Retronauts Micro 93: Sega Pico

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In 1994, Sega released the Pico: a cute little purple-and-teal suitcase that ran on Genesis hardware and promised to enhance young minds rather than rot them. While it was a neat little piece of tech at the time, America didn't take as kindly to the Pico as Japan did--though Sega's little "learning computer" managed to touch a few tiny lives before it disappeared with only 20 releases to its name. On this episode of Retronauts Micro, join Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Pico enthusiast Sam Leichtamer (of GameSpot) as the crew explores the computer that thinks it's a toy.

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0:53.1	Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of RetroNots Live.
0:56.5	I'm your host for this one Bob Mackie, and today's topic is the Sega Pico.
1:01.2	Before I get started here, who is with me in this room here?
1:04.3	Hey, it's Henry Gilbert, ready to learn.
1:07.4	And who else?
1:08.3	And my name is Sam.
1:09.2	And yes, we're talking about the Pico,
1:11.2	and this is all Sam's idea.
1:12.8	I worked with Sam earlier on an episode you'll hear in the future.
1:16.0	But she said, oh, maybe perhaps it's a joke, Sam.
1:19.1	I'm not sure.
1:19.6	Like, oh, I know a lot about the Pico,
1:21.0	and you expected me to chuckle perhaps, but I was like, no, that's an episode.
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