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Master System / Game Gear
System
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The
original Master System
The
Game Gear
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The
Master
System (called Mark
III in Japan) was Sega´s competitor
for the NES. Though Sega constantly developed new (and good) games, the
Master System never beat the NES. The MS was most successful in Europe,
especially Great Britain, where most of the games were developed in the
"final" days in 1993/94. Overall, about
6
million consoles were sold world-wide until
the end of 1994. The Game Gear
is the portable version of the Master System, with slightly enhanced graphics
and stereo sound, but fully compatible (i.e. you can play MS games on the
GG with the use of a special adaptor). The Game Gear was sold 11
million times world-wide (2 million in Japan,
9 million in the rest of the world).
There's
another variation of the Master System, called Master System compact. Apparently,
this was only sold in Brazil.
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