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===Console Wars=== Nintendo and [[Sega]]'s rivalry ignited with the fourth console war, where the [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System Nintendo Entertainment System] (NES for short) was competing against the [[Master System|Sega Master System]]. Nintendo, before the release of the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in the video game market was a very immense video game company which was almost entirely monopolized the game industry in North America holding around 90 percent of the market share while Sega continues its struggle to cope with Nintendo unfair marketing technique.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Kevin|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-12-08/business/fi-225_1_nintendo-game|title=Nintendo Accused of Unfair Marketing|date=8 December 1989|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=22 August 2018}}</ref> Nintendo and Sega's rivalry expanded to four different wars. *[[wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] vs. [[Master System]] (third generation) *[[wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] vs. [[Sega Genesis]] (fourth generation) *[[wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]] vs. [[Sega Saturn]] (fifth generation) *[[GameCube|Nintendo GameCube]] vs. [[Sega Dreamcast]] (sixth generation) Nintendo and Sega were certainly not alone. During these wars, there were other systems. These include: *[[wikipedia: Atari 7800|Atari 7800]] (8-bit; third generation) *[[wikipedia:TurboGrafx-16|PC Engine]] (16-bit; fourth generation) *[[wikipedia:Neo Geo AES|Neo Geo AES]] (16-bit; fourth generation) *[[wikipedia:3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO Interactive Multiplayer]] (32-bit; fifth generation) *[[wikipedia:Atari Jaguar|Atari Jaguar]] (32-bit)<ref name="jaguar" group="note">Although Atari marketed the Jaguar as the first 64-bit gaming system, it really isn't a true 64-bit system, same goes with the Nintendo 64. The Jaguar runs on two 32-bit processor named ''Tom'' and ''Jerry''. Both processor clocked at 26.59 MHz with Tom worked as graphic processor, while Jerry worked as a sound processor. Only the TOM chip had the 64-bit processor. Jaguar also used the Motorola 68000 processor which was also can be founded on inferior, and older 16-bit [[Sega]]'s [[Mega Drive]] console and [[Wikipedia:Amiga|Amiga]] home computer used as a general purpose processor.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1224|title=Atari Jaguar|author=Ste|work=OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum |accessdate=22 August 2018}}</ref>; fifth generation) *[[wikipedia:PlayStation|PlayStation]] (32-bit; fifth generation) *[[Xbox]] (64-bit; sixth generation) *[[PlayStation 2]] (64-bit; sixth generation)
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