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	Sega NAOMI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The SEGA NAOMI (N ew A rcade O peration M achine I dea) is a development of the Sega Dreamcast technology as a basis for an arcade system.
		The first Naomi hardware was demonstrated 1998 at JAMMA as the successor to the Model hardware.
		The first Naomi board was succeeded technologically the Naomi 2 debuted at JAMMA in It was basically similar to the Naomi and had full backwards compatibility.
	www.freeglossary.com /SEGA_NAOMI (412 words)

	Sega Dreamcast
		The Sega Dreamcast is the most recent Sega console to date even though it is officially dead.
		Microsoft cooperated with Sega hoping to promote its Windows CE for video games, but Windows CE for the Dreamcast showed bad performance and because of that was only used for very few games.
		Sega build a Arcade board based on the same technic as the Dreamcast called Sega NAOMI.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/dr/Dreamcast.html (347 words)

	Dark Watcher's Console History
		Sega of Japan however began developing ‘Dural’ which would sport a Hitachi SH-4 CPU with PowerVR2 graphics chipset designed by old console rival NEC/Videologic (Maker of the Turbografx 16, Turbo Duo, and PC-FX).
		Sega faced numerous lawsuits from companies such as 3Dfx, and were attempting to recover from a failed merger with Japanese company Bandai that occurred in January 23 1997.
		Sega initially could not afford to lower the price of the console because they would never meet the break-even point (losses from previous console failures did not help matters.
	darkwatcher.home.att.net /console/dc.htm (907 words)

	DCTP - SEGA's Naomi Technical Overview
		Naomi and Dreamcast are almost identical in that they both share the same CPU (Hitachi SH-4 200 MHz), same GPU (PowerVR Series2 100 MHz), and the same 64 channel ARM7 based sound system (Yamaha AICA 45 MHz).
		SEGA first showed the Naomi board at JAMMA (Japan Amusement Machinery Manufacturers Association), which took place from September 17th to the 20th, 1998 in Japan.
		SEGA is going to have standard cabinets (Naomi Universal Cabinet or NUC for short) for Naomi, with single and dual driving cabinets, and the regular standup arcade cabinets.
	www.segatech.com /arcade/naomi1/index.html (776 words)

	the stinger report
		In order to be able to easily change games Sega released the GD-ROM, which offers a new look at the issues of installing a game from a drive-based system, combining protection from their Masked ROM technology.
		Showing the familiar resilience and innovation that underlines the AM division of Sega, the original NAOMI was supercharged (doubling its performance) becoming the NAOMI 2, and inevitably the NAOMI 2 GD-ROM, as used on Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution.
		Being able to back a number of horses in the 3D hardware stakes is a new policy for Sega, able to dominate the next new wave, and maximize their efforts in the consumer sector by offering software for any of the hardware systems.
	www.thestingerreport.com /articles/article_005.htm (2539 words)

	Sega NAOMI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NAOMI packs twice as much system and graphics memory, and 4X as much sound memory.
		NAOMI games either use only solid-state ROMs without a GD-ROM, or else load data from a GD-ROM only once at the start of a game to avoid wear and tear on the hardware.
		Unlike most hardware platforms in the arcade industry, NAOMI is widely licensed for use by other manufacturers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sega_NAOMI (298 words)

	Sega NAOMI - development of the Sega Dreamcast technology
		The SEGA NAOMI (New Arcade Operation Machine Idea) is a development of the Sega Dreamcast technology as a basis for an arcade system.
		The first Naomi hardware was demonstrated in 1998 at JAMMA as the successor to the Model 3 hardware.
		The first Naomi board was succeeded technologically by the Naomi 2, debuted at JAMMA in 2000.
	www.japan-101.com /video_games/sega_naomi.htm (455 words)

	Sega Dreamcast information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sega confirmed that it made $98.4 million on combined hardware and software sales with the Dreamcast with its September 9, 1999 launch.
		Sega also produced a light gun for the system, although this was not sold in the US presumably because Sega did not want its name on a gun in the light of recent school shootings.
		Sega also developed the Dreameye (a digital camera for the Dreamcast) as well as a Zip drive for the console, but the Dreameye was only released in Japan and the Zip drive was never released to the public.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Sega_Dreamcast (4352 words)

	SEGA - Japanese video game developer
		Sega of Japan was purchased for $38 million by a group of investors led by Rosen and Hayao Nakayama, a Japanese businesman who owned a distribution company that had been acquired by Rosen in 1979.
		Unfortunately Sega has fallen on hard times recently and is moving out of hardware manufacturing, at least in the home console market; the arcade SEGA Naomi units are still being produced.
		Sega was attempting to "lock out" game companies from making Genesis games unless they paid Sega a fee (ostensibly to maintain a consistent level of quality of games for their system.) Their strategy was to make the hardware reject any catridge that did not include a sega trademark.
	www.japan-101.com /business/sega.htm (1228 words)

