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The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive [1] in regions outside of North America, is a 16-bit video game console that was designed and produced by Sega. First released in Japan on October 29, 1988, in North America on August 14, 1989, and in PAL regions in 1990, the Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System .
The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive [b] outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in 1989 in North America as the Genesis.
Sega's version of Mortal Kombat received generally more favorable reviews in the gaming press and outsold the SNES version three to one. This also led to Congressional hearings to investigate the marketing of violent video games to children, and to the creation of the Interactive Digital Software Association and the Entertainment Software ...
A North American Sega Genesis video game console with 6-button controller. The Sega Genesis is a 16-bit, fourth generation game console that was first released in 1988. This is the second remodel of the console and is shown with a 6-button that was r...
An official controller for the Sega Dreamcast, modeled after arcade cabinet controls. An arcade controller is a collective set of input devices designed primarily for use in an arcade cabinet. A typical control set consists of a joystick and a number of push-buttons. Less common setups include devices such as trackballs or steering wheels.
The Master System. The Master System which was renamed with a redesigned casing from original Sega Mark III, which had been released in the Japanese market in 1985—is a video game console released by Sega in the North American market in September 1986 to compete with the Nintendo Entertainment System, which had been released in the same market in February 1986 (an earlier test market for NES ...
Sega released Pong-Tron, its first video-based game, in 1973. [5] The company prospered from the arcade game boom of the late 1970s, with revenues climbing to over US$ 100 million by 1979. [ 6 ] Nagai has stated that Hang-On and Out Run helped to pull the arcade game market out of the 1983 downturn and created new genres of video games.
The Genesis version of the XBAND was released in November 1994, [4] with the Super NES version following in June 1995, [5] and the Super Famicom version in April 1996. [6] The Genesis version also works with the Genesis Nomad. [7]