Sammy Corporation

Japan Founded 1975 Website

Sammy Corporation is a Japanese developer and retailer of pachinko and pachislot machines, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its South Korean office, Sammy Amusement Service, is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Sammy is a subsidiary of the entertainment conglomerate Sega Sammy Holdings. Sammy was founded as Sammy Industry on November 1, 1975 as a spin-off of the arcade division of Satomi Corporation. The company primarily dealt with slot machines and arcade cabinets in Japan. Sammy expanded into video game development in the 1990s with games such as Viewpoint, Survival Arts, and The Rumble Fish. Sammy largely abandoned the video game industry by the late 1990s to focus on its pachinko and arcade management operations. In 2004, Sammy merged with video game developer and publisher Sega to form Sega Sammy Holdings.

Sammy Corporation at a Glance

Sammy Corporation is a Japanese company founded in 1975 that started as a maker of slot machines and arcade cabinets. While the firm remains best known for its pachinko and pachislot operations today, it did attempt a period of video game development between 1992 and 2004. Their catalog on PlayPile contains only 12 titles, with 12 listed as publisher credits and just 3 as developer credits. This small output reflects their shift away from software creation to focus on arcade management and gambling hardware by the late 1990s. The company released most of its games during the 1990s, accounting for eight titles. Only three games appeared in the 2000s before the entity merged with Sega in 2004. Their library covers a wide range of genres without settling on one specific niche. Sports, shooters, simulators, arcade games, adventure titles, hack and slash games, strategy games, and puzzles all appear in their portfolio. The PlayStation platform saw the most activity with four releases, followed by three arcade titles and three Super Famicom games. They also released two titles for the PlayStation 2 and one PC game. Quality assessment shows a limited sample size to judge the whole company. Only one title has an IGDB rating in their profile, which is Lucky Luke from 1998. That game holds a score of 69.6 out of 100, placing it in the good category. This single data point prevents a broader statement about their overall quality trends. Other recent releases like Block Pong-Pong, Berserk: Millennium Falcon-hen - Seima Senki no Shou, and Vampire Panic lack rating data in this profile. Sammy Corporation began as Sammy Industry in 1975 after splitting from Satomi Corporation. They entered the video game market in the 1990s with projects like Viewpoint, Survival Arts, and The Rumble Fish. Despite this expansion, they eventually abandoned video game development to concentrate on their core gambling business. The company is now a subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings following a merger that solidified its role as a pachinko operator rather than a traditional game developer.

Total Games

69.6

Avg Rating

1992

First Release

2004

Latest Release