According to PriceCharting, Phantasy Star and Alex Kidd in Shinobi World are among the rarest Sega Master System games.

But it went from selling over 30 million Sega Genesis consoles at the height of its fame in 1993 to selling just 3 million units of its final console before pulling the plug on its hardware empire.

It always sounded a bit crunchy, but crunchy in a good way. SEGA’s 16-bit console, whether you call it the Genesis or Mega Drive, always had a unique sound thanks to it’s Yamaha YM2612 sound chip.

This was a crazy time to be a gamer. Nintendo and Sega fought a savage battle against each other, with Panasonic trying to make inroads with their powerful 32-bit system. Young gamers were spoiled ...

Sega Genesis broke the hegemony that Nintendo had established in homes across the globe. The console wars began properly, with Sony getting in the mix with the PlayStation in time. First ...