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  • The Sega SG 1000 and controller.
    The Sega SG 1000 and controller.

History

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Background

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The former Sega of Japan Headquarters building in the Ōta ward of Tokyo, Japan.

Sega has its origins in Standard Games, a Honolulu, Hawaii based American amusement company founded in 1940.[1][2] Sega, a shortened version of Service Games, would form into a Japanese amusement company in a roundabout way as American legislation banned coin operated gambling games in their primary markets.[3] [2][4]

Launch

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SG-1000 Logotype.

The SG-1000 was launched on July 15, 1983 in Japan on the same day as the Nintendo Famicom launch.[5]

The improved Mark III was launched in October of 1985.[6]

The SG-3000 model added a keyboard, and proved to be more popular in Japan then the original SG-1000.[7]

By 1985 the SG-1000 sold about two million units.[8] The SG-1000 was followed by the Sega Master System.

The Dina game console was also related to the SG-1000.

Technology

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The cartridges used by the SG-1000 and the SC-3000.

The SG-1000 CPU uses a 8 bit Zilog Z80A clocked at 3.58 megahertz.[9]

The SG-1000 uses a Texas Instruments TMS9928A for graphics processing, and a Texas Instruments SN76489 for sound processing.[9]

Notable Games

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1984

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Girl's Garden

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Released in either 1984 or 1985.

Read more about Girl's Garden on Wikipedia.

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SG-1000

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    The front of the SG-1000.
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    The front of the SG-1000.
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    The back of the SG-1000 with ports visible.
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    The back of the SG-1000 with ports visible.

SG-1000 II

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SG-1000 III

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    The MKIII has two controller ports on the front of the console - A design decision also used on the Master System.
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SC-3000

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Telegames Personal Arcade

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    The Telegames Personal Arcade, a ColecoVision and Sega SG-1000 compatible console.
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    The console, also known as the Dina 2 in 1, could dock controllers on the side.
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    The console rear hosted I/O ports.
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    The controller for the Telegames Personal Arcade.

References

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  1. ↑ "Your Turn: A brief history of Sega". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. ↑ a b "Meet The Four Americans Who Built Sega". Kotaku. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Service Games, Hawaii". Sega Retro. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sega History - Zippia". www.zippia.com. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ↑ McGuire, Keegan (23 October 2020). "The untold truth of Sega's first console". Looper.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "HISTORY SEGA 60th Anniversary". SEGA 60th Anniversary site. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Story of Sega's First Console, Which Was Not The Master System" (in en-us). Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/the-story-of-segas-first-console-which-was-not-the-mas-5888800. Retrieved 27 October 2020. 
  8. ↑ "Feature: A Look Back At the SG-1000, Sega's First Ever Home Console". Nintendo Life. 25 June 2018. https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/06/feature_a_look_back_at_the_sg-1000_segas_first_ever_home_console. Retrieved 26 October 2020. 
  9. ↑ a b "Playing the SG-1000, Sega's First Game Machine" (in en-us). Wired. https://www.wired.com/2009/10/sega-sg-1000/. Retrieved 26 October 2020. 
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