It always sounded a bit crunchy, but crunchy in a good way. SEGA’s 16-bit console, whether you call it the Genesis or Mega Drive, always had a unique sound thanks to it’s Yamaha YM2612 sound chip.

The Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive) was based around the fairly common Motorola 68000 processor, but this wasn’t the only processor in the console. There were a number of coprocessors including a ...

but its home console, the Sega Mega Drive, was struggling. That's when Michael Katz, the president of Sega of America, decided that in order to challenge Nintendo, Sega had to focus its sights on ...

the big console battle was between the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis (also known as the Super Famicom and Mega Drive in Japan, respectively). Sega's strategy of choice ...

becoming a major player in the home console market with its iconic Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, and Dreamcast systems. Later, the company stopped making consoles and focused solely on games.

The great console wars of the early- to mid-90's was waged between two titans of the industry: Sega and Nintendo. In Nintendo's corner was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, while Sega hit back ...

was an accessory for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis, allowing the machine to play more advanced games, effectively making it a new console. It wasn't a runaway success for the company, but it was a ...