New Sega Arcade Systems In Development

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Sega licenses upcoming high-end graphics technology from UK-based Imagination Technologies for use in arcade systems.

 

In an annual financial report posted on its official Web site, UK-based Imagine Technologies has revealed that its imminent "high-end next-generation graphics technology that targets arcade, PC, and console" has already been licensed to Sega for use in arcade systems. Imagination is best known for its PowerVR graphics, video, and display technologies, which, in addition to Sega, are licensed to the likes of Frontier Silicon, Intel, Philips, Renesas, Samsung, Sharp, Sunplus, and TI.

 

The new Sega arcade board will be the company's first since the Dreamcast-esque Naomi board that, in recent years, Sega has shunned in favor of Microsoft's Xbox-based Chihiro boards. A statement from Imagination's Chief Executive Hossein Yassaie suggests that the new Sega arcade boards are expected to ship in early 2005.

 

"We have made continued progress in the amusement market with existing customers Aristocrat and IGT as they ship advanced products using our graphics technology," reads the statement from Yassaie. "Developments with Renesas/Sammy and the latest Sega partnership are expected to lead to volume shipments in the amusement machine market starting from the second half of this year and early next year, respectively."

 

We'll bring you more information on the story as soon as it becomes available.

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This is more great news for SEGA, they got their dreamcast getting emulated next week too!

[Gryph]

This is indeed very good news. Could this be the savior of the arcade industry? Probably not but it's fun to be delusional.

 

Emulator authors get cracking!

[Fatal Rose]

Great news.

[Wizard]

I want to see what will Sega and it's partners will put out with this hardware.

[Cominus]

what does this mean?

[Ash_crimson]

What will become of the atomiswave or this new board once sammy completes its purchase of sega??? surely they'll consider it pointless having both arcade systems in use???

Edited May 26, 2004 by Ash_crimson

[Wizard]

Acutally, Sega leads the in the Arcade market in Japan. So Sammy buying them would deal a great blow to the new Merged company if it was a complete take over. Since the NAOMI board is in more quantities then Atomiswave.

[Ash_crimson]

Acutally, Sega leads the in the Arcade market in Japan. So Sammy buying them would deal a great blow to the new Merged company if it was a complete take over. Since the NAOMI board is in more quantities then Atomiswave.

As far as im aware Sega has dropped Naomi and stopping games for the chihiro board mentioned in the original post for this new board once its released. so Naomi is out of the equation... but Sammy has already aquired and planned a number of new games for the Atomiswave... if/when they purchase sega will the games be delayed for the new board? Maybe Sega will stay a seperate division away from Sammy and focus on arcade production or something??

[random guy]

This is more great news for SEGA, they got their dreamcast getting emulated next week too!

I wonder how they feel about the dc getting emulated? Its not like they're getting any more money from it so I don't think they'd mind that much. I know that the main dude from Atari was quite happy to see emulators for old atari systems - but then again, we're talking about 20-year old systems there, rather than the 4- or 5- (or whatever) year old Dreamcast.