VGEsoterica
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The worst part about titles is sometimes they sound like clickbait...but are genuinely true. Like this! lol
While watching Top Gun: Maverick with my wife I turned to her in a scene and brought up Sega and their arcade division. After calling me a nerd (deservedly so) she said it was an interesting story.
Back in the 90s Sega got involved with Lockheed and Martin Marietta to develop the Model 2 and Model 3 arcade boards...as well as the successor console to Saturn that WOULD have been Dreamcast...before they cancelled that and moved onto the whole 3DFX/NEC competition. So much so that Martin Marietta co-developed and funded an arcade game named Desert Tank on the Model 2 board.
The Top Gun connection? 1) The same companies that make the planes you see in Top Gun made the arcade boards for Sega and 2) one Sega arcade game has a shot for shot remake of scenes from Top Gun itself
just a fun but of weird gaming history for the July 4th weekend!
While watching Top Gun: Maverick with my wife I turned to her in a scene and brought up Sega and their arcade division. After calling me a nerd (deservedly so) she said it was an interesting story.
Back in the 90s Sega got involved with Lockheed and Martin Marietta to develop the Model 2 and Model 3 arcade boards...as well as the successor console to Saturn that WOULD have been Dreamcast...before they cancelled that and moved onto the whole 3DFX/NEC competition. So much so that Martin Marietta co-developed and funded an arcade game named Desert Tank on the Model 2 board.
The Top Gun connection? 1) The same companies that make the planes you see in Top Gun made the arcade boards for Sega and 2) one Sega arcade game has a shot for shot remake of scenes from Top Gun itself
just a fun but of weird gaming history for the July 4th weekend!