Mega Drive consoles in Northern Europe

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The Mega Drive console made its first appearance in this region in August 1990 and in the following months it appeared in other Scandinavian countries.

In the following years, the console appeared in the Baltics. It achieved good sales results there however, Sega had to contend with a hardware clone. Steepler, known in the former USSR for the production of Dendy consoles, sold here Mega Drive consoles produced by them or imported from Asia without Sega's consent. Eventually, Steepeler got along with Russian dealers for selling the official models along with the unofficial ones. Nevertheless, Sega consoles by Steepler have never been popular in the region. Mega Drive is one of the most popular consoles of the 90s in Baltic region along with PlayStation and famiclones.

Baltic States

Steepler

In addition to the official products, it was possible to buy Mega Drive from Steepler. 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	Documentation
	Mega Drive II (Original console, unofficial box)	(1994)			Control Pad
	Mega Drive II (Imported from Singapore)	(1994)			Control Pad
	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)	(1995)			Control Pad
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Mega Drive II (Clone)	(1994)			Control Pad	Manual
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Mega Drive II (Clone)		HAA-2502	{{{tvsystem}}}	Control Pad

Original consoles

Estonia

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Mega Drive II	(199x)			Control Pad (x2)

Latvia

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Mega Drive II	120 LVL (199x)			Control Pad (x2)

Lithuania

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Mega Drive II	(1995)			Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Warranty card

Denmark

Box	Name	Date & Price	Hardware	Documentation
	Mega Drive (Brio)	(1990)	Control Pad (x2)	Manual
	Mega Drive (Sega Europe)	(1993)	Control Pad (x2)	Manual
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Mega Drive II	(>=1993)	Control Pad (x2)

Finland

Name	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive (PCI Data)	1495 FIM (1990)			Manual
Mega Drive (Brio)	1295 FIM (1991) 995 FIM (1992)			Manual
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 and 2 Pads Set	1595 FIM (1993) 1295 FIM (1994) 879 FIM (1995)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set	850 FIM (1995)	Control Pad (x2)
Mega Drive II Mega Games 6 Set	995 FIM (1996)	Control Pad	Mega Games 6

Iceland

Name	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive (Skifan distribution)	(1990-12)	Control Pad (x2)		Manual
Mega Drive (Tölvuhusid distribution)	15.490 kr (1991)	Control Pad (x2)		Manual
Mega Drive Set (Tölvuhusid distribution)	19.990 kr (1991-11)	Control Pad (x2)		Manual
Mega Drive (Japis distribution)	15.900 kr (1993)	Control Pad (x2)		Manual
Mega Drive II (Japis distribution)	(>=1993) 11.900 kr(1994-12) 10.900 kr (1995-11) 9.950 kr (1996-01)	Control Pad (x2)
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set (Japis distribution)	14.900 kr (1994-10) 13.900 kr (1994-12)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II Lion King Set (Japis distribution)	15.900 kr (1994-12)	Control Pad (x2)	Lion King

Norway

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Mega Drive	(>=1991)			Control Pad (x2)		Manual
	Mega Drive II	(1993)			Control Pad (x2)

Sweden

Name	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive	(1990-09-27)	Control Pad (x2)		Svarspost Manual
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	1995 SEK (1993-09-10)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Svarspost
Mega Drive II Ice Hokey Set	1995 SEK (1993-09-10)	Control Pad (x2)		Svarspost
Mega Drive II Elitserien 95 Set	(>=1994)	Control Pad (x2)	Elitserien 95

Unknown

Latvian instruction. Probably from a clone.

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