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Sega Pico

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Sega Pico is an educational video game system aimed at children. The system was also the first Sega system to carry Nintendo liscensed games.

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Overview

The Pico was released in Japan in 1993 and in 1994 in the USA. The Pico was a surprising success and had games being produced up to 2005. on April 2005, 3.4 million handhelds had been sold.

Cartridges

The cartridges were known as "Story Ware", because they were book shaped. The player could turn the pages of the cartridge and the screen would change to that part of the story.

Technology

CPU: 16/32-bit Motorola 68000, the same as in Mega Drive RAM: 64 KB of Main RAM Video RAM: 64 KB ROM: "Storyware" cartridges of various sizes Video: 315-5313 VDP, same as in Mega Drive Sound: TI N76489 PSG and custom PCM chip

Successor

A follow-up to the Pico, called the Advanced Pico Beena, was released in Japan in 2005.

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