Atomiswave

The Atomiswave is a cartridge-based video game system for JAMMA arcade cabinets, intended for arcades, created by the Japanese company Sammy. It was launched in the beginning of 2003. The Atomiswave is intended to be a low-cost, very easy to use and easily modular game system, with the ability to easily connect a gun, a steering wheel or a trackball. From its launch, the Atomiswave benefited from the support of the company SNK Playmore, which decided to abandon the development of arcade games on the Neo-Geo MVS in favor of this system for its future games. The other developers supporting the system are Dimps, IGS and Arc System Works, but the majority of Atomiswave titles are developed by Sammy. It should also be noted that Sammy and Sega, both having a past in video games and arcades, merged in 2004, during the operation of this system. The two companies are now part of the same group, now led by the parent company Sega Sammy Holdings. In 2009, three years after the release of the last Atomiswave game, Sega Amusement USA decided to release two new games for the system, Sega Clay Challenge and Sega Bass Fishing Challenge, intended to update the Atomiswave cabinets still in operation.