Sega Mega Drive Console

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Link Dragon - Overview". Allgame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014 . Retrieved January 15, 2014. Sega Unveils 1997 Line-Up for Genesis". Sega of America. June 19, 1997. Archived from the original on June 29, 1998 . Retrieved November 12, 2015.

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. Brandt, Richard; Gross, Neil (February 21, 1994). "Sega!". BusinessWeek. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013 . Retrieved October 10, 2013.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. This can, at least in slight, be seen as a contributing factor to the downfall of Sega as a console manufacturer. The console wasn't discontinued in Europe, Austrailia and New Zealand until 1998, where it was outsold by the Super NES as well as the Saturn. The Mega Drive / Genesis was pulled out of the Japanese and North American markets before the SNES; however, this is not including the licensed Majesco and ATGames versions of the Mega Drive. up for Nintendo and made its mark in console history. Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Technical Specifications

Marriott, Scott Alan. "JVC X'Eye – Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011 . Retrieved July 2, 2013.Game-System Sales". Newsweek. January 14, 1996. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013 . Retrieved December 4, 2013. While a new generation of home game systems got all the hype in '95, the older 16-bit machines still jumped off the shelves. – Nintendo SNES 2.7million – Sega Genesis 2.1million – Sega Saturn[*] 300,000 – Sony PlayStation[**] 550,000 – 3DO 250,000 – 64-bit Atari Jaguar 150,000 SEGA Europe envisage une activité en progression en 1997" (in French). Sega Europe. January 7, 1997. Archived from the original on July 15, 1997 . Retrieved October 3, 2021. Tor Thorsen (October 18, 2007). "GDC 06: Revolution to play Genesis, TurboGrafx-16 games". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 18, 2006 . Retrieved July 16, 2010. Buchanan, Levi (March 20, 2009). "Genesis vs. SNES: By the Numbers". IGN. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012 . Retrieved January 19, 2011. Cannot be accessed directly by CPU, must be read and written via VDP (Video Display Processor - see below)

Sega president and CEO also announces immediate availability of Sega Saturn in 1,800 retail outlets in U.S. and Canada". Business Wire. May 11, 1995. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012 . Retrieved December 2, 2013.

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Sega Genesis is also popular with many players on the Mega Drive in North America. This is a 16-bit console game console made by the famous Japanese gaming company, SEGA. Sega Genesis is the third generation gaming console released and is the successor of the Sega Master System. It was first published in Japan in 1988 and expanded its market to the global region in the following years. The market they targeted was North America with the Genesis name in 1989, and in 1990, it was distributed as Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe. Sega officially stopped manufacturing this product in 1997 after nine years of continuous production. During those nine years, the total sales of the Sega Genesis were 30.75 worldwide. This is a very terrible number and brought massive revenue to SEGA and brought SEGA’s name to the world.

a b c d Kent, Steven L. (2001). "The Legal Game". The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World. Roseville, California: Prima Publishing. p. 383. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4. The appearance of the Mega Drive was designed by a team led by Mitsushige Shiraiwa that drew inspiration from audiophile equipment and automobiles. Shiraiwa said this more mature look helped to target the Mega Drive to all ages, unlike the Famicom, which was aimed primarily at children. [24] According to Sato, the Japanese design for the Mega Drive was based on the appearance of an audio player, with "16-bit" embossed in a golden metallic veneer to create an impression of power. [12] As such, Sega released titles such as Altered Beast and the Phantasy Star games. Although the NES and Nintendo's impending SNES were still threats to Sega's market share, they had forced the theoretically competitive TurboGrafx-16 system into relative obscurity, thanks in part to NEC's poor North American marketing campaign. The NEC TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine) was also a competitor to the Mega Drive, but it did not have a major hold on the 16 bit era outside of Japan. The other main competitor, the Neo Geo AES from SNK, did not sell well due its large price tag both for the system itself and for its titles. Screen Digest". Screen Digest. Screen Digest Limited: 348. 2001. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 breaks all records for sales of video/computer games

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There is an extremely rare version of the console called the Mega Jet, which was originally available only for rent by JAL passengers, but later sold in small quantities. Reisinger, Don (January 25, 2008). "The SNES is the greatest console of all time". CNET Blog Network. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012 . Retrieved September 21, 2011. a b c "Sega farms out Genesis". Consumer Electronics. March 2, 1998. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012.