It managed to stay in the markets for nearly ten years, until 1996 and this was primarily attributed to the European customers. The initial Sega Master System was released in Japan in 1986 and then in Europe and the United States in one year later. When its successor - Sega Game Gear entered the market, it was a huge improvement from its predecessor. Master Systems emerged as of the direct competitors of Nintendo in the development and manufacture of third generation consoles. When it was released, the sale of Sega Master System rivaled that of Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan, but the same was not the case in North America where it performed so poorly. Initially, the console was known as Sega Mark II, the name Master System was also very popular in Japan. 30.75 million first-party Genesis units were sold worldwide.Sega Master System, also known as SMS, is an 8-bit video gaming consoled developed and released by Sega in 1985. It was released in several different versions,Ĭontributing to its success were its library of arcade game ports, the popularity of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, several popular sports franchises,Īnd aggressive youth marketing that positioned it as the cool console for adolescents. Several add-ons were released, including a Power Base Converter to play Master System games. It plays a library of more than 900 games created by Sega and a wide array of third-party publishers delivered on ROM-based cartridges. Motorola 68000 processor as the CPU, a Zilog Z80 as a sound controller, and a video system supporting hardware sprites, tiles, and scrolling. In 1990, it was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe.ĭesigned by an R&D team supervised by Hideki Sato and Masami Ishikawa, the Genesis was adapted from Sega's System 16 arcade board, centered on a

Sega released it as the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988,Īnd later as the Genesis in North America in 1989.

The Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. It was a 16-bit fourth-generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. Known as the Mega Drive outside North America.

Online emulated version of Earthworm Jim was originally developed for the Sega Genesis Rating (42 users voted) SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive

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