Ben Gilbert: belief

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…Totally. Even on the Switch and on the virtual consoles, I love going back and playing Super Nintendo games and Sega Genesis games, which you can do on the Virtual Console and the Switch, which is so fun. But going back to the NES era, I grew up with those games. I remember playing them and loving them. I can go back to 16-bit games, but 8-bit is pretty tough. I'll say, I still play my N64 Super Smash Brothers. That game is more fun than Super Smash on my Switch. You do hit some point, I think around 64-bit graphics, where more bits is no longer equals more fun. Back to Sega here and 16-bit. In 1988, they launched a new console called the Mega Drive in Japan. That was in late 1988, then they turned around in early 1989, and launched it in the US. They decided, of course, that the Mega Drive is probably not a good brand name for the US, so they named it the Sega Genesis, a new beginning for Sega in America. Surprisingly, it doesn't sell well in Japan, either at launch or really ever.…

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