We knew this was coming, but now it's official: Sega said today that games from its classic 8-bit Master System console will soon land on Virtual Console in America. In a rare dose of generosity, Sega ...

On July 15, 1983, the Famicom was released in Japan. The console, later rebranded in the West as the Nintendo Entertainment System, would go on to change video games forever. Did you know, though, ...

It’s not a clone or a bootleg, but it’s also not the original hardware either. In Brazil, the Sega Master System lives on as a licensed, ROM-on-Chip (RoC) console. It's basically like a self-contained ...

Sega might have hit it big in the console market with the Genesis, but its history with consoles goes back a little further. Its first console, the SG-1000, was released in Japan, New Zealand, and ...

The Sega Master System was the first video game console I ever owned. I remember opening it Christmas morning 1987 with the kind of excitement only a child under the age of 10 obtains. My parents were ...

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After receiving his degree in Journalism & Media Communications from CSU in 2019, Erik began building his career in online media, and found his dream job when he joined Game Rant as a staff writer.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Modern video games are almost entirely played on black, plastic boxes. The Xbox One, PS4, and even the Switch sans colorful Joy-Con are non-discrete ...

After falling in love with videogames during the days of the GameCube, Michael Beckwith has been writing about them since 2014. After graduating from university with a degree in Computer Games Design ...

The Master System isn't the most fondly remembered video game console, but it was one of very few that could actually compete with the NES and its library of games. The Master System isn't home to as ...

From the Sega Master System to the ZX Spectrum, these innovative computers and consoles defined a whole generation of gaming ...

Microsoft's latest video game consoles, the Xbox Series X|S, which is part of the ninth generation of video game consoles, has outsold the lifetime sales of the Sega Master System, according to ...