Mbiri ya Sega Genesis - Udzu wa 16-bit Era

Monga momwe buku la retro likutifotokozera, kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 masewera akuluakulu adachitika mmawa wa zaka zatsopano m'maseŵera a pakompyuta. Chochitika cha chiwerengero choterechi chomwe chimapangitsa maseŵera kuchoka pa 8-pang'ono ndikukhala njira yolungama yomwe ingasinthe mu masewero a kanema lero. Chida chotengera kuchokera ku nthiti (kapena osachepera tech) ya yomwe idakonzedweratu. SEGA Genesis, mdima wa 16-bit.

Mfundo Zenizeni:

Asanayambe:

Ndi 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System yomwe ikuwonetsa msika wa masewero a kanema kuyambira 1984 mpaka 1989, Sega wina wopanga mapepala a Sega anaponyera chipewa chawo m'nyumba yowonjezera kunyumba ndi Sega Master System.

Zomwe zinapangidwira kuti zitheke kutsogolo kwa NES, Master System inatulutsidwa zaka zingapo pambuyo pa NES, ndipo panthawi yomwe inali mpikisano, sichinafikepo ku North America. Ngakhale kuti Master System inali yovuta kwambiri ku Ulaya ndipo idakhala njira yaikulu ku Brazil, ku US ndi Canada nthawi zonse ankadziona kuti ndi osauka a NES, popanda "pulogalamu ya wakupha" Ambuye a Masitanti amamuchitira nsanje anzawo omwe anali onse akusewera Super Mario Bros. 3 pa machitidwe awo a Nintendo .

Pambuyo pa zaka zolimbana ndi msika, Sega anakonza njira yatsopano. M'malo mowombera pamsika wamakono wa 8-bit maseŵera, iwo adzakhala owona oyambirira 16-bit console kuti agulitsidwe ndi dongosolo lomwe silinali lopambana koma kuti likulitse mphamvu yake pogwiritsa ntchito maulendo angapo.

Kuchokera ku Mega Drive Kumabwera Genesis:

Dzina la dongosololo linatchedwa Sega Mega Drive, komabe ku United States mayina odziwika ndi dzina lakuti Mega Drive anali kale a kampani ina, motero pambuyo pa mkangano wa chizindikiro cha Sega anasankha kugwiritsa ntchito dzina losiyana la dongosolo ku North America. Mega Drive inadziwika kuti Sega Genesis ku US ndi Canada, yomwe inachititsa kuti ikhale yoyamba kutchulidwa pambuyo pa bukhu la bible, posonyeza kuti ikuwonetsa zaka zatsopano m'maseŵero a pakompyuta, ndipo izo zakhaladi zoona.

Kudza kwa Genesis

Sega Genesis ndiyoyake yoyamba 16-bit console system. Pamene TurboGrafx-16 inadutsa nthawi ya Genesis / Mega Drive kumasulidwa, sikulidi 16-bit system; makhadi ojambulawo anali 16-bit, koma CPU idakali 8-bit. Ndiponso, pamene TGX16 inatulutsidwa ku Japan pamaso pa Mega Drive, Sega anamenya TGX16 kuti agulitse ku North America ndi masabata angapo.

Sega Mega Drive inayambira ku Japan mu October 1988 ku kusowa kwa ndalama. Msika wa Japan unkalamulidwa ndi TurboGrafx-16 (yotchedwa PC injini ku Japan), yomwe idakhazikitsa kale chaka chimodzi ndipo idagulitsa malonda a Famicom (Japanese version ya NES), ndipo idagwira nawo msika zomwe Sega sakanatha ngakhale.

Patapita miyezi khumi, mu August wa 1989, SEGA inatulutsa SEGA Genesis ku North America, ndipo inadzaza ndi doko lachilombo cha Altered Beast. Pa nthawiyi, CEO a Sega wa America, Michael Katz adagwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu yotsatsa malonda ndikuika chidwi pa masewera omwe amachitira msika wa America pogwiritsa ntchito mayina otchuka kuti agulitse maseŵera, monga.

