July 15, 1983 · Computer or hardware
SG-1000 (1983)
Sega's first home console, released the same day as the Famicom.
It sold 160,000 units in 1983, above Sega's 50,000 projection. SG-1000 II followed in July 1984, and the Master System in 1986.
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Facts
- Date
- July 15, 1983
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Sega
- CPU
- Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz
- RAM
- 1 KB
- Graphics
- TMS9918A, 256x192
- Units sold
- 400,000 (SG-1000 Japan)
- Generation
- 3rd
- First sold in
- Japan
- Media
- ROM cartridge, My Card
- Notable games
- Flicky; Congo Bongo; Sega-Galaga; Girl's Garden; Golgo 13
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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- Nintendo Famicom (Japan) (rival, 1983)
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