Today I just got to touch something I wanted to touch since the age of 11.

And finally got it in the mail today. Sega very first console SG-1000 from 1983 this unit was only sold in Japan and sadly for Sega it came out at the worst time as it was launch along with Nintendo Famicom the very same day.

The SG-1000 (Sega Game 1000), known in New Zealand as the Sega 1000, is a home video game console produced by Sega. It stands as Sega's first dedicated gaming system aimed at home consumers, and is a cost-reduced counterpart to its SC-3000 computer, released on the same day on 15 July 1983.

The SG-1000 was only sold in select markets in Asia and Oceania, with an estimated 2 million units sold worldwide. While the console fared better than many of its rivals, its main market in Japan would be dominated by Nintendo's Famicom system. It was successful enough, however, to convince Sega to continue to develop video games for the home, something it continues to do to this day.

Sega would refine the design with the release of the SG-1000 II the following year, and would release its first substantial upgrade, the Sega Mark III (released worldwide as the Sega Master System) in 1985.

For any info on the SG-1000 head over to this Youtube video - https://youtu.be/UpkJ1y6fbxY

For a closer look at each photo at my Twitter page - https://twitter.com/Atariboy1/statu.....20105493716995