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During its lifespan, the Mega Drive received several officially licensed variations. While only one major design revision of the console was created during its lifespan, each region has its own peculiarities and unique items, while other variations were exercises in reducing costs (such as the removal of the little-used 9-pin EXT. port) or expanding the capabilities of the Mega Drive. Note: This model looks like the North American Genesis 2 (lots of different versions with different built-in games). The other release is Mega Drive 3 with 86 games. Released by TecToy in Brazil, it features a new design, no cartridge slot and 86 games built-in. Released in Brazil only, this new version announced by TecToy in August 2009 had a totally revamped design: this new console is white and gray, the controllers have six differently colored buttons, and came with a new guitar controller. Although this system has an SD card slot allowing the owner to play MP3 audio files as well as roms on the device, it has no cartridge slot. It does, however, have 87 built-in games in its memory, including Sonic 3, Golden Axe, Altered Beast and The Sims. A special "Limited Streets of Rage Edition" of the system was released in early 2011. As well as the 15 main games, this edition also included Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 3 and Virtua Fighter. Another portable version, this SEGA-approved Mega Drive-based handheld was released at the end of 2009.

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The Mega Drive (メガドライブ Mega Doraibu), also known as the Sega Genesis in North America, was Sega's third console. It was Sega's most successful console, selling over 30 million units worldwide, including more than 20 million in the United States, 8 million in Europe, 3.58 million in Japan, and 3 million in Brazil. Recently, a clone Power Base Converter fully compatible with both Model 1 and Model 2 Genesis / Megadrives was released by db Electronics. This particular variant fits inside a standard cartridge shell and does not suffer from casing issues like the original Power Base Converter. Majesco's Genesis 3 (single-chip and dual-chip versions) retains the Mode 4 support but has the Master System compatibility removed from the bus controller logic. Less than a year later, in 1993, Sega released a redesigned version of the console at a newly reduced price. By consolidating the internal chipset onto a smaller, unified motherboard, Sega was able to both physically reduce the system's size and bring down production costs by simplifying the assembly procedure and reducing the number of integrated circuits required for each unit. Aside from the release of the Mega-CD and Sega 32X add-ons for the Mega Drive, Sega's last big announcement came in the form of a partnership with Time Warner in the U.S. In 1997, less than two years after the debut of their Saturn console, Sega quickly brought their participation in the 16-bit era to an end by discontinuing production of the Mega Drive and its associated accessories. Third-party production and development continued, and still does to the present-day. This decision by SEGA infuriated consumers around the world who had bought the Sega Mega CD and 32X attachments only to see Sega abandon all support.

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Sega Mega Drive | SegaSonic Database | Fandom

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The Mega Driveis a fourth generation video game console released by Sega in USA in 1988 and Europe in 1990. The console was released in North America in 1989 under the name Genesis, as Sega was unable to secure legal rights to the Mega Drive name in that region. The Mega Drive, heavily marketed... In 1997, Sega licensed the Mega Drive to Majesco so that it could re-release the console.[37] Majesco began re-selling millions of formerly unsold cartridges at a budget price together with the second model of the Genesis, until it later released a third version of it. The last commercially licensed release in North America was Frogger, released in 1998.[38] The Mega Drive was supported until 1997 in Europe, when Sega announced it was dropping support for it.[10] It was discontinued along with its predecessor, the long-lived Sega Master System, to allow Sega to concentrate on its newer console, the Saturn. The Mega Drive's add-ons, the Mega CD and 32X, were also both discontinued at this point, having been the same general failures they were in the other regions.[32] These include Sonic Mega Collection and Sonic Gems Collection for PS2, Xbox and Gamecube; Sega Genesis Collection for PS2 and PSP; and most recently Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 (the latter supporting Achievements/Trophies for various actions across all games and graphic smoothing). Some versions do feature slight emulation issues, such as sound problems on Sega Genesis Collection. The converter contains a top slot for cartridge-based games along with a front slot for card-based games, as well as the 3-D glasses adapter. When a Master System game is inserted, the system puts the Z80 in control, leaving the Mega Drive's main 68000 processor idle.[8] In Japan the device is known as the "Mega Adapter". The PAL variant is called the "Master System Converter" in mainland Europe.[49] The Power Base Converter is not fully compatible with the redesigned Mega Drive 2. A second version, the "Master System Converter II", was released to address this problem.

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The original Megadrive game sold over 14 million copies. ↑ Boutros, Daniel (August 5, 2006). "A Detailed Cross-Examination of Yesterday and Today's Best-Selling Platform Games". Game Developer. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2022. 1 2 Fahs, Travis (April 21, 2009). "IGN Presents the History of Sega (page 5)". IGN. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2013. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kent, Steven L. Sega released the Mega Drive in Japan on October 29, 1988, though the launch was overshadowed by Nintendo's release of Super Mario Bros. 3 a week earlier. Positive coverage from magazines Famitsu and Beep! helped to establish a following. Within two days of release, the console's initial production run sold out. The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World. Roseville, California: Prima Publishing. ISBN ... ↑ Brandt, Richard; Gross, Neil (February 21, 1994). "Sega!". BusinessWeek. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Sega planned to release a steering wheel peripheral in 1994, and the Genesis version of Virtua Racing was advertised as "steering wheel compatible", but the peripheral was cancelled. In its first foray into online gaming, Sega created Sega Meganet, which debuted in Japan on November 3, 1990. Touting the benefits of the CD's comparatively vast storage space, Sega and its third-party developers produced a number of games for the add-on that include digital video in their gameplay or as bonus content, as well as re-releasing several cartridge-based games with high-fidelity audio tracks. In 1993, Sega released the Sega CD 2, a smaller and lighter version of the add-on designed for the Genesis II, at a reduced price compared to the original. A limited number of games were later developed that use both the Sega CD and the Sega 32X add-ons.

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The Sega Mega Drive (メガドライブ, Mega Doraibu?), also known as the Sega Genesis in North America, is a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in 1988 in Japan and 1989 in the United States. It was the company's third home console, succeeding the Master System and a direct competitor of NEC's PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 (which was released one year earlier and had a better success in Japan) and Nintendo's Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System (which was released two years later and... The Sega Mega Drive went through many different design changes and titles over the years it was in production. This list only includes standard Mega Drive variations and does not feature any "bundle" consoles such as the Sega CDX or TeraDrive. ... Mega Drive with the Sega CD and 32X add-ons as well as Sonic the Hedgehog locked on a Sonic & Knuckles cartridge (Japanese version). The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World. Roseville, California: Prima Publishing. pp. 401. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4. ↑ SEGA'S BIZARRE EARLY 1990S VIZ ADVERTS. UK Resistance (2006). Retrieved on 20 October 2007. ↑ 17.0 17.1 McFerran, Damien (2007). Hardware Focus - Sega Megadrive / Genesis. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kent, Steven L. (2001). The Ultimate History of Video Games. Roseville, California: Prima Publishing. pp. 404–405. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Console Zone: Sega MegaDrive". New Computer Express (97): 48. 15 September 1990.