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After the middling success of its preceding home console Master System, Sega came out swinging in 1989 with the Sega Genesis. Known as the Sega Mega Drive outside of North America, the console provided Nintendo with its first serious competitor in the console market space. The console featured some of the most prominent video games…

If you did a lot of gaming during the ’90s, you either played on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) or the Sega Genesis (Sega Mega Drive in Europe) — at least until the legendary Sony PlayStation was born. However, deciding between the SNES and the Genesis was no easy task since nobody could parse…

The Sega Genesis, or Mega-Drive as it was known in certain territories, was one of the most prominent home consoles of the ’90s. Powered by Sega’s signature blast processing, the 16-bit console gave Nintendo some serious competition with its own library of fan-favorite games. Sonic the Hedgehog first took off on the Genesis, while Sega…