Umlando weSega Genesis - Usuku lwe-16-bit Era

Njengoba incwadi ye-retro isitshela ukuthi, ngasekupheleni kweminyaka ye-1980 kunzima kakhulu okwenzekile ukuthi kwenzeke ukuqala kwenkathi entsha emidlalweni yevidiyo yasekhaya. Umcimbi wezilinganiso ezinjalo zeBhayibheli ezenza ukugembula kusuka ku-8-bit banjelwe futhi kube endleleni elungile ezoguqula emidlalweni yevidiyo yanamuhla. I-console idalwe kusuka kumbambo (noma okungenani u-tech) we-predecessor wayo. SEGA UGenesise, ukusa kwe-16-bit era.

Amaqiniso ayisisekelo:

Ngaphambi kokuqala:

Nge-8-Bit Nintendo Entertainment System ephethe imakethe yemidlalo yevidiyo kusukela ngo-1984 kuya ku-1989, umkhiqizi we-coin-op arcade u-Sega waphonsa inqola yabo ekhaya le-console biz ne-Sega Master System.

Edizayinelwe ukuhamba ikhanda kuya ekhanda ngokumelene ne-NES, i-Master System ikhishwe iminyaka emine ngemva kwe-NES, futhi ngenkathi isengaphambili kakhulu ukuthi umncintiswano, awuzange ubambelele eNyakatho Melika. Ngenkathi i-Master System yaba yinkimbinkimbi enkulu eYurophu futhi yaba yisimiso esibucayi eBrazil, e-US naseCanada bekulokhu kubhekwa njenge-NES yompofu, kungekho "uhlelo lokusebenza lokubulala" Abanikazi beSistimu abanobuciko babenomona ngabangane babo bonke ukudlala i- Super Mario Bros. 3 ngezinhlelo zabo ze- Nintendo .

Ngemuva kweminyaka yokulwa nesigcawu semakethe, u-Sega wahlela isu elisha. Esikhundleni sokuguqulwa kwamakethe wamanje we-8-bit yokudlala, bekungaba yi-console ye-16-bit yokuqala yeqiniso ukudayiswa ngesistimu engeyona eyinhloko kuphela kodwa ukwandisa amandla ayo ngokusebenzisa uchungechunge lwamakhemikhali.

Kusukela ku-Mega Drive Kufika kuGenesise:

Igama lehlelo labizwa ngokuthi i-Sega Mega Drive, kepha e-United States amalungelo okubizwa ngokuthi i-Mega Drive ayesevele enomunye inkampani, ngakho-ke ngemuva kokuphikisana kokuhweba Sega wakhetha ukusebenzisa igama elihlukile ohlelweni eNyakatho Melika. I-Mega Drive yaziwa ngokuthi i-Sega Genesis e-US naseCanada, okwenza kube yi-console yokuqala ebizwa nge-bible yeBhayibheli, ebonisa ukuthi yayibudala iminyaka emisha emidlalweni yevidiyo, futhi yenza ngempela.

Ukuza kweGenesise

I-Sega Genesis iyisistimu yokuqala ye-16-bit console. Ngesikhathi i-TurboGrafx-16 idlule ukukhululwa kweGenesise / Mega Drive, akuyona uhlelo lwe-16-bit ngempela; i-graph card ngokwayo yayingu-16-bit, kodwa i-CPU yayise-8-bit. Futhi, ngenkathi i-TGX16 ikhishwe eJapane ngaphambi kweMega Drive, iSega ishaya i-TGX16 ukuze imakethe eNyakatho Melika ngamasonto ambalwa.

I-SEGA Mega Drive ithunyelwe eJapane ngo-Okthoba ka-1988 ekuthengisweni kwe-lackluster. Imakethe yaseJapane yayibuswa yi- TurboGrafx-16 (ebizwa ngokuthi i-PC Engine eJapane), eyayisivele isungula unyaka ngaphambili futhi yayithengisa i-Famicom (i-Japanese version ye-NES), futhi yabamba isamba semakethe uSega akakwazanga ukuphula noma kunjalo.

Ezinyangeni eziyishumi kamuva, ngo-Agasti ka-1989, i-SEGA yakhipha i-SEGA Genesis eNyakatho Melika, inqwaba yechweba le-con-op yayo i-Altered Beast. Ngaleso sikhathi uSega waseMelika uMphathi wezeMichael uMichael Katz wayehlanganisile umkhankaso wokukhangisa onobudlova futhi wagxila emidlalweni eqondiswe ngqo emakethe yaseMelika esebenzisa amagama adumile ukuze athengise imidlalo, njengokuthi.

