This led [grubbycoder] down the path of porting Sonic 2 for the Sega Master System (to the eZ80 ... there were plenty of buttons for input, but ROM banking – which isn’t a thing on the Ti ...

Sega's strategy of choice was painting Nintendo as old and passé, with its big tagline being "Genesis does what NintenDon't." The 1991 release of the original Sonic ... to CD-ROM over cartridges ...

The boom in sales came when Sega decided to drop the price of the Genesis and include a copy of Sonic with new purchases. This tactic led to an additional 15 million units sold. By 1992 ...