	DCTP - SEGA's Naomi 2 Technical Overview
		SEGA first showed Naomi 2 at the Japan Amusement Machinery Manufacturers Association (JAMMA) Fall 2000 arcade show in Tokyo, Japan which took place from September 21st to the 23rd.
		Naomi 2 has a dedicated geometry coprocessor to handle transformations and lighting which is rated at 10 million polygons per second with 6 light sources.
		Naomi 2 motherboard showing the geometry processor (under heatsink), the SH-4 CPU (upper middle part of the board), and the two PowerVR2 (CLX2) chips (under the fans).
	www.segatech.com /arcade/naomi2/index.html (1129 words)

	Sega Dreamcast
		The Sega Dreamcast is the most recent Sega video game console to date even though it is officially dead.
		The libraries that Sega offered gave room for much more performance, but they were sometimes more difficult to utilize when porting over existing PC applications.
		Sega released a board, using the same technology as the Dreamcast, called Sega NAOMI for use in arcade games.
	www.megalong.com /games/platform.asp?pid=10 (530 words)

	GameSpot: Sega Goes Naomi Crazy
		Sega developed this in conjunction with JAL (Japan Airlines).
		Sega announced that you can create your own wrestler on the Dreamcast version of the game and store the data to the Virtual Memory Unit, then use it in the arcade version.
		Sega also announced that SNK will develop Dreamcast-based arcade games.
	www.gamespot.com /news/2452327.html?print=1 (572 words)

	PlanetDreamcast: Games - Reviews - Virtua Striker 2
		The original Virtua Striker, by Sega arcade geniuses AM2, was released to much acclaim in 1994 on Sega's arcade board Model 2.
		Due to the similarity between the Naomi and Dreamcast hardware, Naomi to DC conversions can be darn near perfect.
		Sega has also made a few additions to the configuration options.
	www.planetdreamcast.com /games/reviews/virtuastriker2 (1290 words)

	Lindbergh Unleashed! // News
		SEGA`s new arcade board unveiled at AM Show with a sample of titles set to take advantage of the technology...
		As well as revealing Lindbergh’s figures, SEGA has also confirmed the development of several titles set to utilise the power of the new board including Virtua Fighter 5, Power Smash 3 (Virtua Tennis 3), the somewhat mysteriously name Psy-Phi, and a long overdue update of 16-bit classic – Afterburner.
		SEGA announce a heavyweight line-up for the forthcoming AM event, suggesting Xbox360 ports on the horizon...
	www.totalvideogames.com /news/Lindbergh_Unleashed_8338_5874_0.htm (475 words)

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		NAOMI games with one motherboard provide near-flawless conversion(House of the Dead 2), but games with multiple motherboards(Ferrari F355) or games on the Model 3 board(Sega Rally 2), may provide difficult to do conversions for.
		Get a developers' kit from Sega, so you have the exact programs and tools that Sega uses themselves to make games for the NAOMI(This step can be sidestepped, but making a game compatible with the NAOMI later can be quite a hassle).
		Sega of America, Inc. P.O. Box 7654 San Francisco, CA 94129-7654 Game List This is a list of all the SEGA NAOMI games out now, or are coming out soon.
	members.aol.com /CMull11217/private/seganaomi.txt (1975 words)

	Giz10p Games - Suppliers of retro & modern arcade machines
		Sega Rally Upright added, we also have two more Sega Naomi's in stock, sorry but these are going out faster than we can add them to the site.
		4 Sega Naomi's are now in stock and are currently being workshoped, done to customers specification with anything from a 6 button panel to a tri sync monitor.
		The 6 button Naomi has sold before we had chance to list it on the site, good news is we have secured another 4 that are incoming shortly.
	www.giz10p.co.uk (295 words)

	Gamasutra - MGT Report: JAMMA in Ya Ear
		Sega's coin-op games have been easily its strongest products over the past couple of years, and this coin-op dominance is continuing.
		It was always presumed that Sega would have the time and inclination to make their best arcade games available on their next console, whatever the correlation between arcade and home hardware.
		Sega's Mogu Rapper attempts to board the very same bandwagon as it happens, showing that novelty titles like this are going down very well in Japan right now.
	www.gamasutra.com /newswire/industry_analysis/mgt_report/19980925.htm (1595 words)

	Sega Amusements USA - Supplier of Coin Operated Arcade Games & Merchandise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sega Amusements USA, Inc. is the leading entertainment company for the coin-operated amusement industry.
		Sega manufactures a variety of unique and innovative product to suit all entertainment markets including truck stops, family entertainment centers, bars, restaurants and more.
		Sega Amusements USA, Inc. (SAU) announces the hire of Candice Lozano and Daria Szpiczakowska to the Merchandise Division.
	www.segaarcade.com (231 words)

	FUTURE GAMEZ - Extreme Excitement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sega have announced that the Dreamcast VMS will plug into Sega's Naomi arcade unit.
		One interesting thing to note about the Naomi arcade board is that you will be able to plug in the VMS unit to save high scores and copy data to and from the Dreamcast.
		The Sega X web site is one of the most comprehensive web sites and you will find a link to their site on my LINKS page.
	www.futuregamez.net /news/news9809.html (3052 words)

