About this episode
This episode explores the evolution of SEGA's North American branding and box art design from 1989 to 2001.
In this episode of Sega Talk, we track the radical evolution of SEGA’s North American branding, from the clinical “graph paper” grids of the Master System to the high-tech “black box” era of the Genesis. We dive deep into why Sega abandoned its uniform look for the iconic red-stripe rebrand of the 90s, the switch … Continued
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Host: SEGAbits.com
Topics covered
- SEGA branding
- box art design
- North American marketing
- video game history
- graphic design
Keywords
- SEGA
- box art
- branding
- video games
- graphic design
- Master System
- Genesis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SEGA
Books & works: Master System, Genesis
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