The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES or SNES) is a 16-bit home video game console that was released in 1990 by Nintendo as a follow up to the extremely popular Nintendo Entertainment System. In Japan, the system is called the Super Famicom (SFC).

The Sega Genesis (Mega Drive in Europe and Japan) is a fourth-generation home video game console released by Sega on October 29, 1988. The Sega Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Sega Master System with which it has backward compatibility when the separately sold Power Base Converter is installed.

The Master System (Sega Master System or SMS) is a third-generation home video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985. The Master System was released as a direct competitor to the Nintendo Entertainment System and was technically superior to the NES but failed to overturn Nintendo's significant market share advantage in Japan and North America.