	Rumors about Sega! - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
		Sega decided on a PowerVR2 DC 3d chip made by NEC It is a pretty nice 3d chip and is capable of cranking out some great lighting, textures and animation.
		Sega used a unique disk format called GD-ROM that could store a Gig of data and were supposedly impossible to pirate but were eventually hacked and could be duplicated using normal CD-Rs.
		Sega did make a Broadband Ethernet Adapter for the Dreamcast but it did not come out until the very end of the Dreamcast life and is still very rare.
	www.gamedev.net /community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=304195 (2812 words)

	NEC Introduces PowerVR 3-D Engine - Technology News by TechWeb
		As it strengthens its ties to Sega Enterprises, NEC Electronics is preparing its PowerVR 3-D architecture for an assault later this year on the fiercely competitive market for PC graphics controllers.
		Sega claims Naomi will achieve more than 3 million polygons per second, and boasts a polygon fill rate exceeding 1 gigapixel per second.
		Naomi is basically a beefed-up version of the Dreamcast game-console platform, which will make its debut in Japan in November.
	www.techweb.com /wire/story/TWB19980923S0008 (564 words)

	Gamasutra - NewsWire - MGT Report [02.26.1999]
		I commented on many of Sega's releases in the last MGT Report, but the company showed a number of titles at AOU that didn't make an appearance at the ATEI show.
		It's the first playable title from Sega to utilize multiple Naomi boards, and I believe that it's going to be the new standard for Sega's high-end arcade machines for the foreseeable future.
		SNK announced that it would develop some titles on Naomi in the future, which presumably means a phasing out for the company's not- super-hot Hyper Neo Geo 64 3D technology eventually.
	www.gamasutra.com /newswire/mgt_report/19990226.htm (1309 words)

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		SEGA co-founder David Rosen with one of the company's early game machines.
		Upon approaching SEGA’s territory at E3, you couldn’t help but notice how the former quiet command center of last year had become a bustling stadium of activity.
		According to Moore, SEGA got itself out of a pinch with its Dreamcast unloading effort, while making another successful play by releasing titles for the top 3 consoles: “…To get out of something… that’s dead in the consumer’s eyes is a very expensive proposition… Not only did we do that well; we did that profitably.
	nyjtimes.com /Entertainment/Games/E302/Features/SEGA.htm (998 words)

	XboxAddict \| 360.Xboxaddict.com - Your home for all of your Xbox, Xbox 360 Games, Cheats, Review and Previews \| Xbox, ...
		Sega representatives have moved to quash reports that the company’s new "Lindbergh" arcade board, which will power titles including House of the Dead 4 and Virtua Fighter 5, is based on Xbox 360 hardware.
		It wouldn’t be a radical departure for Sega; Atomiswave itself is based on the same CPU that was used by the Dreamcast and the Sega Naomi arcade board.
		Indeed, as far back as late 2003 Sammy was clear on its intention for Sega to work on Atomiswave hardware, with then-Sammy CEO (and now overall boss of Sega Sammy) Hajime Satomi telling investors that he hoped to strengthen Sammy’s arcade business through the relationship with Sega.
	www.xboxaddict.com /news/view.php?News_ID=6218 (414 words)

	Vidgame.net: Sega Titan Video System STV
		The Sega Titan Video System (STV for short) was the predesser to the Sega Naomi.
		The Sega Saturn was based off the hardware of the STV which is interesting because Titan is one of the moons orbiting Saturn.
		Sega had set up region lock out on this board, so games from one company are said to not be playable on a board from a different country.
	www.vidgame.net /arcade/stv.htm (186 words)

	Virtua Tennis: Sega Professional Tennis (drm: 2000): Reviews
		Even the feel and sounds of the players grunting, and the racket hitting the ball is just so realistic.
		The only downsides are that there are no female players (come on Sega!) and in Exhibition mode you can only set up one set matches - there are no full-on grand slams.
		Sega's latest NAOMI-to-Dreamcast conversion excels in nearly all accounts, providing crisp visuals, strong gameplay and plenty of replay value--it's an ace all the way, and a game one would be foolhardy to pass up.
	www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/drm/virtuatennissegaprof (691 words)

	Roo's Dreamcast Page - GRAPHICS
		SEGA of America is working on a 3Dfx Voodoo system called Black Belt and SEGA of Japan is working on a NEC/VideoLogic PowerVR system using the 'Highlander' chip.
		SEGA had a contract with 3Dfx Interactive to design a graphics chip for the Dreamcast.
		SEGA may not have had any contractual agreement to use this graphics chip in the Dreamcast, but there is almost no question that SEGA has to pay 3Dfx for the full cost of designing the chip.
	underworld.fortunecity.com /sonic/100/gp.htm (1383 words)

	Sega Selects PowerVr \| Corporate News 1998 \| NEC Electronics America - Semiconductor Solutions
		The arcade boards are expected to achieve more than three million polygons per second, with a peak fill rate exceeding one gigapixel per second, delivering more than three times the performance of current arcade-based systems.
		Used in Sega-branded machines, as well as in arcade machines made by other manufacturers, Naomi systems and the first game, "The House of the Dead 2™" will be available in Japan in November 1998, and in the U.S. and Europe in 1999.
		Sega is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
	www.am.necel.com /news/newsdetail.html?page=10625 (836 words)

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