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The Sega mega drive (in the USA: Sega genesis) is a 16-Bit-Videospielkonsole of the Japanese manufacturer Sega.

Emergence and career/development

16-Bit-Computer like the Commodore Amiga and the Atari ST, as well as ran off the 8-bit video game consoles rank. Beyond that Segas competitor Nintendo 95 per cent of the North American video game market and 92 per cent of the Japanese market did not stop, only in Europe was so successful of Nintendo 8-bit and Sega knew that the Sega master system would not create it, to contest this position in North America and Japan therefore one decided to introduce the production of a new console.

Segas system 16-Arcade-Spiele announced the enterprise much, so that itself Hayou Nakayama, Segas of CEO at that time decided, in addition, to produce the new console as The current Design ran greatly, and so one used three new Arcade boards: The Megatech, the Megaplay, and the system C. all plays made for these systems could function on the new console.

The first name, which Sega for the new console considered, was MK-1601, however one decided in the final result for the name mega drive. Mega radiated superiority, and drive let the consumers think of speed and Kraft. This name was used for the Japanese, European, asiatic and Australian versions of the console. From mark-legal reasons the coming on that became North American market, which constituted half of the total sales approximately, genesis (altgriech. for "“creation"”) mentioned.

When NEC published the PC engine on 30 October 1987 in Japan, she seemed as threat for Sega and Nintendo. It provided however only for few eddies on the Japanese market, hardly more than the mega drive.

The Sega mega drive was published in Japan at the 29.Oktober 1988 at the price by (at that time about 295, - DM). The European publication was on 30 November 1990 in Great Britain, to the price of

The mega drive stood at first in competition with the 8-bit Famicom system in Japan and its equivalent Nintendo Entertainment system in Europe and North America.

The Japanese players were more strongly fixed on the Famicom. When the mega drive began to take over the market, the super Famicom came and exceeded the mega drive in Japan. The super Famicom stopped there about 80 per cent of the market. The mega drive suffered a worse fate than the PC engine on the Japanese market, despite its technical superiority opposite PC engine and Famicom.

The European NES market was much konfus, different companies drove out the NES on different markets. The Sega master system did not have like the mega drive problems to be established in Europe.

The mega drive was located in Europe in competition to of Nintendo super Nintendo Entertainment system, while the Japanese mega drive with the Japanese version of the SNES, which super Famicom competed.

An unusual market, on which the mega had drive success, was Brazil. There the Sega master system and the mega drive could maintain ground in this area to 1998. Owing to Tec Toy, the Brazilian distribution enterprise, stopped both systems there 75% of the market.

Extensions and periphery

Several ADD on components in Japan for the mega drive, some of it appeared published also in the other markets. The Sega Meganet modem appeared only in Japan. The Sega mega+ CD appeared world-wide for all versions to the console, which became North American version however under the name Sega CD marketed. The 32X, the 32-Bit-Erweiterung of the mega drive, which of many sides than Segas largest flop was designated later and also not against the 32bit-Konsolen Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation maintain ground could, was brought to 32X in Japan as super 32X, in North America as genesis and in Europe as mega drive 32X on the market.

The original console was slightly changed briefly after introduction on the market, among other things the EXT haven (connection for the Meganet modem) at the back it was removed and extended the BIOS by a patented Startupsequenz whereby only licensed plays could be started. 1993 were brought to drive 2 a Redesign of the console with the Sega mega on the market. It reduced costs, as chips were consolidated, the plate were made smaller and removed the Shortly thereafter also a cheaper version of the mega+ CD was published, the mega+ CD 2 (and/or Sega CD 2 in North America). From the Frontloader became a Toploader, which no longer completely under separate themselves partially also beside the mainframe found.

With the mega drive 2 6-Button-Controller became the standard, however all plays supported further the existing 3-Button-Controller.

A Sega master system adapter was available for the mega drive. The power cousin converter is put on the module pit of the console. As is the case for the master system was the tracing button not at the CONTROLLER but at the equipment. All master system accessories inclusive Lightgun and 3D-Brille are compatible with this converter. Design-caused this adapter did not fit any longer on the mega drive 2, a newer version appeared in Europe. , That was saved also here map pit was removed, so that module plays could be only used. The mega master was Third party a master system converter of Fire and Datel, which appeared in England. It looked like the official mega drive 2-Konverter, but the tracing button was attached at the side as switches.

Although Sega a Game Gear converter in the discussion had ("“mega Game Gear"”), became these never produced.


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