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.).
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Sega_video_game_consoles>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
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>
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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>
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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>