This controller is optional and not required to play the Sega Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online collection of games. Offer not available for free trial holders. *Any paid Nintendo Switch Online membership required to purchase controller. Sega Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online library of games only available with Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. SEGA Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online available with Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. With seven distinct versions, it also has the largest number of licensed versions of any console.You can play SEGA Genesis™ games the way they're meant to be played-using a full-size SEGA Genesis style controller!* This controller is the perfect way to experience the SEGA Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online library of games.Ĭontroller available for purchase by any Nintendo Switch Online members. The Genesis also supported a number of add-on components (32X, CD, Power Base Converter), making it one of the most flexible systems ever developed. The Genesis could do things that the NES simply couldn't. Sega also focused attention on its better graphics, speed, and sound, especially after the release of Sonic. Sega marketed the Genesis as hip, cool, and edgy. These efforts were often successful, Nintendo Exclusivity Clause not-withstanding. In addition to porting over popular coin-op games, Sega executives worked hard to lure developers away from Nintendo.

The Genesis was developed with the American market and consumer in mind. They are even available for download on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. Genesis games are re-released even today as part of collector's editions for the PS2, PSP, and other systems. Games continued to be released internationally as recently as 2002. It was the first successful 16-bit system, with a 14-year lifespan second only to the Nintendo Game Boy. It also inaugurated the Console Wars of the 1990s. Released in 1989, the Sega Genesis heralded the coming of the 16-bit era.

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