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'''Salio Inc.''' (サリオ) was a video game publishing company. It was the first third-party publisher to support a [[Sega]] console in Japan, and one of two publishers to support the [[Sega Master System]] in this region (the other being Sega themselves). Until this point, Sega had published every cartridge and card in Japan, starting with the [[SG-1000]] in 1983.
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'''Salio Inc.''' (サリオ) was the first third-party publisher to ever support a [[Sega]] console in Japan, being the only other company to publish games for the [[Sega Mark III]] besides Sega themselves. Until this point, Sega had published every cartridge and card in Japan, starting with the [[SG-1000]] in 1983. Whereas Sega's Mark III and Master System games were labeled as "Gold Cartridges" in Japan, Salio's were labeled as "Silver Cartridges".
  
Salio was actually a dummy brand created by [[Tecmo]] so they could circumvent [[Nintendo]]'s exclusivity policy on third-party publishers and release games on competing platforms without repercussion. Only three games were published under the Salio label: two on the [[Sega Mark III]] and one on the PC Engine. Tecmo would publish games on later Sega platforms under their own name.
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Salio was actually a dummy brand created by [[Tecmo]] so they could circumvent [[Nintendo]]'s exclusivity policy on third-party publishers and release games on competing platforms without repercussion. Only three games were published under the Salio label: two on the Mark III and one on the PC Engine. Tecmo would publish games on later Sega platforms under their own name after Nintendo became less restrictive on third-party supporters.
 
 
Whereas Sega's Mark III and Master System games were labeled as "Gold Cartridges" in Japan, Salio's were labeled as "Silver Cartridges".
 
  
 
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Revision as of 03:49, 18 August 2015

Salio Inc. (サリオ) was the first third-party publisher to ever support a Sega console in Japan, being the only other company to publish games for the Sega Mark III besides Sega themselves. Until this point, Sega had published every cartridge and card in Japan, starting with the SG-1000 in 1983. Whereas Sega's Mark III and Master System games were labeled as "Gold Cartridges" in Japan, Salio's were labeled as "Silver Cartridges".

Salio was actually a dummy brand created by Tecmo so they could circumvent Nintendo's exclusivity policy on third-party publishers and release games on competing platforms without repercussion. Only three games were published under the Salio label: two on the Mark III and one on the PC Engine. Tecmo would publish games on later Sega platforms under their own name after Nintendo became less restrictive on third-party supporters.

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