The Sega Saturn is a 32-bit home video game console developed by Sega.
Released in 1994 in Japan, and 1995 in North America and Europe, the
Saturn is the successor to the Sega Genesis, and Sega's fourth game
console. It has dual-CPU architecture and eight processors, and was
designed around a CPU developed by electronics company Hitachi. Its
games are in CD-ROM format. The system was initially successful in
Japan, but failed to sell large numbers in the United States after a
surprise launch four months before its scheduled release, and an
aggressive price war against Sony's PlayStation. Following the release
of the Nintendo 64 in late 1996, the Saturn rapidly lost market share
in the U.S., and was discontinued in 1998 in the country. The console is
considered a commercial failure, selling just over 9 million units
worldwide, blamed in part due to Sega's failure to release a Sonic the
Hedgehog video game, known in development as Sonic X-treme, for the
system.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1880:
A land dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad and
settlers in Hanford, California, turned deadly when a gun battle broke
out, leaving seven dead.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mussel_Slough_Tragedy>
1997:
Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games, becoming the
first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_%28chess_computer%29>
2010:
David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the country's
first coalition government since the Second World War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
brubru:
Also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found
in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brubru>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Wop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bom-bom! Tutti frutti, oh rutti Tutti
frutti, woo! Tutti frutti, oh rutti Tutti frutti, oh rutti Tutti
frutti, oh rutti Awop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bom-bom!
--Little Richard
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Little_Richard>
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