Nkhondo za Console:

Pamene Genesis adagulitsidwa bwino, kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 80s adakalibe kugulitsa gawo la msika wa Nintendo yomwe idakalipo kumpoto kwa America, ndipo adalikulimbikitsidwa kwambiri chifukwa cha Super Mario Bros 3 mu 1988.

Izi zimabweretsa nkhondo zotonthoza pamodzi ndi Sega ndi Nintendo polimbana nawo. Ma Consoles omwe anayesa kugwiritsira ntchito msika wa North America monga TGX-16 ndi Neo-Geo anagwa pamsewu.

Mkulu wa bungwe la Sega wa ku Japan adasintha kusintha kwa Sega wa America kuchokera kwa Michael Katz mpaka Tom Kalinske. Makampani atsopano a CEO a ku United States anayamba kukhwima, poganizira za malonda ndi masewera otchuka kuti agulitse maseŵera, koma mmalo mwa kukhazikitsa pulojekiti yowononga kwambiri ya Genesis.

Hedgehog Yomwe Inamangiriza Mamba:

Mu 1991 izi zinayamba kuchitika. Ndi Nintendo akugawana nawo mikango ya msika chifukwa cha Super Mario Bros franchise, Sega potsiriza anapeza masewera omwe adayanjananso chimodzimodzi, Sonic Hedgehog. Zinapangidwa makamaka kwa omvera a ku America, Sonic anali wofulumira komanso wopanga masewera olimbitsa thupi. Achinyamata anayamba kusewera kuti atuluke ndikupeza chithunzithunzi cha Genesis chazaka ziwiri ndikusewera masewera atsopano.

Komabe Nintendo anali ndi zida zawo pa nkhondo yotonthoza, chaka chomwechi Sonic anatulutsidwa m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya North America, kotero Nintendo adalowa nawo nthawi ya 16-bit, Super Nintendo . SNES inali juggernaut mu bizinesi ndipo ngakhale Genesis malonda anali kuwonjezeka chifukwa cha Sonic , mwamsanga anaposa SNES.

Kenaka Kalinske anakwiya kwambiri, adatsutsa Chamoyo Chotsatira monga masewera omwe anagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Genesis ndipo amalowetsamo ndi Sonic , ndipo adasiya mtengo wa console ndi $ 10, kuti ikhale yolemera kwambiri 16-bit system pamsika. Zedi zingapangitse phindu lochepa pa hardware, koma kamodzi kamodzi atagula Genesis, SEGA sichidzabwezeretsa ndalama pa malonda a masewera ena.

Masewerawa adagwira ntchito ndipo Genesis anayamba kugulitsa malonda. Chakumapeto kwa 1993 Sega anali ndi 60 peresenti ya msika 16-bit console ku North America, ndipo malonda a Nintendo akugwera 37%.

International Mega Drive:

Kupambana kwa Sega m'zaka za m'ma 1990 kunapitilirabe kudziko lonse. Ngakhale kuti sikunapangidwe konse ku Japan, izi zinapangitsa kuti Pulogalamuyi ikhale yopambana ku Ulaya ndi Brazil, mwamsanga kukhala njira zabwino kwambiri zogulitsa 16 m'madera amenewo.

Masiku ano, Genesis akudziwikabe kuti ndi imodzi mwa zida zabwino kwambiri, zomwe zili ndi mapepala otchuka a masewera awo omwe amamasulidwa m'magulu a Zolinga za Gen-Gen, kuphatikizapo kusonkhanitsa kwakukulu kwa Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (yotchedwa Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection international). Ku Brazil kulibe mphamvu, ndipo Mega Drive ikupangidwa ndi Tec Toy ndi masewero atsopano kutulutsidwa makamaka ku Brazil.