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  • An opened Sega Pico, showing a book cartridge installed.
    An opened Sega Pico, showing a book cartridge installed.

History

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The Sega Pico was initially released in June of 1993.[1]

The Sega Pico was released in the USA in 1994.[2]

In 1995 the Sega Pri Fun printer was released for the Pico and Saturn.[3][4]

The Pico sold poorly in North America, but was better received elsewhere with 3.4 million consoles sold by 2005.[5]

On August 5th, 2005 the Advanced Pico Beena was released in Japan.[6]

Technology

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A closed Sega Pico. The system was relatively portable in this mode.

Aside from lacking a Z80 processor and a Yamaha sound chip, and adding a DMA chip for audio, the Pico has similar specifications to the Mega Drive or Genesis.[7][8]

The pen uses a microswitch to detect presses.[9]

Special Editions

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  • Sega Pico Pikachu Edition[10]

Notable games (Storyware)

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For more listings see the List of Sega Pico games on Wikipedia.

2002

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  • Pokémon: Catch the Numbers!

2003

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  • Pokémon Advanced Generation: I've Begun Hiragana and Katakana!

2004

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  • Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pico for Everyone Pokémon Loud Battle!

External Resources

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Wikipedia has related information at Sega Pico

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sega Pico

References

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Parts of this page are based on materials from:
 Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia.
  1. ↑ "HISTORY SEGA 60th Anniversary". SEGA 60th Anniversary site. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Game Systems". www.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Printing Fun-Fun with Sega Pri Fun". retrostuff. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Pri Fun". Sega Retro. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sega Pico (1993 - 2005)". Museum of Obsolete Media. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Consolevariations - Sega Pico Advanced Beena Console". Consolevariations. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sega Pico - Game Console - Computing History". www.computinghistory.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Sega Pico". Sega Retro. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Sega Pico Pen Repair". retrostuff. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "10 Hardest To Find Limited Edition Versions Of Consoles (& How Much They're Worth Today)". Game Rant. 21 November 2019. https://gamerant.com/rare-limited-edition-consoles-worth-value-price/. 
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