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The Sega Master System in the Age of Nintendo

The Sega Master System in the Age of Nintendo

Everything 80s · Jamie Logie | 1980s Pop Culture and Nostalgia

January 7, 202639m 2s

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Show Notes

As the dust settled after the Great Video Game Crash of 1983, a new console emerged ready to take the world of video games to a whole new level. But the Nintendo Entertainment System wouldn't be the only console that made a mark on the 1980s...

The NES had gotten there first and had taken a stranglehold on the market, but another Japanese company was about to enter our homes. It began as the Mark 3, but in 1986, after some design changes and a new name, the Sega Master System was ready to hit North America.

Boasting better graphics, colors, and accessories, the high-tech Master System seemed like a step up from the NES -- but had Nintendo left room for anyone else...?