Sega Mega Drive Console

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Marriott, Scott Alan. "Sega Genesis Nomad – Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011 . Retrieved October 5, 2013. Kent, Steven L. (2001). The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World. Roseville, California: Prima Publishing. p.447. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4.

Sonic's Architect: GI Interviews Hirokazu Yasuhara". Game Informer. Vol.13, no.124. August 2003. pp.114–116. Marriott, Scott Alan. "Sega Genesis 32X CD – Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on August 2, 2014 . Retrieved July 2, 2013. a b McFerran, Damien (February 22, 2012). "The Rise and Fall of Sega Enterprises". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on February 16, 2014 . Retrieved October 5, 2013. Both 2-button SMS pads and standard Genesis pads could be used to play SMS games, although due to slight differences in how the pads operate, some SMS games inadvertently cause the wrong set of inputs to be selected in a Genesis pad, preventing input from working properly and necessitating the use of an SMS controller. As with the SMS, the PAUSE button was not part of the gamepad connector and instead was implemented as a push-button switch on the device. The Mega Drive was released in Japan in October 29 1988 for ¥21,000, almost exactly a year after the first of the fourth generation consoles NEC's PC Engine. Although this initially caused slow sales, the Mega Drive soon eclipsed the earlier machine in popularity. However, after the release of the PC Engine CD add-on and the Nintendo Super Family Computer, the Mega Drive soon lost ground. The Mega Drive was not as popular as the two aforementioned systems in Japan.Let the games begin: Sega Saturn hits retail shelves across the nation Sept. 2". Business Wire. March 9, 1995. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012 . Retrieved May 7, 2011. a b "Sega tops holiday, yearly sales projections; Sega Saturn installed base reaches 1.6million in U.S., 7 million worldwide". Business Wire. January 13, 1997. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013 . Retrieved October 13, 2013. Sega hit its projections on the mark, selling 1.1million hardware units and 3 million Sega Genesis games. While the company recently announced it will dispose of all remaining 16-bit peripheral inventory, specifically the Genesis 32X and Sega CD products, it will continue to sell Genesis hardware and software in the coming years.

Sega Genesis started life in 1988 in Japan as Mega Drive. It became available in the United States in 1989 as Sega Genesis. Despite the name, this console was the third version developed by Sega. Anyway, in the United States and some other countries the console is known as Sega Genesis. In Europe it was sold as Mega Drive. The consoles are identical and they don’t have major differences. Harris, Blake J. (2014). Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation. New York, New York: HarperCollins. p.386. ISBN 978-0-06-227669-8. a b Redsell, Adam (May 20, 2012). "SEGA: A Soothsayer of the Games Industry". IGN. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013 . Retrieved October 5, 2013. a b c d e f g h i j k l "Software List (Released by Soft Licensees)". セガ 製品情報サイト (in Japanese). Sega . Retrieved May 15, 2023.The Mega Drive was the first of its generation to achieve notable market share in Europe and North America. The Mega Drive was originally launched in Japan to compete with the Nintendo Entertainment System and NEC's PC-Engine. Two years later, Nintendo released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the competition between the two would dominate the 16-bit era of video gaming. The Mega Drive began production in Japan in 1988 and ended with the last new licensed game being released in 2002 in Brazil. Shea, Brian (July 10, 2016). "A Visual History Of Gaming Hardware Revisions". Game Informer. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016 . Retrieved July 12, 2023.