The Sega Genesis, or Mega Drive, is a 16-bit home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Released in Japan in 1988, in North America in 1989, and worldwide in 1990, it was adapted from Sega's System 16 arcade system board, with a Motorola 68000 processor and a Zilog Z80 sound controller chip. In Japan, the Mega Drive fared poorly against its two main competitors, Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System and NEC's PC Engine. The Genesis achieved considerable success in North America, Brazil, and Europe, thanks to its library of arcade game ports, the popularity of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, several popular sports franchises, and aggressive youth marketing. It was succeeded in 1994 by the Sega Saturn. More than 30 million first-party Genesis units were sold worldwide..

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1973:

The current Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan came into effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan

1975:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in Los Angeles, the first in its record-breaking run in cinemas, which continues in limited release. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show

2007:

Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing an estimated 796 people and wounding 1,562 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Yazidi_communities_bombings

2018:

The Ponte Morandi bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, killing 43 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Morandi

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

en masse: In a single body or group; as one, together. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en_masse

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The seeing of things as they really are — the seeing of a proportion veiled from other eyes (together with the power of expression), is what makes a man an artist. What makes him a great artist is a high fervour of spirit, which produces a superlative, instead of a comparative, clarity of vision.   --John Galsworthy https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Galsworthy