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It was first released in July of 1983 in Japan, and serves as the home computer equivalent of the SG-1000 (Sega Game 1000) cartridge-based video game console. The SC-3000 is an 8-bit home computer almost identical in nature to the SG-1000, but with a built-in keyboard and support for more hardware expansions.

Unlike later Sega systems, the The SC-3000 was released is available in various countries including Japanthree colors (black, Australiawhite, New Zealand, France, Italy and Finland, as an entry-level machine for the home.red):

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The Othello Multivision is a licensed SGSC-1000 clone designed by 3000 was Sega 's first and sold by Tsukuda Originalmost popular home computer to be released to the general public. Other endeavours such as the rare [[Sega AI]] Computer saw only a small fraction of the success the SC-3000 received, and were built with very different aims. The company would partner with Amstrad for the [[Amstrad Mega PC]] in later years. A similar partnership was made with IBM to create the [[Sega TeraDrive]] computer.

It exists because Sega's original intention for the SCThe SG-3000 computer was to allow other manufacturers to produce compatible computers 1000 received an update in July 1984 with the SG-1000 II. It replaced the hope of having a worldwide standardhardwired joystick with two detachable joypads.

<br> == Licensed Clones == Sega's original intention for the SG-1000/SC-3000 machines was to allow other manufacturers to produce compatible machines in the hope of having a worldwide standard. Unfortunately, possibly with the emergence of the [[MSX|MSX standard]], this tactic failed, and very few SG-1000/SC-3000 compatible machines were produced. The [[Othello Multivision ]] was one of these machines. <gallery>File:Othello Multivision FG-1000.jpg|Othello Multivision</gallery> <br> == Sega Super Control Station == <gallery>File:Sega-SF-7000.jpg|Sega Super Control Station SF-7000File:Sega SF-7000 diagram.gif|Block diagram</gallery> The Sega SF-7000 is an expansion to the SC-3000 computer that provides:* 3-inch floppy disk drive* 8kB of ROM* an extra 64kB of RAM* a Centronics parallel port* an RS-232 serial port <br>

*[http://www.sc-3000.com/ Sega SC-3000 Survivors]*[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWxwRSOzEfLTEXlzGOHFhwHEPoxO53nfG Yeno Sega SC3000 / SG1000 (FR)] by [[Oldschool is beautiful]]*[https://youtu.be/CTmqWSF2qXk All 80 SG-1000 Games (US/EU/JP)]*[https://www.sc3000-multicart.com/downloads/SegaSC3000ProgrammersManual.pdf Sega SC-3000 Programmer's Manual]*[https://segaretro.org/images/e/eb/SC-3000ServiceManual.pdf Sega SC-3000 Service Manual]*[https://archive.org/details/Super_Control_Station_SF-7000_1984_Au/ Sega SF-7000 User's Manual] <br>