History of video games/Platforms/Genesis Nomad

Development
The Genesis Nomad was originally the Sega Venus, which kept the naming scheme Sega had been using at the time.

Launch
The Genesis Nomad was released in October of 1995 in North America, a development on the previous Japanese Mega Jet which was a portable Mega Drive without a built in screen.

Legacy
The Genesis Nomad sold about one million units in North America, the only area where it was released. Around the end of 1996 the Genesis Nomad was discontinued.

The Genesis Nomad is typically either classified as a fourth generation console, or a fifth generation console. The classification of fourth generation console is typically used when viewing the system as a Sega Genesis that happens to be portable, and thus should be in the same generation. The classification of fifth generation console is used when observing its capabilities as a handheld in relation to other handheld systems of the era, which more closely match with fifth generation systems. Chronologically the console was either launched very late in the fourth generation, or rather early in the fifth generation. As a result of these factors, this console tends to be categorized differently under different points of view.

Technology
The Genesis Nomad has a 3.25" passive matrix LCD which uses composite video internally and tends to ghost.

The Genesis Nomad takes six AA batteries, which can power the Genesis Nomad for about two to three hours.

The Nomad audio is powered by a YM3438 chip and has a single speaker for mono audio, though it has a headphone jack.

Game Library
The Nomad is essentially a portable Sega Genesis, and plays standard North American region Genesis games. Add on devices like the 32X do not work with the Genesis Nomad.