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Sega announced a North American release date for the system on January 9, 1989. At the time, Sega did not possess a North American sales and marketing organization and was distributing its Master System through Tonka.
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 system supports a library of 881 games created both by Sega and a wide array of third-party publishers and delivered on ROM cartridges . [2]
In 1987, Sega announced a North American release date for the system of January 9 1989, making it the second console to feature a 16-bit CPU (the first one being the Mattel Intellivision) and the first to feature single-instruction 32-bit arithmetic.
Sep 19, 2020 · Ten months later, in August of 1989, SEGA released the SEGA Genesis in North America, bundled with a port of their co-op arcade hit Altered Beast. At the time, Sega of America’s CEO Michael Katz had put together an aggressive marketing campaign and put a focus on games specifically geared towards an American market using celebrity names to ...
Mar 28, 2014 · Manufacturer: SEGA | Release Year: 1989. Known as the Mega Drive in Europe and Japan, the Genesis was known for having classics in nearly every genre with support from Electronic Arts giving it...
The Sega Genesis, also known as the Mega Drive 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.
The Sega Genesis was the second Sega console released. It first launched in Japan on October 29, 1988, followed by in North America on August 14, 1989. It finally launched in the PAL region on November 30, 1990 with the help of Virgin Mastertronic (who were later bought in 1991 and turned into Sega of Europe).
Jul 22, 2023 · The Sega Genesis is a home video game console released on October 29, 1988 by Sega as the Mega Drive (メガドライブ Mega Doraibu), the name it is known as outside North America. The reason for the two names is that Sega was unable to secure legal rights to the Mega Drive name in North America.
Launch Date: January 9, 1989. Manufacturer: Sega. Format: Cartridge. Controller ports: 2. Save Capability: None. Number of Games: Over 500. Video Output: RF, Composite. Original Price: $189.99.
Sega soon announced their initial US release date of 9th January 1989 and emphasised that the Genesis was the first true 16-bit system (PC Engine (or Turbo GrafX 16 as it was called in the US) wasn\'t). The announced price was US$200.
