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SG-1000
PlannedSega · Japan · 1983 · Zilog Z80A

Sega SG-1000

We haven't built this one yet — and we're not going to pretend otherwise. There are no lessons here today. What there is: the plan, a clear sense of where it sits, and a standing invitation to help bring it forward.

The honest bitThis isn't a dead end. The page is real — there's just no curriculum on it yet.

The plan, when we get here

1
Port the methodology

Prove the Spectrum approach generalises to this machine's CPU and display. This is the gate — everything else waits on it.

Not started
2
A gateway track

The gentlest on-ramp the machine allows — fundamentals first, building real things from the very first lesson.

Queued
3
Assembly flagship

The real prize: a complete game on the metal, at the same commercial bar as Shadowkeep on the Spectrum.

Queued

The machine itself

CPUZilog Z80A
Architecture8-bit · z80
Typeconsole
RegionJapan
Made1983 · Sega · Tokyo (Shinagawa)
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