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The Sega Genesis (known as the Sega Megadrive in (Japan?) Europe and Australia was a "16-bit" ] console released in Japan by ] 1988. The American release was 1989 and the european release was 1990. It first sold for around $200 at launch and was to become Sega's most successful console. In the United States, it was the most popular console throughout the early 1990's. Two adaptions were later designed to enhance the system: the ] and the ]. The Megadrive's main competetion was ]'s ], over which it has a head start in terms of user base and title numbers. Sega's successor to the Megadrive was the ] which was something of a flop in Europe (and the US) though in fact was a very successfull machine in its home territory of Japan. The Dreamcast proved to be Sega's last foray into the hardware market and it has now refocused its bussiness on relaseing its games on many ]s. | ||
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The Sega Genesis (known as the Sega Megadrive in (Japan?) Europe and Australia was a "16-bit" video game console released in Japan by Sega 1988. The American release was 1989 and the european release was 1990. It first sold for around $200 at launch and was to become Sega's most successful console. In the United States, it was the most popular console throughout the early 1990's. Two adaptions were later designed to enhance the system: the Sega 32X and the Sega CD. The Megadrive's main competetion was Nintendo's SNES, over which it has a head start in terms of user base and title numbers. Sega's successor to the Megadrive was the Saturn which was something of a flop in Europe (and the US) though in fact was a very successfull machine in its home territory of Japan. The Dreamcast proved to be Sega's last foray into the hardware market and it has now refocused its bussiness on relaseing its games on many platforms.
Specs:
CPU: Motorola M68000 16 bit processor running at 7.67Mhz
Sound CPU: Z80a running at 3.58 MHz
Main sound Chip: Yamaha YM2612 6 channel FM
Additional sound chip: 4 channel PSG
Palette: 512 Colors
Onscreen colors: 64
Maximum onscreen sprites: 80
Resolution: 320 x 224
Expansion port on the bottom right hand side for Sega CD
2 nine pin controller ports in the front of the machine.