Sega's foray into the 8-bit world.
The Sega Mark III is the successor to the short-lived SG-1000 and released on October 20, 1985 in Japan. It was Sega's second attempt to compete against Nintendo's Famicom. This time however, Sega took the battle overseas.
The Sega Master System was first released in North America in September 1986, around the same time the NES was released nationwide and as a last ditch effort, the Master System console would release in Japan on October 18, 1987.
The consoles did not sell particularly well in Japan or the US (the former thanks to stiff competition and the latter thanks to Tonka of all companies struggling with the console), but was popular in Europe and mind-blowingly successful in Brazil, where the console is still manufactured to this very day.
As the Mark III and Master System consoles share the same 8-bit hardware, this category will cover both systems. Do you like Sega games?