Sega introduced the Genesis, known as the Mega Drive outside of North America, in 1989, taking a significant chunk of the home console market from Nintendo. Its introduction was a massive escalation ...
Some of the best Sega Genesis games, like Shadowrun, managed to slip through the cracks.
The Sega Genesis was a serious rival to Nintendo, going head-to-head with both the NES and the SNES. Its games took full advantage of the Genesis hardware, and that helped Sega thrive in the '90s.