Sega history
Sega history
How did Sega go from being an American company in Japan to a straight Japanese company? When ever I read anything about Sega's history, which is not much, they mention how Sega was originally formed by two Americans as Service Games and was set up to import jukeboxes and pinball machines to military bases in Japan and then leave it at that. Well how did they go from that to the Sega we are more familiar with?
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Dick Stewart and Ray LaMaire of Service Games, David Rosen Photorama Enterprises and Taito merger. I think there was always Japanese influence from the start. SEGA was an alliance ownership of investors, even Gulf Western Oil then Bally Midway. Hayao Nakayama, the chief investor became CEO in March 1984. This happened after the launch of the Nintendo Famicom.
Chapter 19 for Birth of Sega. A great read!
Chapter 19 for Birth of Sega. A great read!
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And Taito was started by a Russian living in Japan, right? So Taito has something to do with Sega? I thought it was two completely different companies.
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Oop, that merger didn't happen after re-reading page 339. Michael Kogan of Taito backed off.Octopod wrote:And Taito was started by a Russian living in Japan, right? So Taito has something to do with Sega? I thought it was two completely different companies.
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That's nothing. Radio Shack was once a leather company started by a Russian-American immigrant. Go figure.
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I actually think I have that book somewhere here. I'll have to look for it.
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I thought it was Square Enix that acquired Taito.CRTGAMER wrote:Oop, that merger didn't happen after re-reading page 339. Michael Kogan of Taito backed off.Octopod wrote:And Taito was started by a Russian living in Japan, right? So Taito has something to do with Sega? I thought it was two completely different companies.
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I think you are thinking of Coleco maybe? It is short for Connecticut Leather Company.lisalover1 wrote:That's nothing. Radio Shack was once a leather company started by a Russian-American immigrant. Go figure.
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I think I am; that would make more sense.Octopod wrote:I think you are thinking of Coleco maybe? It is short for Connecticut Leather Company.lisalover1 wrote:That's nothing. Radio Shack was once a leather company started by a Russian-American immigrant. Go figure.
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Yeah business and companies can have founding that end up complete different from what we see now.
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