I have nine Mega Drive Europe (two CIB), Mega Drive Japan (CIB), eight Mega Drive II Europe (two CIB, Toy Story CIB), two Mega Drive II Japan (one CIB) main units, two Mega drive 32X (one CIB), many controllers, many power adapters, two Master System, Converter, three Arcade Power Sticks (one CIB), Super Mega Key Control stick, Megacom Memory Module, Mouse (CIB), two Arcade Power Sticks II (both CIB), SJ6000 controller II, four Menacers (all four are CIB), Mega Drive Mega Key 2 (SW), the Eliminator Sega Cleaning Kit (CIB) and Sega Mega Drive 4-Player Adapter (CIB).
type game console
country Japan
year 1989 / 1990 (II)
os Sega
cpu Motorola 6800
speed 7.68 MHz
ram 64 KB
rom cartridge
graphic 320*224 (64)
colors 512
sound stereo
ports controller (2), cartridge, a/v out, rf
The Sega Mega Drive — Europe’s 16-bit Champion
The Sega Mega Drive (Genesis in North America), launched in Europe in 1990, was the dominant console in European gaming throughout the early 1990s — outselling the Super Nintendo in several key European markets and establishing Sega as the premium gaming brand for older European players. The Mega Drive’s aggressive marketing, strong sports game library from EA, and Sonic the Hedgehog made it the aspirational console for European teenagers during the 16-bit era. This collection includes the Mega Drive II — the redesigned, more compact version released in 1993 — representing the European gaming hardware that competed with Nintendo during gaming’s first genuine console war.