We go behind the scenes at Sega during the troubled 1990s with former Sega of America Producer Mark Subotnick, with some never-before-told stories of the misteps that lead to them exiting the console business.

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Show notes:

Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo: https://bit.ly/31j0qLu
Game Boy Advance 'hacked' to run PlayStation games: https://engt.co/3DhevWX
Lost game gets Switch release: https://bit.ly/2ZJQtWI
Raspberry Pi palmtop: https://bit.ly/3deDoId
Paprium coming to current gen systems and Dreamcast: https://bit.ly/3xJk6E4