Genki's first love was a Sega Master System. It could easily have been a Famicom, but that bizarre ROB robot looked a bit too out there. Whilst probably with a weakened skull and with poorer eyes from those 3D specs, it was hard not to love Sega's fine efforts for the system in the face of the Famicom onslaught. Alex Kidd was certainly an annoyingly little oik in the days before every mascot needed a PR agency. But the gameplay was lapped up by cool gaming cats. Shinobi was a faultless edition that recreated the arcade experience at home (rather than releasing the home console in the arcades like with Nintendo's multi-select 'Duck Hunt' unit...) Afterburner did nothing to slow down Top Gun impressions in the playground with Rocky coming thankfully before salmonella such was the increase in raw egg consumption this boxing tie in caused. And the flowing hair in OutRun certainly got Genki's pulse racing. Anmitsu Hime demonstrated Sega's flair for action and Nasca '88 showed it knew the importance of the home market too.