Izimpi ze-Console:

Ngenkathi uGenesise uthengisa kahle, ekupheleni kwama-80s kwakungakabikho isabelo semakethe sikaNintendo esasikhona eNyakatho Melika, futhi sasibonga kakhulu ngokukhululwa kwe- Super Mario Bros. 3 ngo-1988.

Lokhu kuholela empini ye-console kokubili uSega noNintendo balwa ngokusemthethweni. Ama-Consoles aphinde azama ukuthengisa imakethe yaseNyakatho Melika njengeTGX-16 ne- Neo-Geo yawa ngasendleleni.

I-CEO yezindlunkulu zaseSega sikaJapan zanquma ukushintsha ukuphathwa kweSega yaseMelika kusukela kuMichael Katz kuya kuTom Kalinske. Izinkampani ezintsha ze-CEO ezisuselwa e-US zaqala ukuhlukumezeka, zigxile ngaphezu kokumaketha nokudumisa udumo ukuze zithengise imidlalo, kodwa esikhundleni sokusungula i-franchise app killer ngokuqondile uGenesise.

I-Hedgehog Ebopha Izilinganiso:

Ngo-1991 leli phuzu laqala ukuvela. Njengoba uNintendo enesabelo sezingonyama emakethe ngenxa yeS franchise Bros franchise, u-Sega ekugcineni wathola umdlalo obuye wafana ngokufanayo, uSonic uHedgehog. Eyakhelwe ngokuyinhloko izethameli zaseMelika, i- Sonic yayiyi-platformer entsha futhi i-platformer entsha ne-instant hit. Ama-Gamers aqala ukuhlola ukuze aphume futhi athole i-console ye-Genesis manje eneminyaka emibili nje ukudlala umdlalo omusha oshisayo.

Kodwa uNintendo wayenesikhali sakhe siqu empini ye-console, ngonyaka ofanayo uSonic okhululwe emaphethelweni eNyakatho Melika, ngakho-ke uNintendo wangena ngokwakhe esikhathini esiyi-16-bit, i- Super Nintendo . I-SNES yayiyi-juggernaut ebhizinisini kanti nakuba ukuthengisa kukaGenesise kwakhula ngokuqhubekayo ngenxa yeSonic , ngokushesha kwadlula yi-SNES.

Khona-ke uKalinske waba nolaka olwedlulele, wachitha i- Altered Beast njengoba umdlalo uhlanganiswe epakethe neGenesis futhi wawushintsha nge- Sonic , futhi wehlisa intengo ye-console nge-$ 10, okwenza kube isimiso esincane kakhulu se-16-bit emakethe. Ngokuqinisekile kungasho kancane kancane inzuzo kwi-hardware, kodwa lapho abadlali bezithengela uGenesise, i-SEGA ingaphezu kokubuyisela imali yabo ekuthengiseni komdlalo ngamunye.

Le midlalo yayisebenza futhi uGenesise waqala ukuthengisa ngokulawula. Ekupheleni kuka-1993 u-Sega wayenamakhilomitha angama-60% emakethe ye-console engu-16-bit eNyakatho Melika, kanti ukuthengiswa kukaNintendo kwehla ku-37%.

I-International Mega Drive:

Ukuphumelela kukaSega kulezi zingu-90 kwaqhubeka kukhula emhlabeni wonke. Nakuba kungakaze kwenzeke ngempela eJapane, i-piggybacked ngokuphumelela kwe-Master System eYurophu naseBrazil, ngokushesha yaba yizicathulo ezinhle kakhulu zokuthengisa 16-bit kulezo zindawo.

Namuhla uGenesise usaziwa njengenye yezingqungquthela ezingcono kakhulu, ezinamapayipi athandwayo emidlalweni yabo ekhishwa emhlambini wezincwadi ezilandelayo ze-Gen-Gen, kubandakanya iqoqo elikhulu le-Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (elibizwa ngeSega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection emhlabeni wonke). EBrazil isalokhu inamandla amakhulu, kanti i-Mega Drive isakhiwa yi-Tec Toy ngemidlalo emisha ekhishwa ngokukhethekile eBrazil.