Sega Technical Institute
The Sega Technical Institute was a video game development division of Sega based in the United States, unlike the AM divisions which were based in Japan.
STI was at one time an elite organization within Sega of America that developed games such as Kid Chameleon, Comix Zone, The Ooze and Die Hard Arcade (this one being the result of a collaboration between STI and successful arcade game developers AM1).
While the original Sonic the Hedgehog was developed in Japan by Sonic Team, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was developed by Sonic Team in the US with several members of Sega Technical Institute assisting.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were again developed by Sonic Team in the US, but this time with some of STI's musicians contributing to the score. Sega Technical Institute held the principal responsibility for Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball instead.
Sonic Spinball was also developed by Polygames Interactive Limited. It was released in 1993 for the Mega Drive/Genesis after Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Also STI developed Compile released Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for the Mega Drive/Genesis after Sonic Spinball.
STI disbanded after the cancellation of Sonic X-treme. Some of the key members then went to Microsoft and Luxoflux.
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