Nice find.
Nintendo totally dominated US & Japan back in the 8-bit era, mainly due to anti-compitive behaviour and initial bad marketing by the US distributor before Sega took over distribution themselves. Third parties were basically banned from releasing games on other systems (Sega Master System really being the only one). I've seen it mentioned many times that Nintendo had 90% of the US market back then, this article supports that claim. In Europe it was a different matter, and Sega had lots of third party support from European developers. In UK Sega Master System was the dominant platform, but nowhere near the extent that Nintendo was in US.
Fortunately this practice was found to be ilegal by US courts, resulting in a much closer and more competitive 16-bit era.
Master System was technically a better console than NES, but in NA NES had better software support. Many US gamers missed out on a great console IMO, Wonder Boy III: The Dragons Trap is still probably my favourite game of all time.
I had some data from this era on my old HDD before it packed in, but now it's all lost. :(
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