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Sega Pinball
Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of Sega Pinball machines.
Sega Pinball Inc. was a division of Sega from 1994 to September 1999. Sega first entered the pinball market in 1971, but stopped production in 1978. Sega re-entered the market when it took over Data East's pinball division in 1994. They produced machines under the name Sega Pinball Inc. for 5 years before leaving the market again in 1999. Sega sold all pinball assets to Gary Stern, president of the division, who then founded Stern Pinball, Inc. on October 1, 1999.