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The SG-1000, also known as Sega Game 1000 is a home video game console developed released by Sega in Japan in July 15, 1983, the same day the Nintendo Famicom came out. It is Sega's first-ever console they released.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It has a decent library of 80 games, considering it's the first console of a brand.
 * 2) Some games are stored in Sega Cards (or MyCards in Japan) to reduce production costs (With the downside of having less storage than cartridges). However, to play Sega Card games on a SG-1000, you need to buy an add-on called the Card Catcher, which luckily only costed ¥1,000 (equivalent to about US$9,70).
 * 3) Sega also ported their arcade games to that console, allowing players to play them at home.
 * 4) There are many exclusive games for it, too.
 * 5) Its launch price was ¥15,000, which is about US$140, making it cheaper than the NES which costed US$180.
 * 6) The console would also get released in other regions before the NES.
 * 7) Sega also shoved it into a computer called the SC-3000 (Sega Computer 3000), and it outsold the original SG-1000 model.
 * 8) You could literally upgrade an SG-1000 to an SC-3000 by plugging a Sega Keyboard (SK-1100) to it. While it's a cheaper option than buying the SC-3000, it's incompatible with some softwares.
 * 9) The "SEEEEGAAAAAAA!!!" choir in the commercials, which would later appear in the classic Sonic trilogy.

Bad Quality

 * 1) The console flopped due to the rise of the NES, causing the SG-1000 to get overshadowed by it. Because of that, Sega ditched the console for the Sega Mark III, which would become the Master System.
 * 2) While it's cheaper than the NES, it has a downside of having a weaker hardware compared to the latter.

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