Gremlin Industries
Gremlin Industries was an American arcade game manufacturer active from 1970 to 1983, based in San Diego, California. It was acquired by Sega in 1978, and afterwards was known as Gremlin/Sega or Sega/Gremlin. Among Sega/Gremlin's most notable games are Blockade and Head On, as well as being the North American distributors for Frogger and Zaxxon. The company's name was subsequently changed to Sega Electronics in 1982, before its operations were closed in 1983.
Logo as Sega/Gremlin, used from 1981 to 1982 | |
| Formerly | Gremlin Industries, Inc. (1971-1982) |
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| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1971 |
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| Fate | Manufacturing division sold to Bally Manufacturing and merged into Bally/Midway, library absorbed into Sega. Active as a shell corporation |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California |
| Products | Arcade game |
| Parent | Sega Enterprises Inc. (1978-1983) a subsidiary of Gulf & Western Industries |
Sega later released emulated and playable version of some of Sega/Gremlin games as vault material for the Sega Ages and Sega Genesis Collection series.
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