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Sega 1000 (Grandstand Leisure, New Zealand)
Grandstand Leisure, New Zealand · Sega · 1983
Why
release type “regional» - no lower than Uncommon; model rated as Uncommon - variant no lower than. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.The SG-1000 is a home video game console manufactured by Sega. It was Sega's first entry into the home video game hardware business. Developed in response to a downturn in arcades starting in 1982, the SG-1000 was created on the advice of Hayao Nakayama, president of Sega's Japanese arm, and was released on July 15, 1983, the same day that Nintendo released the Family Computer in Japan. It also had a limited release in Australia and New Zealand. The SG-1000 was released in several forms, including the SC-3000 computer and the redesigned SG-1000 II released in 1984. The SG-1000 and the SC-3000 both support a library of 51 ROM cartridge games and 29 Sega My Card games.
Describe the series or family, not just this item. For now, in English only. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0How to tell them apart
Long black body with the SJ-200 joystick hard-wired on the left, cartridge slot on top, red HOLD button; coloured stripe label with the SG-1000 logo. Renamed 'Sega 1000' with Grandstand's name on the label.
Details from sources
New Zealand OEM version (region 'worldwide' = NZ). Date '1983 or later' per Sega Retro.
Data source: segaretro.org
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