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Short: The Death of Sega

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Sega's CD ROM Add-on for the Genesis

In 1992, Sega launched the Sega CD add on for the Genesis in North America. It comes out with this game called Night Trap, which is a full motion video game that uses like it's basically a playable movie. This creates a huge problem because then developers don't want to make their best games for a limited install base of consoles. So the Sega CD sales, despite starting off relatively strong, stall out quickly.

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