Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Console Variations
Current Count: 14
Sega Genesis / Mega drive :
Sega Mega Drive
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- Console from Japan
- First model released
- Released on October 29th 1988
- Came with 1 controller
- First bundled released came with Sonic the Hedgehog
Sega Genesis
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- Console from North/South America
- Released on August 14th 1989
- More than 20.000.000 units sold in North America
- More than 3.500.000 units sold in South America
- Came with one controller
- The name Genesis was chosen because it fitted better to the local market
Sega Mega Drive
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- Console from Europe
- First European model was released in the UK.
- Released on September 14th 1990
- first bundled released came with Altered Beast
- More then 9.000.000 sold
Sega Mega Drive
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- Console from Asia regions
- Released on 1993 (exact date not known)
- Not much known
Super Gam*Boy
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- Console from South Korea
- Released on May 1990
- Manufactured by Samsung
-manufactured By Samsung due the ban of japanese imports
Sega Mega Drive: Jump!
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- Console from Japan
- has "JUMP!" written on the top
- 3 consoles known
- Expected to be a prize in the Shonen Jump! magazine, currently investigating the source
Sega Mega Drive Jurassic Park
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- Console from France
- Released in 1993
- Has "Jurassic Park" and "Buvez Coca-Cola Marques déposées writenn on top and "JP" on the bottom
- 2 consoles are known
- Was likely expected to be a prize for the movie release
- Came in Mega Drive 1 Altered Beast console box
- Was bundeled with 2 games: Altered Beast and Jurassic Park
Sega Genesis II / Mega drive II :
Sega Mega Drive II
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- Console from Japan
- Cost-reduced redesign
- Black colored console with a blue reset button
Sega Genesis II
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- Console from North America
- Black colored console with a black reset button
Sega Mega Drive II
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- Console from Japan
- Cost-reduced redesign
- Black colored console with red buttons
Super Gam*Boy II
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- Console from South Korea
- Black colored console with Korean writings and Samsung printed on top.
-manufactured By Samsung due the ban of Japanese imports
Other Mega Drive Consoles :
Sega Mega Jet
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- Console from Japan
- Dark/Grey colored console with purple/black buttons and "MD" on it (Stands for Mega Drive)
- It's being at the Mega Drive variations section because it only plays Mega Drive games.
Sega Mega Jet
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- Console from South Korea
- Dark/Grey colored console with purple/black buttons and "Alpine" on it
- This variation was only available for use with Alpine's in car color monitors
- It's being at the Mega Drive variations section because it only plays Mega Drive games.
Sega Nomad
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- Console from North America
- Black colored console with Korean writings and Samsung printed on top.
- It's being at the Mega Drive variations section because it only plays Genesis games.
Around 12 games for the Genesis do not work for the Nomad for unknown reasons.
Sega TeraDrive
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- Console from Japan
- Black colored console
- The TeraDrive is an IBM PC compatible system with an integrated Mega Drive, developed by Sega and manufactured by IBM in 1991.
Sega Wondermega
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- Console from Japan
- Black colored console with a purple reset button
- is a combined Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD unit created by Victor and later by Sega
- retail price on the unit was almost 80.000 yen, so not many where sold
- This was also the first unit which had a Sega CD and a Sega Mega Drive in 1 system