Sega Master System/SG-1000 Mark III
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The Sega SG-1000 Mark III was the next game console in the SG-1000 series after SG-1000 Mark I and SG-1000 Mark II (an updated Mark I). It was released in Japan in 1984 to compete with the Nintendo Famicom and designed similar to the Mark II. The parts inside are similar to the MSX computer and SG-1000 but have been improved. The system would take its own cartridges as well as Sega Cards and SG-1000 carts. The Sega Cards are the same ones that are compatible with the SG-1000 card catcher add-on, but the card catcher is now built-in to the Mark III console. The system was redesigned and renamed the Sega Master System when released in the US in June 1986, a year after the Nintendo Entertainment System, and sold for US$200. The Master System was released in other places soon after including Japan again (in
Specifications
- Ram
- 64-Kbits
- Sound
- Texas Instruments SN-76596 PCM audio processor producing 6 channel mono sound