Thankfully the bigwigs came to their senses realising that System-X sounded a bit pants and also had a little too much in common withВ Microsoft's creativelyВ named 'Xbox' (sarcasm intended) and as such it was finally renamed to the rather catchy: Atomiswave. The result of which was the development of the code-named 'System-X' getting underway. The history of the system is murky at best, but itвЂ™s thought that in early 2002, SammyвЂ™s then-president Hajime Satomi, met with SegaвЂ™s AM4 R&D division to discuss such a deal. Guilty Gear X: Punching little girls in the face since the year 2000ДЄt this time, the Japanese conglomerate CSK owned the controlling share in both Sega and Sammy, so it was in their best interest to come up with a deal that could potentially turn SegaвЂ™s surplus of hardware, intended for use in the manufacture of Dreamcast and/or Naomi units, from SegaвЂ™s burden into mutual gain for the two companies. After getting a taste of the profits to be made in the Japanese arcade space, and with the stagnation of the Pachinko industry looming overhead, Sammy execs began setting their sights on diversifying their business model byВ obtaining a bigger piece of the arcade pie. Guilty Gear X began with fairly low economic expectations, but its combination of incredible animation, deep fighting mechanics and larger than life cast of characters ensured it became a huge hit in Japanese arcades, spawning four more sequels to the Naomi. SammyвЂ™s first experience with Dreamcast hardware was as co-developer working on the timeless classic Jissen Pachi-Slot Kongdom (who doesnвЂ™t have fond childhood memories of that one, eh?), but they later published the cheese-fest that is Death Crimson OX (in the US at least) and more importantly, the fan favourite Guilty Gear X series. While Sammy had dabbled in game development and publishing, and even had a stab at creating an arcade board in a joint venture with Seta and Visco (the SSV), their main focus had always been in the Japanese pachinko and slot machine marketвЂ¦that is, until the Dreamcast hardware appeared.Дespite having lived in Japan for almost seven years, pachinko remains a mystery to me. *Scott (aka DocEggfan) has already written an article on the similarities between the Atomiswave and Dreamcast hardware, so be sure to check that out here:ДЇorensic Examination of the Dreamcast Corpse File 1 of 2ДЇorensic Examination of the Dreamcast Corpse File 2 of 2

With this in mind, if you consider yourself a fan of the Dreamcast, or the Neo Geo for that matter, youвЂ™d be doing yourself a great disservice by overlooking it.ДЄs always, if you havenвЂ™t yet done so then be sure to check out the previous parts in the series. Out of all the hardware in the family, the Atomiswave is perhaps the most similar to the Dreamcast on a technical level and was supported by three names in gaming synonymous with the console's library: SNK, Sammy and Sega. вЂњWelcome back to the stage of history.вЂќ It's been a long time coming, and for that I can only apologise, but this mammoth article has finally been completed so let's take a look at the fourth system in the Dreamcast family of hardware: the Sammy Atomiswave.

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