Mega Drive consoles in Central and Eastern Europe
From Sega Retro
Mega Drive first hit the Central and Eastern European market at the end of 1992, and in the following years it hit other markets. Models were sold in the PAL system seen in Western Europe. In Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro and the CIS countries, Asian models in the PAL system were also sold. They were cheaper than the European versions to increase console sales in the region.
Mega Drive has become a popular console in this region due to its low price, good availability and the possibility of pirating games, the console has become quite popular in this region, beating Super Nintendo in sales. Sega's console, along with PlayStation, Game Boy and famiclones, became a symbol of video games of the 90s.
Based on its popularity, many clones were distributed in the region. Sega had to recognize some as official clones in order to have a certain percentage of profits from the sale of games and add-ons, such as Power Pegasus in Poland and Super Bitman in CIS countries. Steepler also distributed its own models and original consoles imported from Asia without Sega's knowledge in the region to then settle with official distributors and also sell their models in stores along with unofficial.
In May 1996, Sega announced that it would support Mega Drive in the former communist countries, making the console available in some stores until 1999.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive II | (>=199x) |
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Bulgaria
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive II | (>=1994) |
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Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set | ![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive 2 | (>=1994) |
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Mega Drive II | (>=1995) |
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Croatia
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive II | (>=1994) |
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Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set | ![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set | (>=1995) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Czech Republic
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive | 4579 CZK (>=1993) |
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Mega Drive Jezek Sonic and 1 Pad Set | 5329 CZK (>=1993) |
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Mega Drive Jezek Sonic and 2 Pads Set | 5499 CZK (>=1993) |
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Mega Drive II | (>=1994) |
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Mega Drive II Sonic Set | (>=1994) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set | (>=1994) |
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Mega Drive II (DDC Agency distribution) | (1996) |
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Hungary
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive (Sinus) | (>=1992) 19999 HUF (1993) |
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Mega Drive (Al-Step) | 19999 HUF (1993-10) 14999 HUF (1993-12) 12990 HUF (1994-12) |
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Mega Drive Sonic Set (Al-Step) | 19999 HUF (1993-11) 12792 HUF (1994-06)[1] |
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Mega Drive Sonic Set II (Al-Step) | 21999 HUF(1993-11) 19990 HUF(1994-04) |
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Mega Drive Mega Games Set (Al-Step) | 29999 HUF(1993-11) 23990 HUF(1994-12) 18392 HUF (1995-01)[2] |
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Mega Drive Street Fighter II Set (Al-Step) | 24990 HUF (1994-04) |
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Mega Drive Aladdin Set (Al-Step) | 21990 HUF (1994-04) |
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Mega Drive Set (Al-Step) | 24990 HUF (1994-04) |
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Mega Drive II Alap Set (Al-Step) | 22990 HUF(1993-11) 23999 HUF(1994-08) 19990 HUF (1994-12) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II Aladdin Set (Al-Step) | 33999 HUF (1994-08) 26999 HUF (1994-09) |
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Mega Drive II Aladdin Set II (Al-Step) | 21990 HUF (1994-12) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II Sonic Set (Al-Step) | 34999 HUF(1994-08) 27999 HUF(1994-09) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II Sport Set I (Al-Step) | 35999 HUF (1994-08) 31999 HUF (1994-09) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II Sport Set II (Al-Step) | 33999 HUF (1994-10) |
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Mega Drive II Mortal Set (Al-Step) | 30999 HUF (1994-08) 23999 HUF (1994-09) |
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Mega Drive II Mortal II Set (Al-Step) | 30999 HUF (1994-10) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II Tenisz Set (Al-Step) | 34999 HUF (1994-08) 27999 HUF (1994-09) |
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Mega Drive II Super Set (Al-Step) | 40999 HUF(1994-08) 33999 HUF(1994-09) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II Commando Set (Al-Step) | 28999 HUF(1994-10) |
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Mega Drive II 4 jatek Set (Al-Step) | 19192 HUF (1994-06)[3] 18392 HUF (1994-09)[4] |
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Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set (Al-Step) | 14990 HUF (1994-12) |
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Mega Drive II Lion Set (Al-Step) | 24999 HUF(1995-03) |
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Mega Drive II (EBM) | (1996) |
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Mega Drive II Unknown |
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Macedonia
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive II | (>=199x) |
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Poland
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive | 3500000 PLN (1994)[5] 350 PLN (1995-01) 300 PLN (Autumn 1995) |
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Mega Drive Sonic Set | (1994) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II DE | 400 PLN (Spring 1995) 350 PLN (Autumn 1995) |
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Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set | ![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II EU | 350 PLN (1996-03) |
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Mega Drive II Mega Games Set | 430 PLN (1996-07) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Romania
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive | (199x) |
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Mega Drive II | (199x) |
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Serbia and Montenegro
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive Altered Beast Set | 450 DEM (>=1993)[6] |
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Mega Drive | (1993) |
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Mega Drive Sonic Set | (>=1994) |
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Mega Drive II | (>=1994) 250 DEM (>=1995) |
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Mega Drive 2 | (>=1994) |
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Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set | 350 DEM (>=1995) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II | (>=1995) |
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Slovakia
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive | (>=1993) |
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Mega Drive II | (>=1994) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set | 6799 SKK (>=1994) 5699 SKK (1994-12) |
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Mega Drive II (DDC Agency distribution) | ![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Slovenia
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive | 24.990 SIT (>=1993)[7] 20.990 SIT (>=1994)[8] |
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Mega Drive Sonic Set | [9] |
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Mega Drive II | (>=1994) |
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*Prices in times of crisis
Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
Steepler and Dendy
In addition to the official products in Russia and CIS, it was possible to buy Mega Drive from Steepler and Dendy. They were very widespread. Some of them came from the original sources, for example from Buka and Nissho Iwai, and some were imported from other countries or they are clones.
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive II (Original console, unofficial box) | (1994) |
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Mega Drive II (Imported from Singapore) | (1994) |
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Mega Drive II (Clone) | (1994) |
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Mega Drive II (Clone) | (1996) |
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Mega Drive II (Clone) |
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Mega Drive II (Import from Buka) | (1994) |
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Mega Drive II (Import from Buka) | (1995) |
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Mega Drive II (Import from Buka) | (1996) |
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Mega Drive II (Import from Buka) | (1995) |
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Mega Drive II (Import from Buka) | (1995) |
![]() Control Pad (x2) |
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Original consoles
The first original consoles could only be purchased from Buka and Bitman.
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Label | Hardware | Software | Documentation |
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Mega Drive II (Nissho Iwai distribution) |
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Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set (Nissho Iwai distribution) | (1994) |
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Mega Drive II Asian Standard Set (Nissho Iwai distribution)[10] | (1994) |
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Mega Drive II Asian Standard Set II (Nissho Iwai distribution) | (1995) |
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Mega Drive II (Bitman distribution) | (1996-01) |
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Mega Drive II (R-Style distribution) | (1997) |
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*Prices are in the RUR currency
References
- ↑ CoV45
- ↑ CoV52
- ↑ CoV45
- ↑ CoV48
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/gambler_magazine-1994-12/page/n56/mode/1up
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/Svet_Kompjutera_1993_12/page/n37
- ↑ http://pc.sux.org/SK/MG/1993/09/MG_93_09_029.jpg
- ↑ http://pc.sux.org/SK/MG/1994/02/MG_94_02_059.jpg
- ↑ http://pc.sux.org/SK/MG/1994/04/MG_94_04_007.jpg
- ↑ File:VD 26 RU.pdf, page 2