Few rivalries were as ferocious as the 16-bit era competition between Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Genesis was first to enter the market and gained a substantial headstart but the impressive hardware and exclusive software of the SNES threatened Sega’s lead. In response the Sega marketing created the term “Blast Processing” to tout the superior redraw speed of the console. Sega positioned the Genesis as the only place you’d ever be able to play demanding games like Sonic the Hedgehog. Blast Processing made the ordinary extraordinary and the mundane exceptional. When you apply Blast Processing special, magical results can happen: