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Sega's 'blast processing' was mostly marketing

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Sega famously marketed the Genesis with an aggressive campaign touting its revolutionary blast processing power. In reality, it was an entirely fabricated tech buzzword designed solely to intimidate Nintendo and convince teenagers their hardware was fundamentally superior.

Sega's 'blast processing' was mostly marketing
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