However, the Game Gear was backed up by significantly more popular titles and consequently the market became dominated by Nintendo followed by Sega in a distant second and the Lynx in third.

The Sega Dreamcast followed in 1998, and launched with the return of Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic Adventure.

Future games that followed in the mould of Super Mario Kart include South Park Rally, Konami Krazy Racers, Diddy Kong Racing, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and several racing games in the Crash Bandicoot series.

It enjoyed a degree of success in arcades and was subsequently ported to the Sega Mega Drive by Toaplan on May 31, 1991 in Japan, and by Sega during the following year in Europe, followed by a PC Engine CD-ROM release by Naxat Soft on September 18, 1992 only in Japan.

The game followed the typical eight-way directional pad / stick with six-button layout common to most fighting games at the time ( more commonly in this case, Street Fighter II ), forcing users of the standard three-button Mega Drive / Genesis controller to purchase a more elaborate, six-button controller or else use an inconvenient method of switching between punches and kicks by pressing start, as this game was especially developed to be played with the Sega Activator.

Later, two animated shows featuring this character, as well as a Sega Genesis video game and a variety of other merchandise followed.

His name sounds similar to phrase as well as, a reference to the new white color version of the Japanese Sega Saturn which followed the original gray version.

The voiceover narrates that " Segata Sanshiro will live on in your hearts ," followed by a display of the game Segata Sanshirō Shinken Yūgi, a Sega Saturn game in which Sanshiro plays a major role.

The best-selling console of this generation was the NES / Famicom ( which remained the best-selling home console up until the PlayStation ), followed by the Sega Master System ( which dominated the European and South American markets ) and then the Atari 7800.

Initial D Arcade Stage ( commonly referred to as IDAS, followed by a version number ) is a racing game series developed by Sega Rosso, a division of Sega, based on the anime and manga Initial D. In the U. S., the games, which keep their version names in later entries, are otherwise known as simply " Initial D " without the " Arcade Stage " subtitle.

It was followed by a CD-ROM-based remake released for the PC Engine video game console in 1992, which was subsequently ported and localized into English for the Mega-CD / Sega CD in 1994.

Daytona USA is a racing video game developed by Sega AM2 and released by Sega, with a limited release in 1993 followed by a full release in 1994.

The first laserdisc video game to exploit this technology was 1983's Astron Belt from Sega, soon followed by Dragon's Lair from Cinematronics ; the latter was a sensation when it was released ( and, in fact, the laserdisc players in many machines broke due to overuse ).

It was initially released for the PC-9821 computer platform in 1994, followed by remade versions for the 3DO in 1995, and the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996.

Super Turbo was originally ported to the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, followed by the PlayStation and Sega Saturn ( under the title of Super Street Fighter II Turbo: The Ultimate Championship ) as part of the Street Fighter Collection and for the Japanese Dreamcast under the title of Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service.

This was followed by an announcement by Sega that they would be helming a new version of rhythm game Samba de Amigo for the Wii, a departure from their signature FPS titles.

In 1987, it was followed by a sequel Super Hang-On for arcade, and later for a range of platforms including the Sega Mega Drive, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST. A polygon based sequel, developed by Genki, was released for the Sega Saturn, named variously Hang-On GP ' 95 ( Japan ), Hang-On GP ( USA ) and Hang-On GP ' 96 ( Europe ).

Sega followed up on the success of 18 Wheeler with a sequel, The King of Route 66.

It was released for the PC followed by subsequent releases on the Sega CD, Mac and 3DO platforms.

It is the successor to Victory Goal and was later followed by three more titles: Sega Worldwide Soccer ' 98 still on the 32-bit console and two editions of Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000, the second being Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000 Euro Edition for the Dreamcast.

In 2011, Sega announced the development of Sonic Generations, a 2D / 3D platformer that would blend classic levels from the original series up to the modern generation.

* SDI ( arcade game ), a 1987 shoot ' em up arcade game by Sega

The manufacturers had to make a profit on the hardware itself, whereas most major game console manufacturers, such as Sega and Sony, sold their system almost as a freebie, with expectations of making up for the loss with software sales.

This introductory scene was translated by Sega of Europe to English from Japanese rather poorly for the European release ( a phenomenon dubbed Engrish ), resulting in dialogue such as " Somebody set up us the bomb ", " All your base are belong to us ", and " You have no chance to survive make your time ".

The gameplay was advanced for its time, allowing up to four players to play simultaneously, using mouse, keyboard or ( modified ) Sega Mega Drive joypad, with a parallel port adaptor allowing four joypads / joysticks to be used at once.

Later in 1990, Roe R. Adams ( who worked on the Wizardry series ) wrote in Computer Gaming World that the game was " the big shot in the arm for Sega ," stating that it is " accepted wisdom that the tremendous response to this game propped up Sega long enough for it to introduce the Genesis 16-bit machine last Christmas.

The final product, released in Japan as Koutetsu Teikoku for the Sega Mega Drive video game console as a shoot ' em up, is very different to the source material.

The Simpsons Road Rage is similar to the game Crazy Taxi by Sega in that the main objective is to drive picked up passengers to their destinations as fast as possible.

Sega struck back that same year with Daytona USA, one of the first video games to feature filtered, texture-mapped polygons, giving it the most detailed graphics yet seen in a video game up until that time.

