The Sega Genesis's arrival in 1989 marked a new era of 16-bit video gaming. Releasing two years before the SNES, Sega Genesis and its aggressive marketing campaign offered a genuine contender to the home console market domination of Nintendo. The hardware was based on Segas System 16 arcade board, and it was predominantly in arcade ports where the console excelled. Among the many advertising successes Sega had was the promise of arcade gaming in the home.