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Mega Drive Twin Pads

Manufacturer: AtGames

Distributor: AtGames, Blaze Europe (UK), Millennium 2000 (Germany), Time (Netherlands)

Built-in games: 10

Release	Date	Code
EU	2008-08
DE	200x
NL	2008	DPG-450
UK	2008-10-31^[1]
AS	200x

The Mega Drive Twin Pads is a Mega Drive "console on a chip" originally produced by AtGames for the Asian market with 5 built-in games and distributed in Europe by Blaze Europe with 10 games. One of the two game controllers plugs directly into a television, however it will only output a PAL signal. There is no cartridge slot, so you are limited to the 10 games. Four AA batteries are needed to operate the console.

List of games

AtGames version

Blaze version

Gallery

Time Twin Game Pad stock image

Physical scans

Mega Drive, (AtGames)
Cover

Mega Drive, (AtGames; alt)

Mega Drive, UK
Cover

Mega Drive, DE

Mega Drive, NL (Time)
Cover

External links

Product page on Time.nl (offline)

References

↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/SEGA-Mega-Drive-Controller-System/dp/B001E5SFD4 (Wayback Machine: 2008-12-04 02:55)

Sega consoles created by AtGames
"Plug and play" systems
PlayPal Plug & Play (2006) \| Arcade Gamer (200x) \| Brain Games Colour (2008) \| Mega Drive Twin Pads (2008) \| Arcade Gamer Classic (20xx) \| Arcade Master (20xx) \| Reactor (20xx) \| Arcade Motion Dual (2010) \| Arcade Nano (2010) \| Arcade Blast (2011)
Systems with a cartridge slot
Arcade Motion Classic (2008) \| Arcade Classic (2009) \| Genesis Gencore (2009) \| Sega Mega Drive Flashback (2017)
Handhelds
Arcade Gamer Portable (200x) \| Arcade Portable (200x) \| Arcade Ultimate (20xx) \| GenMobile (20xx)

Sega Mega Drive
Topics	Technical specifications (Hardware comparison) \| History \| List of games \| Magazine articles \| Promotional material \| Merchandise \| Cartridges \| TradeMark Security System
Hardware	Japan \| North America \| Western Europe \| Eastern Europe \| South America \| Asia \| South Korea \| Australasia \| Africa EZ Games \| LaserActive \| Mega Jet \| Mega PC \| Mega Play \| Mega-Tech System \| Nomad \| Teradrive \| Mega Drive Mini \| Mega Drive Mini 2 New Mega Drive \| Tianli VCD/DVD Players \| "Consoles on a chip" \| Licensed clones (Magic 2 \| Mega Game II \| Power Pegasus \| Super Bitman) Unlicensed clones
Add-ons	Game Box \| Power Base Converter \| Mega-CD \| 32X (Mega-CD 32X) \| Mega Modem \| Demo System DS-16
Cases	Sega Genesis Nomad Carrying Case \| System Carry Case
Controllers	Control Pad \| Six Button Control Pad \| 6 Button Arcade Pad \| Arcade Power Stick 6B \| Konami Justifier \| MK-1470 Action Chair \| Activator \| Arcade Power Stick \| Keyboard \| MegaFire \| Mouse \| Mega Stick \| Menacer \| Remote Arcade System \| Ten Key Pad \| Third Party Controllers
Accessories	4 Way Play \| Cleaning System \| Control Pad Extension Cord \| Genesis Speakers \| Headset \| HeartBeat Catalyst \| Microphone \| Region converter cartridges \| Mega Terminal \| Nomad PowerBack \| RF Unit (Mega Drive 2) \| SCART Cable (Mega Drive 2) \| Stereo Audio Video Cable \| Team Player \| Video Monitor Cable \| Third Party Accessories
Network services	Sega Channel \| Sega Game Toshokan \| Mega Anser \| Mega Net \| TeleBradesco Residência \| XB∀ND
Development tools	ERX 308P \| ERX 318P \| Sprobe \| SNASM68K \| SNASM2 (Mega Drive) \| SNASM2 (32X) \| PSY-Q Development System (Mega Drive) \| PSY-Q Development System (32X) \| 32X CartDev \| Sega Mars Development Aid System \| Sega 32X Development Target
Unreleased	Edge 16 \| Floppy Disk Drive \| Mega Play 1010 \| Sega VR \| Teleplay System \| Video Jukebox

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-| imgwidth=320
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 | maker=[[AtGames]]
-| distributor=[[AtGames]], [[Blaze Europe]] (UK), [[H&B]] (France)
+| distributor={{company|[[AtGames]]}}, {{company|[[Blaze Europe]]|region=UK}}, {{company|[[Millennium 2000]]|region=Germany}}, {{company|[[Time]]|region=Netherlands}}
 | variants=
 | add-ons=
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+| md_date_uk=2008-10-31{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20081204025509/http://www.amazon.co.uk/SEGA-Mega-Drive-Controller-System/dp/B001E5SFD4}}
+| md_date_nl=2008
+| md_code_nl=DPG-450
+| md_date_de=200x
 | md_date_as=200x
 }}
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 The '''Mega Drive Twin Pads''' is a [[Mega Drive]] "console on a chip" originally produced by [[AtGames]] for the Asian market with 5 built-in games and distributed in Europe by [[Blaze Europe]] with 10 games. One of the two game controllers plugs directly into a television, however it will only output a PAL signal. There is no cartridge slot, so you are limited to the 10 games. Four AA batteries are needed to operate the console.
-==List of Games (AtGames Version)==
+==List of games==
+===AtGames version===
 * ''[[Alien Storm (Mega Drive)|Alien Storm]]''
 * ''[[Columns]]''
@@ Line 24: / Line 28: @@
 * ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''
-==List of Games (Blaze Version)==
+===Blaze version===
 * ''[[Alien Storm (Mega Drive)|Alien Storm]]''
 * ''[[Altered Beast]]''
 * ''[[Columns]]''
-* ''[[sonic:Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine|Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]]''
+* ''[[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]]''
 * ''[[Flicky]]''
 * ''[[Gain Ground]]''
 * ''[[Golden Axe II]]''
 * ''[[Kid Chameleon]]''
-* ''[[sonic:Sonic & Knuckles|Sonic & Knuckles]]''
+* ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''
-* ''[[sonic:Sonic Spinball|Sonic Spinball]]''
+* ''[[Sonic Spinball]]''
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+TwinPads MD NL stock.jpg|Time Twin Game Pad stock image
+</gallery>
 ==Physical scans==
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Mega Drive
-| region=World (AtGames)
+| region=(AtGames)
 | front=Twin Pad AtGames.jpg
 | back=
@@ Line 45: / Line 54: @@
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Mega Drive
-| region=UK
+| region=(AtGames; alt)
-| front=Blaze Twinpad packaging.jpg
+| front=
-| back=
-}}
-{{Scanbox
-| console=Mega Drive
-| region=?? (Time)
-| front=TwinPads MD Box Front Time.jpg
-| back=TwinPads MD Box Back Time.jpg
-}}
-==Single pad variants==
-AtGames also produced versions of this device with just a single controller. As a relatively early product for the company, it is not known what the name of this package was intended to be, and so has been grouped with the above "twin" version for the time being.
-==Physical scans==
-{{Scanbox
-| console=Mega Drive
-| region=??
-| front=16G MDConsole Box Front.jpg
 | back=
 }}
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 | console=Mega Drive
 | region=UK
-| front=Blaze 10G UK Box Front.jpg
+| front=Blaze Twinpad packaging.jpg
 | back=
-| square=yes
 }}
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Mega Drive
-| region=FR
+| region=DE
-| front=SM1812 MD FR Box Front.jpg
+| front=
 | back=
 }}
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Mega Drive
-| region=RU
+| region=NL (Time)
-| front=AtGames 10G RU Box Front.jpg
+| front=TwinPads MD Box Front Time.jpg
-| back=
+| back=TwinPads MD Box Back Time.jpg
-| square=yes
 }}
+==External links==
+* [http://www.time.nl/engels/Entertainment/Personal/dpg450.htm Product page on Time.nl] (offline)
 ==References==
-<references />
+<references/>
 {{AtGames}}
 {{MegaDrive}}
 [[Category:Consoles on a chip]]