Raws li phau ntawv qhia ntawm retro qhia rau peb, nyob rau xyoo 1980s ib lub chaw loj loj tshwm sim uas tau ua rau lub hnub kaj tshiab hauv tsev video games. Ib qho kev tshwm sim ntawm xws li biblical proportions tias thrust gaming los ntawm nws 8-ntsis tawm tsis tau thiab mus rau hauv ib txoj kev ncaj uas yuav evolve rau hauv video ua si ntawm hnub no. Tus console tsim los ntawm cov tav (lossis tsawg tech) ntawm nws tus thawj ntawm. SEGA Genesis, kaj ntug ntawm 16-ntsis era.
Cov lus tseeb:
- Lub npe: Sega Genesis (North America), Sega Mega Drive (Nyiv, Tebchaws Europe, Brazil)
- Hom: 16-ntsis console
- Hnub tim: 1988 (Nyiv), 1989 (North America), xyoo 1990 (Brazil)
- 4th tiam ntawm kev ua si yees duab
Ua ntej Pib:
Nrog 8-ntsis Nintendo Lom ze System dominating qhov kev ua si yees duab kev ua lag luam los ntawm 1984 mus rau 1989, tus kwvtij coin-op arcade khw muag khoom Sega cuam lawv lub kaus mom rau hauv tsev console peb nrog Sega Master System.
Tsim los mus rau lub taub hau ntawm NES, Tus Txheej Txheem Zis tso tawm ntau xyoo tom qab NES, thiab thaum nws tau nce qib ntau dua qhov kev sib tw, nws yeej tsis raug ntes tau nyob hauv North America. Thaum Xib Hwb Thoob Ntiaj Teb yog ib qho tseem ceeb hauv Tebchaws Europe thiab tau los ua cov txheej txheem hauv Brazil, hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thiab Canada nws tau raug suav hais tias yog neeg pluag-txiv neej lub NES, tsis muaj "killer app" tus tswv System cov khib khib lawv cov phooj ywg ua si Super Mario Bros. 3 ntawm lawv cov Nintendo systems.
Tom qab xyoo ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua rau ib qho ntawm kev ua lag luam, Sega tau tsim ib qho tshiab. Hloov ntawm kev ua lag luam ntawm kev ua lag luam 8-ntsis, lawv yuav tsum yog thawj qhov tseeb 16-ntsis console rau kev ua lag luam nrog ib qhov system uas tsis yog tsuas yog siab tab sis kom nthuav nws lub hwj huam nrog kev siv cov khoom hluav taws xob.
Los ntawm Mega Drive Comes lub Chiv Keeb:
Lub npe ntawm lub system tau dubbed lub Sega Mega Drive, tab sis nyob hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas txoj cai rau lub npe Mega Drive twb tau muaj los ntawm lwm lub tuam txhab, yog li tom qab ib qho kev sib cam ntawm cov lag luam Sega tau xaiv siv lwm lub npe rau lub hauv North America. Lub Mega Drive hu ua Sega Genesis hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thiab Canada, ua nws thawj cov ntsiab lus hu ua tom qab phau ntawv ntawm phau Vajluskub, qhia tias nws tau tuaj yeem tsim lub hnub nyoog tshiab hauv kev ua si yees duab, thiab nws tau ua tiag.
Cov tuaj ntawm Chivkeeb
Lub Sega Genesis yog thawj heev 16-qhov console system. Thaum lub TurboGrafx-16 kwv yees tso tawm Chivkeeb / Mega Tsav, nws tsis yog tiag tiag 16-qhov system; graphics card nws tus kheej yog 16-ntsis, tab sis tus CPU yog tseem 8-ntsis. Kuj, thaum lub TGX16 tso tawm hauv Nyiv ua ntej Mega Tsav, Sega ntaus TGX16 rau kev ua lag luam hauv North America los ntawm ob peb lub lis piam.
Lub SEGA Mega Tsav tau tsim tawm rau Nyij Pooj thaum Lub Kaum Hli Ntuj xyoo 1988 los muag tsis tau muag. Cov lag luam Japanese tau los ntawm TurboGrafx-16 (hu ua PC Engine hauv Nyij Pooj), uas twb tau pib lub xyoo ua ntej thiab tau tawm qhov Famicom (Japanese version ntawm lub NES), thiab tuav lub lag luam qhia tawm tias Sega yuav tsis tuaj txawm.
