When you read or hear the word SEGA what do you think of (think of it before voting)?

[Still-alive]

Sonic the hedgehog

Sega Genesis

a once major game company that had competed heavily with Nintendo for a time before it stopped making consoles

Dreamcast

that voice saying 'SEGA' in all those commercials and when you first boot up a game on genesis

I have never heard 'SEGA' before actually

I think of something else (say what)

A total of 48 votes were cast: 14 girls and 34 guys. See detailed results

[WindAtMyBack]

I think of kids. Seriously, that's what I think of. Those "kids" would probably be in their late 40s and 50s now, but I think of them when they were kids.

I started playing games on personal computers when they first came out. Almost nobody had computers then. And that was before there were consoles like Sega. When the console game market started growing, I remember seeing young children playing games on console. I remember watching them and seeing how they were possessed by the game, almost oblivious to everything else around them.

I was seeing the beginnings of video game addiction. Worse, this was young children who should have been out running around and getting exercise.

To this day, I think of consoles being for kids. I know it's not just for kids, but that image is pretty strong with me. It's an image of kids glued to the game when they should be experiencing life.

[clampfan101]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/nTDU9fSMNyI

Chili dogs. lol

[clampfan101]

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[letuswaltzforthedead]

Never heard of it and the last time I played sonic, I was probably 4 or 6.

[Still-alive]

Sad we reached a generation that has never heard of Sega before :(

[letuswaltzforthedead]

I guess I've just forgotten about it, baby smooth brain.

[petitedollbabee]

Seeegaaaaa. I think of sonic.

[JDavid25]

Yes

[RolandCuthbert]

I bought my nieces and nephews the Sega Genesis for Christmas one year.

[Still-alive]

So cool. My older brother bought one and played sonic 2 forever.

[goaded]

"To be this good takes AGES/SEGA" US TV advert.

Or, now I think of it, "Sega does what Nintendon't". (Memorable because mentioning competitors in adverts was a no-no in the UK at the time.

[DryGermanGuy]

Brilliant Commodore UK marketing… 👍😬

[goaded]

I guess I was misinformed about UK advertising!

[DryGermanGuy]

@goaded
Commodore UK had outstanding advertising. That's the reason it was one of the very few Commodore country entities still standing when Commodore, Inc. went bust.

[Ill_made_Knight]

Mortal Kombat games... it was on other platforms, but it was the game that we played on Genesis the most, far and away

[20yearsolder]

Sega Genesis and Sonic the hedgehog. When I was growing up that was the system to have and I was lucky enough to have it

[Dinosaursandanime65]

I always think of shoes and Sonic the Hedgehog. Whenever I see it, I think of a store called Ross because it was basically the exact same logo but it said Ross instead of SEGA. They got rid of it now

[CrazyGirl2]

I think of “video games”. Nothing specific, just video games in general.

[Dinklex3]

I hear "seeggaaaa" in my head.

Sega genesis, lol.

[LemiaOfThunder]

Sonic is segas mascott, Sega intro and soincs theme with greenhill zone is as iconic as playstation chime or the Nintendo Ding.

[KostasKouvalis]

Sega Genesis. First game system I ever owned

[Massageman]

The three-second tagline where a gravelly male voice says, "Say-' gaaaaaaaah".

[TallAnon]

First thing that came to mind was Sonic, but I've had multiple of their consoles and played a lot of games on them

[zagor]

Sonic. That's pretty much all I know about SEGA.

[Likes2drive]

I just remember those old commercials saying the word Sega

[TransAm85]

Both I guess?

[Still-alive]

Both?

[TransAm85]

Sonic and Sega go together!

[AsaKyo]

Sonic or Hatsune Miku

[Still-alive]

[bubblegunnn]

Its obviously sonic for sure.. my fav

[Pinay_ako]

My Childhood

[Still-alive]

Ahhh nostalgia 😌

[FinalFantasyBro]

Sonic. And The entire Company as a whole

[Guardian45]

Japanese game company

[Zolly99999]

The console and sonic the hedgehog

[josephinelcajon]

Video games

[llorando]

Sega Genesis.