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==Competitors== Nintendo's main competition was with the [[Master System]] and the [[Atari 7800]], the latter of which was delayed for two years from its intended release date due to the video game industry crash that left the American video game market uncertain as to whether it was going to recover. However, with the combination of popularity surrounding the software that the NES had to offer gamers, and the stiff stranglehold Nintendo's third-party licensing system had on its software supporters preventing them from releasing similar games for competing systems for at least two years, the [[Master System]] and the [[Atari 7800]] suffered greatly in the marketplace. Video game rentals didn't help the competition, as most rental stores and chains would only carry NES games. [[SEGA]] would answer back with a vengeance when it released its [[Mega Drive]] system in America as the [[Genesis]] in 1989, while Atari prepared for its own comeback attempt with the [[Jaguar]], released in 1993. In comparison to its considerable success in Japan and North America, the NES had much less success in Europe and [[South America]], with [[SEGA]]'s [[Master System]] being significantly more successful than the NES in these regions.<ref name="classics"/><ref name="Retroinspection"/>
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