Sega Card
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The Sega Card is a thin, credit card–sized game and software storage medium used for certain titles on Sega’s early home consoles, notably the Master System.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sega My Card | 3 |
| Sega Card canonical | 2 |
| Sega 3-D Glasses (via card slot) | 1 |
| Sega Master System card | 1 |
| TurboGrafx-16 HuCard games | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8521105 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Sega Card Context triple: [Sega Master System, mediaFormat, Sega Card]
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A.
Sega CD
The Sega CD is an add-on for the Sega Genesis console that introduced CD-based gaming with enhanced audio, full-motion video, and expanded storage for more complex games.
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B.
Sega Genesis Classics collections
Sega Genesis Classics collections are compilations of classic Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games released for modern platforms, offering a curated library of retro titles with added features like save states and display options.
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C.
Sega Mega Jet
The Sega Mega Jet is a portable version of the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis designed primarily for in-flight entertainment, requiring connection to an external display.
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D.
Sega System 16
The Sega System 16 is a 16-bit arcade hardware platform developed by Sega in the late 1980s, known for powering popular titles such as Golden Axe and Shinobi.
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E.
Nintendo Switch Game Card
The Nintendo Switch Game Card is a proprietary physical cartridge format used to distribute and play Nintendo Switch games.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Sega Card Target entity description: The Sega Card is a thin, credit card–sized game and software storage medium used for certain titles on Sega’s early home consoles, notably the Master System.
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A.
Sega CD
The Sega CD is an add-on for the Sega Genesis console that introduced CD-based gaming with enhanced audio, full-motion video, and expanded storage for more complex games.
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B.
Sega Genesis Classics collections
Sega Genesis Classics collections are compilations of classic Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games released for modern platforms, offering a curated library of retro titles with added features like save states and display options.
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C.
Sega Mega Jet
The Sega Mega Jet is a portable version of the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis designed primarily for in-flight entertainment, requiring connection to an external display.
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D.
Sega Saturn Multi-Tap
The Sega Saturn Multi-Tap is an accessory that expands the Sega Saturn’s controller ports to allow multiplayer gaming with more than the standard number of players.
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E.
Sega System 16
The Sega System 16 is a 16-bit arcade hardware platform developed by Sega in the late 1980s, known for powering popular titles such as Golden Axe and Shinobi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ROM card
ⓘ
video game storage medium ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | Sega Master System cartridges ⓘ |
| associatedCompany |
Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
ⓘ
linked to:
Sega
|
| capacityComparedToCartridge | lower ⓘ |
| compatibleHardwareFeature | Sega Master System card slot ⓘ |
| costComparedToCartridge | cheaper to manufacture ⓘ |
| dataStorageMethod | mask ROM chips ⓘ |
| formFactor | thin card ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early home console game distribution format ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Sega ⓘ |
| introducedEra | 1980s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sega ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
Sega My Card
ⓘ
linked to:
Sega Card
|
| marketedAsInJapan |
Sega My Card
ⓘ
linked to:
Sega Card
|
| mediumType | solid-state ROM ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
limited storage capacity
ⓘ
more compact than cartridges ⓘ |
| notableOn | Sega Master System card slot ⓘ |
| physicalMedium | plastic card with embedded ROM ⓘ |
| platform |
SC-3000
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SG-1000 ⓘ Sega Mark III ⓘ Sega Master System ⓘ |
| primaryContentType | video games ⓘ |
| regionUsage |
Europe
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| requires | console with card slot or card adapter ⓘ |
| shape | credit card–sized ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successorMedium | Sega Master System ROM cartridge ⓘ |
| usedFor |
software distribution
ⓘ
video game distribution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sega Card Description of subject: The Sega Card is a thin, credit card–sized game and software storage medium used for certain titles on Sega’s early home consoles, notably the Master System.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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