The Sega CD is a CD-ROM accessory for the Genesis (also known as Mega Drive), produced by Sega as part of the fourth generation of video game consoles. It was released on December 12, 1991, in Japan, in 1992 in North America, and in 1993 in Europe. It plays CD-based games and adds hardware functionality such as a faster central processing unit and graphic enhancements such as sprite scaling and rotation. It also plays audio CDs and CD+G discs. The main benefit of CD technology was greater storage; CDs offered more than 320 times the space of Genesis cartridges. Sega partnered with JVC to design the Sega CD, which was redesigned several times by Sega and licensed third-party developers. By March 1996, Sega discontinued it to focus on the Sega Saturn; 2.24 million units had been sold. Retrospective reception is mixed, with praise for some games and functions, but criticism for its dearth of deep games, high price and lack of support from Sega. (This article is part of a featured topic: Sega video game consoles.).
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1769:
Dartmouth College, in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire, was established by royal charter, becoming the last university to be founded in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College
1981:
Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski performed a self-coup by declaring martial law, suspending the trade union Solidarity and imprisoning many of its leaders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland
2001:
The Parliament of India was attacked by five gunmen, who killed nine people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Indian_Parliament_attack
2011:
After murdering a woman at his home, a man threw grenades and fired a rifle at crowds in Liège, Belgium, killing 6 people and injuring 125 others, before committing suicide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Li%C3%A8ge_attack
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
hippic: 1. Relating to horses or horse-riding. 2. (humorous, dated) Relating to horse racing. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hippic
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity. --Aga Khan IV https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_IV