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Due to the Game Gear's slight technological edge over the Master System however, any title ported to the Master System results in a minor graphical downgrade. The Sega Game Gear is based on the Master System's architecture, resulting in the handheld and game console being cross-compatible in certain titles and hardware. Except in Brazil, where this console remains produced to this day due to the massive popularity of this console in that country. Its lifespan was long enough to see four Sonic games (except Brazil which has five sonic games), before its discontinuation in 1991 in North America, 1992 in Japan, and 1996 in Europe. However, the Master System was quite successful in Europe and especially South America. The Master System is regarded as being superior to the NES in terms of general system capabilities but it unfortunately failed to gain enough attention in both North America and Japan.

It was a rival to the very successful Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The Sega Master System ( セガ・マスターシステム, Sega Masutā Shisutemu ?) is a home video game console introduced by Sega in 1986 and was capable of 8-bit graphics and sounds.
