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The is an 8 - bit handheld ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ device with interchangeable cartridges developed and manufactured by Nintendo , which was first released in Japan on , in North America on and in Europe on . It is the first handheld console in the ___MASK38___ Boy line and was created by Satoru Okada and Nintendo Research & Development 1 . This same team , led by Gunpei Yokoi at the time , is credited with designing the ___MASK38___ & Watch series as well as several popular games for the Nintendo ___MASK76___ System . Redesigned versions were released in 1996 and 1998 in the form of ___MASK38___ Boy Pocket and ___MASK38___ Boy Light ( Japan only ), respectively . The is a third - generation home ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ console that was manufactured by Sega . It was originally released in 1985 as the Sega Mark III in Japan . After being redesigned prior to its North American launch , the console was renamed Master System and released in 1986 in North America , 1987 in Europe , and 1989 in Brazil . The redesigned Master System was also released in Japan in 1987 . Both the Mark III and the original Master System models could ___MASK85___ with both cartridges ( or " Mega Cartridges ", as they were officially called ) and the credit card - sized Sega Cards , which retailed at lower prices than cartridges but had lower storage capacity ; the Master System II and later models did not have the card slot . The Master System also featured accessories such as a light gun and 3D glasses which were designed to work with a range of specially coded games . The is a home ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ console released by Sega on November 27 , 1998 in Japan , September 9 , 1999 in North America , and October 14 , 1999 in Europe . It was the first in the sixth generation of ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ consoles , preceding Sony ' s PlayStation 2 , Nintendo ' s GameCube and Microsoft ' s Xbox . The Dreamcast was Sega ' s final home console , marking the end of the company ' s 18 years in the console market . The Nintendo ___MASK76___ System ( commonly abbreviated as NES ) is an 8 - bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo . The best - selling gaming console of its time , the NES helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983 . With the NES , Nintendo introduced a now - standard business model of licensing third - party developers , authorizing them to produce and distribute titles for Nintendo ' s platform . Need for Speed , also known by its initials NFS , is a ___MASK91___ franchise published by Electronic Arts and developed by several studios including EA Black Box , Criterion Games and Ghost Games . North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the ___MASK23___ Hemisphere . It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas . It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean , and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea . A ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ console is an electronic , digital or computer device that outputs a ___MASK47___ signal or visual image to display a ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ that one or more people can ___MASK85___ . A ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ is an electronic ___MASK38___ that involves human or animal interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a ___MASK47___ device such as a TV screen or computer monitor . The word " ___MASK47___ " in " ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ " traditionally referred to a raster display device , but as of the 2000s , it implies any type of display device that can produce two - or three - dimensional images . Some theorists categorize ___MASK47___ games as an art form , but this designation is controversial . The ( abbreviated as GBA ) is a 32 - bit handheld ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ console developed , manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the ___MASK38___ Boy Color . It was released in Japan on March 21 , 2001 , in North America on June 11 , 2001 , in Australia and Europe on June 22 , 2001 , and in the People ' s Republic of China on June 8 , 2004 ( excluding Hong Kong ). Nintendo ' s competitors in the handheld market at the time were the Neo Geo Pocket Color , WonderSwan , GP32 , Tapwave Zodiac , and the N - Gage . Despite the competitors ' best efforts , Nintendo maintained a majority market ___MASK75___ with the ___MASK38___ Boy Advance . As of June 30 , 2010 , the ___MASK38___ Boy Advance series has sold 81 . 51 million units worldwide . Its successor , the Nintendo DS , was released in November 2004 and is also compatible with ___MASK38___ Boy Advance software . Microsoft Corporation ( commonly referred to as Microsoft or MS ) is an American multinational ___MASK40___ company headquartered in Redmond , Washington , that develops , manufactures , licenses , supports and sells computer software , consumer electronics and personal computers and services . Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems , Microsoft Office office suite , and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers . Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup . As of 2016 , it was the world ' s largest software maker by revenue , and one of the world ' s most valuable companies . Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group , which is engaged in business through its four operating components  electronics ( ___MASK47___ games , network services and medical business ), motion pictures , ___MASK96___ and financial services . These make Sony one of the most comprehensive ___MASK76___ companies in the world . Sony ' s principal business operations include Sony Corporation , Sony Pictures ___MASK76___ , Sony Interactive ___MASK76___ , Sony Music ___MASK76___ , Sony Mobile ( formerly Sony Ericsson ) and Sony Financial . Sony is among the Semiconductor sales leaders by year and as of 2013 , the fourth - largest television manufacturer in the world , after Samsung Electronics , LG Electronics and TCL . Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a ___MASK97___ comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest ___MASK97___ by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . The PlayStation 2 ( abbreviated as PS2 ) is a home ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ console that was developed by Sony Computer ___MASK76___ . It is the successor to the PlayStation , and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles . It was released on March 4 , 2000 in Japan , October 26 , 2000 in North America , November 24 , 2000 in Europe , and November 17 , 2000 in Australia . It competed with Sega ' s Dreamcast , Microsoft ' s Xbox , and Nintendo ' s GameCube in the sixth generation of ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ consoles . Acclaim ___MASK76___ ( stylized as A « laim ) was an American video game developer and publisher . It developed , published , marketed and distributed interactive ___MASK76___ software for a ___MASK22___ of hardware platforms , including Mega Drive / Genesis , Saturn , Dreamcast , and Game Gear , Nintendo ___MASK76___ System , Super NES , Nintendo 64 , GameCube , Game Boy , Game Boy Color , and Game Boy Advance , PlayStation and PlayStation 2 , Xbox , personal computer systems and arcade games . They also released video games for the Master System in Europe . Burnout is a ___MASK57___ game that was developed by Criterion Games and published by Acclaim ___MASK76___ . It was released for the PlayStation 2 in North America on 1 November 2001 and in Europe on 16 November 2001 . The GameCube and Xbox versions were released a year later in North America on 29 April 2002 and in Europe on 3 May 2002 . Burnout was the first in a series of high - speed ___MASK57___ games noted for over the top crashes and high risk gameplay mechanics . The game ' s success led to several sequels . The is an 8 - bit handheld ___MASK38___ console released by Sega on October 6 , 1990 in Japan , in North America and Europe , and Australia in 1992 . The ___MASK38___ Gear primarily competed with Nintendo ' s ___MASK38___ Boy , the Atari Lynx and NEC ' s TurboExpress . The handheld shares much of its hardware with the Master System and is able to ___MASK85___ its own titles as well as those of the Master System , the latter being made possible by the use of an adapter . Containing a full - color backlit screen with a landscape format , Sega positioned the ___MASK38___ Gear as a technologically superior handheld to the ___MASK38___ Boy . The , referred to as GBC , is a handheld ___MASK38___ console manufactured by Nintendo , which was released on October 21 , 1998 in Japan and was released in November of the same year in international markets . It is the successor of the ___MASK38___ Boy . In the ___MASK48___ of video games , the sixth - generation era ( sometimes referred to as the 128 - bit era ; see " Bits and system power " below ) refers to the computer and video games , video game consoles , and video game handhelds available at the turn of the 21st century which was from 1998 to 2008 . Platforms of the sixth generation include the Sega Dreamcast , Sony PlayStation 2 , Nintendo GameCube , and Microsoft Xbox . This era began on November 27 , 1998 with the Japanese release of the Dreamcast , and it was joined by the PlayStation 2 in March 2000 and the GameCube and Xbox in 2001 . The Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001 , the GameCube in 2007 , Xbox in 2009 and PlayStation 2 in 2013 . Though the seventh generation of consoles started in November 2005 with the launch of the Xbox 360 , the sixth generation did not end until January 2013 , when Sony announced that the PlayStation 2 had been discontinued worldwide . An arcade ___MASK38___ or coin - op is a coin - operated ___MASK76___ machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants , bars and amusement arcades . Most arcade games are video games , pinball machines , electro - mechanical games , redemption games or merchandisers . While exact dates are debated , the golden age of arcade video games is usually defined as a period beginning sometime in the late 1970s and ending sometime in the mid - 1980s . Excluding a brief resurgence in the early 1990s , the arcade industry subsequently declined in the Western hemisphere as competing home - based video ___MASK38___ consoles such as Playstation and Xbox increased in their graphics and ___MASK38___ - ___MASK85___ capability and decreased in cost . Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s , Nintendo then developed into a ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ company in the 1970s , ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan ' s third most - valuable company with a market value of over $ 85 billion . From 1992 until 2016 , Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball ' s Seattle Mariners . The is a home ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ console released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14 , 2001 ; in North America on November 18 , 2001 ; in Europe on May 3 , 2002 ; and in Australia on May 17 , 2002 . The sixth - generation console is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and competed with Sony Computer ___MASK76___ ' s PlayStation 2 and Microsoft ' s Xbox . Criterion Games ( officially called Criterion Software ) is a British ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ developer based in Guildford , Surrey that are best known for their work on the award - winning ___MASK91___ series " Burnout " and various " Need for Speed " games . The , stylized as NINTENDO and often referred to as N64 , is Nintendo ' s third home ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ console for the international market . Named for its 64 - bit central processing unit , it was released in June 1996 in Japan , September 1996 in North America , March 1997 in Europe and Australia , September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil . It is the industry ' s last major successive home console to use the cartridge as its primary storage format , as all succeeding home consoles up until the Nintendo Switch used an optical format . In addition , current handheld systems ( such as the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS ) also use cartridges . While the Nintendo 64 was succeeded by Nintendo ' s MiniDVD - based GameCube in November 2001 , the consoles remained available until the system was retired in late 2003 . A ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ developer is a software developer that specializes in ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ development  the process and related disciplines of creating ___MASK47___ games . A ___MASK38___ developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines , such as programming , design , art , testing , etc . Most ___MASK38___ development companies have ___MASK47___ ___MASK38___ publisher financial and usually marketing support . Self - funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games .