Sega Enterprises, Inc.

United States Founded 1974

Sega Enterprises, Inc. was the parent company of Sega Enterprises, Ltd. and Gremlin Industries. It was established by Gulf+Western and the first game it produced was Bullet Mark. SEI also traded as "Sega of America", sold electro-mechanical arcade games, sold the Sega-Vision (as part of a short-lived home theater division), and was responsible for the licensing and publishing of home console and computer versions of Sega arcade titles. The company purchased Gremlin Industries in 1978. This company, eventually becoming "Sega Electronics" was sold to Bally Midway in 1983. In April 1984 Sega's Japanese arm was purchased by a group of investors including Hayao Nakayama, David Rosen and Isao Okawa, becoming a subsidiary of CSK. The remaining American Sega assets owned by Gulf+Western would then be absorbed; SEI became Simon & Schuster Entertainment Software, Inc. on March 18, 1985 before becoming a shell company, Ages Entertainment Software, Inc. on August 30 of the same year.

Sega Enterprises, Inc. at a Glance

If you are browsing PlayPile looking for Sega Enterprises, Inc., you will find a company with a very specific history and output. This publisher was founded in 1974 in the United States and operated actively from 1980 to 1996. The data shows they have only 13 games listed on our platform, with 12 titles credited as a publisher and 8 as a developer. Their catalog is heavily skewed toward the arcade market, with 11 games in that genre alone. They also published shooters, racing games, and single entries in platformers, RPGs, strategy, and sports categories. Most of their work appeared on arcade hardware, but you will also find titles for the Atari 2600, MSX, ColecoVision, Intellivision, and several home computers like the Apple II and Commodore C64. The company released most of its known games in the 1980s with 11 titles during that decade. Only two games appeared in the 1990s. Their rating history on PlayPile is based on just three rated titles, which results in an average score of 79.4 out of 100. The quality trend shows one great game and two good ones, with no mixed or poor ratings in this specific dataset. Dragon Force from March 1996 holds the highest spot at 86.8/100. Tac-Scan from 1982 follows closely at 79.6, while Congo Bongo from 1983 sits at 71.9. These titles represent their top-rated work, but the small sample size means this data may not reflect their entire historical output. Sega Enterprises Inc. was established by Gulf+Western and produced its first game, Bullet Mark. The company bought Gremlin Industries in 1978 before selling that subsidiary to Bally Midway in 1983. In April 1984, a group of investors bought Sega's Japanese arm, and the remaining American assets were absorbed by Gulf+Western. By March 1985, this entity became Simon & Schuster Entertainment Software, Inc. before turning into a shell company later that same year. This corporate shift aligns with their reduced output in the early 1990s. While they handled licensing for home console versions of arcade hits and sold electro-mechanical games, their presence on PlayPile is limited to this short window of activity during the 80s and 90s.

Total Games

79.4

Avg Rating

1980

First Release

1996

Latest Release