A similar game also from Sega is Emergency Ambulance Driver, with almost the same gameplay ( pick up patient, drop off at hospital, as fast as possible ).

The Sega Genesis version can be worth up to $ 412.

To choose the game's original characters, Sega held a biweekly ' focus group ' made up of all ages, where a list of archetype characters ( pirate, ninja, etc.

The Sega Saturn port of the game was used as a last resort and back up plan to release a Sonic game for Christmas 1996 after the cancellation of Sonic X-treme.

In addition to the original Sega Mega Drive / Genesis version, Sonic 3D was also available for the Sega Saturn to make up for the cancellation of Sonic X-treme, which was intended to be Saturn's big game for the 1996 holiday season.

The series sequel, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, made its debut on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( SNES ) and Mega Drive / Genesis systems in 1994, also showing up on the subsequent Sega 32X system a short time afterward.

Having been left without a publisher for its football management series, Sports Interactive teamed up with Sega and later, in April 2006, Sports Interactive was acquired completely by the publisher in a continuing trend of consolidation within the games industry.

The original Phantasy Star game was a big game for its time, and because of the advancements in technology between the Master System and Sega Genesis, Phantasy Star II featured a much larger cartridge than its predecessor, holding 6 megabits of data, making it the largest game on any game machine up until that time.

Working on new hardware proved difficult for the young team, and the game ended up missing by a few months the initial deadline given by Sega, which was the Saturn Japanese launch on November 1994.

* A scrolling beat ' em up video game called The Death and Return of Superman was released by Blizzard Entertainment and Sunsoft for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Mega Drive.

Its shape ( the only American SNES cartridge to not use the standard Nintendo-manufactured shell ) resembles that of the SNES Game Genie or Sonic & Knuckles on the Sega Genesis, with a pass-through cartridge port at the top ; the game requires an " official " Nintendo-licensed cartridge plugged into this pass-through, which allows the game to bypass the SNES's lockout protection and boot up.

In response to criticism over ergonomic issues in the 7800 ’ s Pro-Line controllers, Atari later released joypad controllers with European 7800s, which were similar in style to controllers found on Nintendo and Sega Systems.

Last Bronx, a 1996 Sega game played on the bad reputation of the Bronx to lend its name to an alternate version of post-Japanese bubble Tokyo, where crime and gang warfare is rampant.

Sega also made video games based on Garfield for the Genesis ( Garfield Caught in the Act ) and Windows 3. 1 computers, as well as other companies made games, such as A Tale of Two Kitties for the DS, published by Game Factory, Garfield's Nightmare for DS, Garfield's Funfest for DS, and Garfield Labyrinth for Game Boy.

The earliest known electronic game joystick with a fire button was released by Sega as part of their 1969 arcade game Missile, a shooter simulation game that used it as part of an early dual-control scheme, where two directional buttons are used to move a motorized tank and a two-way joystick is used to shoot and steer the missile onto oncoming planes displayed on the screen ; when a plane is hit, an explosion is animated on screen along with an explosion sound.

The Sega Saturn also has a " mute vocals " feature that is based on the same principle and is also able to adjust the pitch of the song to match the singer's vocal range.

Commercial players have come down in price, though, and some unexpected devices ( including the Sega Saturn video game console and XBMC Media Center on the Xbox 1 ) can decode the graphics ; in fact, karaoke machines, including video and sometimes recording capability, are often popular electronics items for sale in toy stores and electronics stores.

In addition to the multi-AV port ( almost same one as used on the Sega Genesis model 1, though they are not interchangeable ), all Neo Geo CD models had composite RCA A / V and S-Video out jacks on the rear of the console.

A Sega Master System version became available for Japan on May 19, 2009, for North America on November 2, 2009 and for Europe on September 25, 2009, however due to licensing issues, this version has been delisted on September 30, 2011 in North America and Europe and October 18, 2011 in Japan.

Sonic Team oversaw the development of every major Sonic title released on the Sega Mega Drive.

The launch of the Sega Saturn, and the cancellation of the beleaguered Sonic Xtreme title saw Sonic Team focus on other titles, including Nights Into Dreams and Burning Rangers.

During the transitional phase of Sega dropping out of the console race to concentrate on software and game development, all of its main departments were separated from the main company and established on semi-autonomous subsidiaries.

Sega Studio USA went on to make their next multiplatform game, Shadow the Hedgehog, using the studio's own game engine instead of RenderWare.

Members of Sega Studio USA also supervised and designed the concept for Sonic Rivals and Sonic Rivals 2 on the PlayStation Portable although the actual development of the games was done by Backbone Entertainment.

Sega dropped support for the Game Gear on April 30, 1997.

Sega made sure that a wide variety of video game genres were represented on the system, in order to give it a broad appeal.

Matching Nintendo's Game Boy, Sega chose not to use regional lockout on Game Gear cartridges, meaning that any system could play any games regardless of the country they were released in.

* An adapter called the MasterGear Converter allowed for Sega Master System cartridges to be plugged in and played on the Game Gear, with a somewhat reduced image resolution.

Majesco-reissued cartridges are distinguished by having no plastic case, and a Majesco Sales logo on the label, as well as the current games ratings system, which differs slightly from the one formerly used by Sega.

Several Sega Master System games have been added to the Wii's Virtual Console, many of which are games that had also been released on the Game Gear.