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History of the 90s

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Sega vs Nintendo - The Video Game Wars

Saga launched what it called a video face off, something that was similar to the papsy challenge of the 19 seventies. Saga had muscled its way in to capture 25 % of the home video game market in a year. Sega released the original version of mortal combat with all the blood and guts included. Nintendo, on the other hand, released a censored version that, among other things, changed the red blood that squirted out of injured combatants to green.

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