Looking at Sega in the Video Game Industry

There was a time most known that Sega was at one point making video game consoles. The 1^st system Sega made that became known was the Sega Master System. Its goal was to compete with the NES during the 8-bit Era. That system failed to put a dent into what was going on into the United States and really isn't one of the more known systems. Its successor, the Sega Genesis, sometimes known as the Mega Drive outside North America, is referred to as one of the more known systems. Though the goal was to compete with the Super Nintendo, it was built was the NES was around and during that time competed with that. It was 16-bit and introduced a character that would symbolize Sega in Sonic. He was designed to be Sega's answer to Nintendo's Mario. At one point, the Sega Genesis was able to give Nintendo a run for their money.

To be fair, the Genesis is a pretty good system and defines classic. It is perhaps the best system that Sega had ever made probably next to the Dreamcast, which will be brought up later on. It had some pretty good games like Sonic and Altered Beast to name a few.

It peaked but then it all went downhill from there. Following the Add-On called the Sega CD, yet another one was made called the 32X. This item was designed and looked like either a brain tumor or a mushroom that attached to the Genesis. This idea would have to be regarded in personal opinion as Sega's biggest mistake ever made. In a twist of irony, while the goal was to actually extend the life of the Genesis, it did just that. For either just laughs or just because; there were some Sega CD 32X games, which require both items. History has dictated that whenever a giant mistake was made, it would eventually be the end of them in the console race.

In between that and the Sega Saturn, there was supposed to be a system called the Neptune. The only purpose it was going to serve was more or less being a stand-alone 32X. To be honest, that should have been developed instead of the 32X. Also, the main question would be how would it attach to the Sega CD or it would have that ability built inside of it. To this day it is a mystery as to what would have really happened if that had been developed instead of a 32X.

The Sega Saturn was all ready coming out soon as it had been released in Japan. Its power was able to compete with other mainstream systems like the Nintendo 64 and Sony was coming into the market with the PlayStation. Due to the reputation it had gained more so due to that add-on, the Saturn was a failure but it wasn't the end just yet. Knowing that redemption was needed, a new and more powerful system was being developed. It was the Dreamcast that came about and was another good system. As good as that system was, it was unable to get back into the race and was knocked out.

Even with Sega out of the race, the Dreamcast is still popular among gamers as believed to be ahead of its time. Believe it or not, there is a demand for that system and there are people who will actually want to buy this. What is interesting to note and never would have been expected would be that Sega would be making games for all systems including Nintendo. Ironically, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega's mascot and the answer to Nintendo's Mario, would have some games made for the Nintendo systems.

In a shocking event, there has yet to be a retro system that can play Sega games but it should come in place. The idea behind it would be to have it use both Cartridges and CD based depending on the system. The power of the CD based item could go as far as compatible as the Sega CD but go up to the Dreamcast. It would need a name, something that would be considered interesting and unique. The cartridge adaptor part would go as far back as the earliest system, the Master System but would have two switches, one for Master System, one for Genesis for one part, the other would be cartridge base or CD base. While they could still develop games for other systems, it would be fitting to have a final tribute to Sega as a gaming company by offering the most universally sounded system that the industry has ever seen. To be fair, it should also possibly have a Sega Online just in case there are those games that want to be played online. Its system name could be thought of as Omega with it having the slogan of all in one. It could also be taking you back to the past or blast from the past considering that the system would go far back to the Sega Mater System.To put it in perspective, Sega left a dent but if it wasn't for the one major mistake, they might still be around and make at least a 7^th Generation Console. Who knows what it would have been and what it could have done. The world may never know.