

After all of this, they were forced to leave the console market and become third party developer, a position they still hold today. Over the next few years, they made a few very large mistakes from the Sega CD and Sega 32X which were made to prolong the life of the Sega Genesis but only served to alienate some of their fans. This was the era when Sega got it right and cemented themselves into the video game industry, something they still profit from, though not in the same capacity. RELATED: 10 Of The Best Sega Genesis Game Only Japan GotĪfter some time, Sega’s consoles broke out from obscurity in the West and more closely competed with Nintendo with the Sega Genesis in 1988. As arcades began to die out in the 80s, Sega decided to enter the home video game console world by releasing the Sega SG-1000 which came out in 1983, the same year as the infamous North American video game crash so it was released exclusively in Japan. The first coin-operated game they created was Periscope, an analog shooting gallery game that simulates submarines attacking warships. Sega, created in 1960, started off as a coin-operated game manufacturer.