Kaum hli tom qab, thaum lub Yim Hli Ntuj xyoo 1989, SEGA tau tso tawm SEGA Chiv nyob rau hauv North America, tau nrog ib lub chaw nres nkoj ntawm lawv qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua ntaus Altered Beast. Thaum lub sij hawm Sega ntawm Asmeskas tus thawj tswj hwm Michael Katz tau muab tso ua ke rau kev sib tw ua lag luam thiab muab kev kub siab rau kev ua si tshwj xeeb los ntawm American lag luam siv npe nto npe muag, xws li.
Lub Console Wars:
Thaum Chivkeeb muag zoo, qhov kawg ntawm lub 80s nws tseem tsis tau tshaj tawm Nintendo txoj kev ua lag luam uas tseem hwv North America, thiab tau muaj zog ua tsaug rau qhov kev tso tawm ntawm Super Mario Bros. 3 hauv 1988.
Qhov no ua rau cov console kev ua tsov ua rog nrog Sega thiab Nintendo qhov tawm tsam. Consoles uas tau sim coj mus muag North American ua lag luam xws li TGX-16 thiab Neo-Geo poob los ntawm txoj kev.
Tus thawj coj ntawm Sega lub tuam txhab hauv Nyijpab tau txiav txim siab hloov kev tswj ntawm Sega of America ntawm Michael Katz mus Tom Kalinske. Cov tuam txhab tshiab tshiab nyob hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas raws li tus thawj tswj xyuas pib, tsom tom khw tshaj lij thiab kev hu ua celebrity branding mus muag ua si, tab sis nws yog vim li cas tsim kom muaj ib qho kev tua franchise rau Chivkeeb.
Lub Hedgehog Tipped Nplai:
Hauv xyoo 1991, lub ncauj lus taw qhia pib tshwm sim. Nrog Nintendo owning tus tsov ntxhuav feem ntawm kev ua lag luam ua tsaug rau Super Mario Bros. franchise, Sega kawg pom muaj kev ua si uas resonated Attendance li, Sonic lub Hedgehog. Tsim los ntawm American audiences, Sonic yog fast-paced thiab innovative platformer thiab ib qho instant hit. Gamers pib khiav kom khiav tawm thiab tau txais tam sim no ob xyoos-qub Chivkeeb console cia li mus ua si kub kub tshiab.
Txawm li cas los, Nintendo tau muaj lawv tus kheej hauv kev ua tsov rog nyob hauv console, tib lub xyoo Sonic tso tawm hauv cov ntug dej ntawm North America, yog li Nintendo tus kheej nkag mus rau hauv 16-ntsis era, Super Nintendo . Lub SNES yog lub lag luam hauv lub lag luam thiab txawm tias Chivkeeb muag tau zoo zuj zus tuaj rau Sonic , nws tau ceev nrooj dhau los ntawm SNES.
Ces Kalinske tau txais txawm ntau txhoj puab heev, nws tau tua Altered Beast raws li qhov kev ua si bundled hauv-ntim nrog Chivkeeb thiab hloov nws nrog Sonic , thiab poob nqi ntawm console los ntawm $ 10, ua nws qis kim 16-ntsis system nyob rau hauv kev ua lag luam. Ntsis nws yuav txhais tsawg dua ntawm cov nyiaj hauv qhov kho vajtse, tab sis ib zaug gamers yuav ib Chivkeeb, SEGA yuav ntau dua ua lawv cov nyiaj rov qab rau tus neeg muag khoom muag.
Kev twv txiaj ua haujlwm thiab Chivkeeb pib dominating muag. Los ntawm qhov kawg ntawm 1993 Sega muaj 60% ntawm 16-ntsis console lag luam hauv North America, nrog Nintendo qhov muag poob rau 37%.
Cov Tsav Tsheb Thoob Ntiaj Teb:
Sega txoj kev vam meej nyob rau qhov 90s tseem pheej sawv lwm qhov ntxiv. Thaum nws yeej tsis ntes tau rau hauv Nyij Pooj, nws piggybacked ntawm txoj kev vam meej ntawm tus Xwm System hauv Tebchaws Europe thiab Brazil, tab tom ua qhov muag zoo tshaj 16-ntsis systems hauv cov territories.
Niaj hnub no Chivkeeb tseem paub zoo tias yog ib qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm consoles puas tau, nrog cov chaw nres nkoj nrov ntawm lawv cov kev ua si tso qis rau Gen-Cons consoles, nrog rau qhov sau txog qhov kawg ntawm Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (hu ua Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection thoob ntiaj teb). Nyob rau hauv Brazil nws tseem yog ib tug tseem ceeb quab yuam, nrog Mega Drive tseem raug tsim los ntawm Tec Toy nrog tshiab ua si raug tso tawm rau Brazil.