We knew this was coming, but now it's official: Sega said today that games from its classic 8-bit Master System console will soon land on Virtual Console in America. In a rare dose of generosity, Sega ...

Video gaming exploded in the 1980s with the advent of the at-home console. Nintendo, Atari, Magnavox, and others set the ...

On July 15, 1983, the Famicom was released in Japan. The console, later rebranded in the West as the Nintendo Entertainment System, would go on to change video games forever. Did you know, though, ...

Sega might have hit it big in the console market with the Genesis, but its history with consoles goes back a little further. Its first console, the SG-1000, was released in Japan, New Zealand, and ...

The Sega Master System was the first video game console I ever owned. I remember opening it Christmas morning 1987 with the kind of excitement only a child under the age of 10 obtains. My parents were ...

Last year VGchartz ran a series of articles that ranked the top ten games for a number of modern systems including the 360, Wii, and PS3. The voting was handled by the staff and a small “reader’s ...

Sega fans rejoice: Games from your so-called "Master System" are on their way to Virtual Console. Rolling out onto the Wii's downloadable retrogames service next month will be two titles from the ...

The Master System isn't the most fondly remembered video game console, but it was one of very few that could actually compete with the NES and its library of games. The Master System isn't home to as ...

After receiving his degree in Journalism & Media Communications from CSU in 2019, Erik began building his career in online media, and found his dream job when he joined Game Rant as a staff writer.

The Master System 3 is a console released by Tectoy exclusively in Brazil in 2008. It is a continuation of the long-running Sega Master System line seen in the country, succeeding the line of “Master ...

Forget Xbox vs PlayStation, the most bitter of all console rivalries was between Sega and Nintendo, whether it was the Game Boy and Game Gear, Mega Drive and SNES, or the NES and the arguably superior ...