Master System

The Sega Master System (a.k.a. Mark III in Japan) was sega's step into the gaming world, in 1986. Sega also released the 'sega master system II' in 1991, to serve as a 'budget console' to those who could not afford a mega drive, which was initially released 2 years before, in 1989.

The original sega master system played cartridges and cards, the subsequent master system II and mega drive only played cartridges, though the master systems could not play mega drive cartridges, but the mega drive could play master system cartridges though the use of a add-on to it sold seperatley.

sega annouced the stop of production in 1995, altough a brazilian company called TecToy continued to make ports for the system, and even a rare 'sega master system III', until 1998.