka Nintendo GameCube.

I ka makahiki 2004, ua hui ʻo Sega me ka Sammy Corporation a lilo i Sega Sammy Holdings. Mai ia manawa mai, ua kūleʻa ʻo Sega ma ke ʻano he mea hana pāʻani wikiō no nā mīkini like ʻole, me nā pāʻani kaulana e like me Yakuza, Persona, Football Manager, a me Total War. Ua hoʻokuʻu pū ʻo Sega i nā hoʻololi hou o Sonic the Hedgehog, a ua kūʻai mai i nā hui hana pāʻani e like me Atlus, Creative Assembly, a me Relic Entertainment.

Aia ke keʻena nui o Sega ma Shinagawa, Tōkiō. Aia nā keʻena ʻē aʻe ma:

• Irvine, Kaleponi (Sega of America)
• Lonekona (Sega Europe)
• Seoul (Sega Publishing Korea)
• Sinapoa
• Honokaona
• Kanahai
• Taipei

• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Phantasy Star
• Virtua Fighter
• Yakuza
• Persona
• Total War
• Football Manager
• Puyo Puyo

• Ka paena kūhelu o Sega
• Ka paena kūhelu o Sega Sammy Holdings

• Nintendo
• Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Electronic Arts
• Nā mīkini pāʻani wikiō

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