This drew attention to the video game industry, and the Genesis and several of its games attracted legal scrutiny on matters involving reverse engineering and video game violence. The 1991 North American release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System triggered a fierce battle for market share in the United States and Europe known as the " console war". Contributing to its success was its library of arcade game ports, the popularity of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, several popular sports franchises, and aggressive youth marketing that positioned it as the cool console for adolescents. In Japan, the Mega Drive fared poorly against its two main competitors, Nintendo's Super Famicom and NEC's PC Engine, but it achieved considerable success in North America, Brazil, and Europe. Sega created two network services to support the Genesis: Sega Meganet and Sega Channel. It was released in several different versions, some created by third parties. Several add-ons were released, including a Power Base Converter to play Master System games. It plays a library of more than 900 games on ROM-based cartridges. 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 Motorola 68000 processor as the CPU, a Zilog Z80 as a sound controller, and a video system supporting hardware sprites, tiles, and scrolling. In South Korea, it was distributed by Samsung Electronics as the Super Gam*Boy and later the Super Aladdin Boy. In 1990, it was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe, Ozisoft in Australasia, and Tectoy in Brazil. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in 1989 in North America as the Genesis. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. Sonic the Hedgehog (15 million, pack-in).And once you get hooked, ask more people to play with you. Yes, up to 7 persons can play with you at the same time!
It's best feature is the eight-linked player game. The best part of Daytona USA isn't how it looks or sounds. Race through three beautiful circuits and race to get first! It's not an easy way to the top! Get behind the wheel of a Daytona car - the Hornet if you play alone or any of the special cars if you're lucky enough to get people to play with you. Groundbreaking when it first came out, it's popularity and reputation grew incredibly and it still is one of SEGA's most beloved titles today. One of the best arcade games to ever exist and without a doubt the most fun in the racing genre, only rivaled by it's successor, OutRun and Hydro Thunder Hurricane. If you grew up in the nineties, you can't NOT have played this game. "DU DU DU DU DU DU DURUUUU!! DAYTOOOOOOOOONNNNAAAAAAA! LET'S GO AWAY!"
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