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Sega Pico

A child-focused learning console built around illustrated books, a touch pad, and a stylus.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Sega released the Kids Computer Pico in Japan in 1993 and took it overseas in 1994. Its page-turning Storyware cartridges and pen interface created a distinct educational branch of Sega hardware.

Released
1993 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
Educational console
Format / type
Storyware cartridge
Region
Japan / North America / Europe
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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Sega Pico is a Sega hardware family documented for Japan / North America / Europe, with a release recorded as 1993 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Educational console hardware using Storyware cartridge. PLAYBACK connects 2 documented hardware variants to this family, including Kids Computer Pico HPC-0001, Sega Pico MK-49002.

Research status
Structured source record
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Release context

The documented release is 1993 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Japan / North America / Europe on Educational console. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

02

Regional differences

This record is scoped to Japan / North America / Europe. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

03

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Storyware cartridge. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

04

Editions and revisions

2 hardware configurations are linked to this family: Kids Computer Pico HPC-0001, Sega Pico MK-49002.

Research sources

  1. commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