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Put a Sega CD disc in the drive and let that boot screen run for a moment. The logo spins, the music starts, and a Genesis that used to swallow cartridges suddenly feels like a different machine. Then the loading begins. The future had arrived, and it occasionally wanted you to sit quietly while it found the next bit of data. That's a more enjoyable way into these machines than another chart… Read more

In the early 1990s, while American players were enjoying their Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis consoles, Fujitsu was offering Japanese players another fascinating way to spend an afternoon. The FM Towns Marty arrived in 1993 with a CD-ROM drive, a floppy drive, and access to part of an impressive computer-game library. It never received an official American release. For most of us on this side of the Pacific, it remained one of… Read more