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Brazil Is An Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo

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Re: Brazil Is An Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo

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Post by goshx »

masklinn wrote: post #10
epidemian wrote: post #9

I'm pretty sure the Sega Genesis also beat the SNES by a large margin here in Argentina too. At least i grew up with a Genesis and knew a lot of people who had one, while i only knew of one person who owned a SNES[1]. One of the possible reasons for this is that there were cheap pirated Genesis games available[2], which, i think , SNES games were much more expensive, probably not pirated. [1]: The graphics and fluidi…

> the pirated cartridges didn't have a persistent writable memory Wait so you had to beat every game in a single sitting?

Yes Sir :)

Re: Brazil Is An Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo

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Post by sataaa »

shortformblog wrote: post #8
karaujo wrote: post #4

Stopped reading here: "its Master System (later called Genesis in America)". The Genesis was the Mega Drive, not the Master System. At the time Nintendo was not officially selling in Brazil, but there were several NES clones selling. Sega was popular, but not dominating the market entirely.

Hey there, Author of the piece. This was an error added during the editing process—if you read later in the piece, the difference is sussed out a bit. The point about NES clones becoming popular in Brazil is also touched upon in the piece. It's getting fixed now. Sorry about that.

It happens again throughout the story. The figure pictured here: https://i.imgur.com/M6YHU51.png misrepresents that also as a Genesis. No Master System in Brazil was a version of Genesis. The Master System revisions included the 6 button controllers but were still Master System consoles. Only played Master System games. Not Mega Drive games.

Every version of Genesis was called Mega Drive.

edit: Thanks for fixing it!

Re: Brazil Is An Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo

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Post by epidemian »

masklinn wrote: post #10
epidemian wrote: post #9

I'm pretty sure the Sega Genesis also beat the SNES by a large margin here in Argentina too. At least i grew up with a Genesis and knew a lot of people who had one, while i only knew of one person who owned a SNES[1]. One of the possible reasons for this is that there were cheap pirated Genesis games available[2], which, i think , SNES games were much more expensive, probably not pirated. [1]: The graphics and fluidi…

> the pirated cartridges didn't have a persistent writable memory Wait so you had to beat every game in a single sitting?

Yep, like on an arcade :). Or, you could also leave the Genesis plugged-in and take a break (or let other people watch TV) and then continue on. As long as the console was powered, the game state was preserved. But this prevented you from changing games, or other people form using the console, so it was seldom done.

Re: Brazil Is An Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo

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Post by imjk »

dfxm12 wrote: post #17
imjk wrote: post #5

I'm still waiting for TurboGrafx-16 to take off somewhere so that I can buy new games for it.

Check out this homebrew team. They even make their own version of a HUCard. http://www.aetherbyte.com/aetherbyte-software.html

Haha thanks man. I was really just venting some childhood bitterness from over 20 years ago when all my friends got Sega Genesis and I felt left out with my abandoned Turbografx-16. Appreciate it though.
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