Quote Originally Posted by FlufflePuff
Just to add a little fuel to the fire. Game Informer #113 cites September 9th, 1991 as the official launch date. There is a small blurb in the Classic GI section. I'm guessing they probably know what they are talking about, as they were making magazines when the system launched. I'm not implying that it wasn't accidently/intentionally released early in some places, but let's stick to facts instead of what we remember from our childhoods.
GI doesn't know shit. They once stated that the 32x was never released in Japan, which is patently untrue.