Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Sega Genesis

Sega Genesis

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 14, 2019 by Ealdgyth - Talk 15:20, 28 July 2019 (UTC)



The Sega Genesis, or Mega Drive, is a 16-bit home video game console developed and sold by Sega. The Genesis was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. It was released in Japan in 1988, in North America in 1989, and worldwide in 1990. The Genesis 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. It 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. The Genesis was succeeded in 1994 by the Sega Saturn. More than 30 million first-party Genesis units were sold worldwide.
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 * Main editors: Red Phoenix, Indrian, SexyKick
 * Promoted: December 15, 2013
 * Reasons for nomination: August 14th is the 30th anniversary of the console's release in North America, the region in which it was most successful.
 * Support as nominator. Red Phoenix  talk  23:40, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support as a fitting occasion to celebrate its release. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 19:12, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Some tweaks. Blurb looks good. - Dank (push to talk) 21:53, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Question to a TFAR expert: this article is part of two featured topics, including being the main of one of them. I know I've seen featured topics mentioned in the blurbs for FAs on the main page before.  Does space need to be allocated for this?   Red Phoenix  talk  03:36, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Heh, I knew some day I'd be an expert in something. The "Sega video game consoles" Featured Topic will be listed, and it doesn't affect the blurb length at all. - Dank (push to talk) 04:19, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 14:12, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support as a fitting occasion to celebrate 30 years of the Sega Genesis  Fanoflionking  17:10, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Aoba47 (talk) 22:29, 9 July 2019 (UTC)