Mega Drive consoles in South America

From Sega Retro

Brazil

The Sega Mega Drive debuted in Brazil in the winter of 1990. Like the Sega Master System, distribution was handled by Tectoy, who not only sold Sega's products, but also made their own revisions of the console. Brazil's love of cartridge-based Mega Drives lasted well into the 21st century, with the last console landing in 2017, which was finally discontinued in 2023.

Box Name Distributor Date & Price Console Label Hardware Software Documentation Comments
TTMD Box Back.jpgNospine.pngTTMD Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (1990-12)
MD BR.jpg
TTMD manual.pdf
Instruction manual
TTMD2 Sonic1 Box Back.jpgTTMD2 Sonic1 Box Left.jpgTTMD2 Sonic1 Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive II Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (1992-08[1])
TTMD2 Sonic11.jpg
TTMD2 Sonic1 manual.pdf
Instruction manual
MD2 BR Box Front Sonic2.jpgNospine.pngTTMD2 Sonic2 Box Front.jpg
TTMD2 Sonic2 Box Bottom.jpg
Mega Drive II Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1993)
TTMD2 Sonic11.jpg
040030
MD2 BR Box Front ControlUnit.jpg
Mega Drive II Control Unit Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1993)
TTMD2 Sonic11.jpg
TTMD3 Sonic2 Box Back.jpgTTMD3 Sonic2 Box Spine.jpgTTMD3 Sonic2 Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1993)
MD3 BR.jpg
040060
MegaDriveIII BR manual.pdf
Instruction manual
TTMD3 SF Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (1993-12-06[2])
MD3 BR.jpg
MD3 BR Box Front Sonic2SegaCD.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1994)
MD3 BR.jpg
TTMD3 FIFA Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1994)
MD3 BR.jpg
TTMD3 MK2 Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngTTMD3 MK2 Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1994)
MD3 BR.jpg
MD3 BR Box Front VR.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1994)
MD3 BR.jpg
TTMD3 FIFA95 Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngTTMD3 FIFA95 Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1995)
MD3 BR.jpg
TTMD3 MK3 Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngTTMD3 MK3 Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1995)
MD3 BR.jpg
040150
MD3 BR Box Back 6Pak.jpgNospine-small.pngTTMD3 6pak Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1997)
MD3 BR.jpg
MD3 BR Box Back 6Pak Genesis.jpgNospine-small.pngTTMD3 6pakgen Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1997)
MD3 BR.jpg
MD310Cart Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngMD310Cart Box Front.jpg
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1997)
MD3 BR.jpg
TTSMD3 10G Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngTTSMD3 10G Box Front.jpg
Super Mega Drive 3 Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1998)
MD3 BR.jpg
10 built-in games.
TTSMD3 10G Box Front Alt.jpg
Super Mega Drive 3 Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 1999)
MD3 BR.jpg
10 built-in games.
SMD3 BR Box Back SdM.jpgNospine-small.pngSMD3 BR Box Front SdM.jpg
Super Mega Drive 3 Tec Toy
Licensor: SBT
Brazil BR: (2001-07)
Notavailable.svg
TTSMD3 12G Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngTTSMD3 12G Box Front.jpg
Super Mega Drive 3 Tec Toy
Licensor: SBT
Brazil BR: (2002)
Notavailable.svg
12 built-in games.
TTSMD3 30G Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngTTSMD3 30G Box Front.jpg
Super Mega Drive 3 Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (2002)
MD3 BR 30SJ.jpg
30 built-in games.
SuperMegaDrive3 MD BR Box Front 30G Alt.jpg
Super Mega Drive 3 Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (≥ 2002)
MD3 BR 30SJ.jpg
30 built-in games.
TTSMD3 43G Box Front.jpg
Super Mega Drive 3 Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (2003)
SMD3 BR 43G.jpg
43 built-in games.
SMD3 BR Box Top 60G.jpg
SMD3 BR Box Back 60G.jpgSMD3 BR Box Left 60G.jpgSMD3 BR Box Front 60G.jpg
SMD3 BR Box Bottom 60G.jpg
Super Mega Drive 3 Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (2004)
SMD3 BR 60G.jpg
60 built-in games.
TTMD3 71G Box Top.jpg
TTMD3 71G Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngTTMD3 71G Box Front.jpg
Super Mega Drive 3 Tec Toy
Brazil BR: (2005)
SMD3 BR 71G.jpg
TTMD3 71G3.jpg
71 built-in games.
Caixa Completa Mega Drive 2017.jpg
Mega Drive TecToy
Brazil BR: R$449,00449,00 (2017)
Mega Drive BR 2017 Frente.JPG
040460
Mega Drive BR 2017 Verso.JPG
SD com 22 jogos Mega Drive 2017.jpg
SD with 22 games
Manual Mega Drive 2017.pdf
Instruction manual

Argentina

Box Name Distributor Date & Price Console Label Hardware Software Documentation Comments
TTMD2 AR UY PY Box Back.pngNospine-small.pngMD 2 AR FRONT.jpg
Mega Drive II Gameland
Argentina AR: (1992)
TTMD2 Sonic11.jpg
SMS AR SegaClub Garantia.png
Sega Club + Warranty
TTMD2 AR UY PY Manual.png
Manual
Nospine-small.pngTTMD3 AR UY PY Box Front.png
Mega Drive III BMG Ariola
Argentina AR: (≥ 1995)
MD3 BR.jpg

Uruguay

Box Name Distributor Date & Price Console Label Hardware Software Documentation Comments
TTMD2 AR UY PY Box Back.pngNospine-small.pngMD 2 AR FRONT.jpg
Mega Drive II Forstar
Uruguay UY: (1992)
TTMD2 Sonic11.jpg
Notavailable.svg
Warranty
TTMD2 AR UY PY Manual.png
Manual
TTMD2 AR UY PY Box Back.pngNospine-small.pngMD 2 AR FRONT.jpg
Mega Drive II Barraca Europa
Uruguay UY: (≥ 1994)
TTMD2 Sonic11.jpg
BarracaEuropa UY WarrantyCard.png
Warranty
TTMD2 AR UY PY Manual.png
Manual
Nospine-small.pngTTMD3 AR UY PY Box Front.png
Mega Drive III Barraca Europa
Uruguay UY: (≥ 1995)
MD3 BR.jpg
BarracaEuropa UY WarrantyCard.png
Warranty

Paraguay

Tectoy also handled distribution of the Mega Drive in Paraguay.

Box Name Distributor Date & Price Console Label Hardware Software Documentation Comments
TTMD2 AR UY PY Box Back.pngNospine-small.pngMD 2 AR FRONT.jpg
Mega Drive II Tec Toy
Paraguay PY: (1992)
TTMD2 Sonic11.jpg
TTMD2 AR UY PY Manual.png
Manual
Nospine-small.pngTTMD3 AR UY PY Box Front.png
Mega Drive III Tec Toy
Paraguay PY: (≥ 1995)
MD3 BR.jpg

Chile

Box Name Distributor Date & Price Console Label Hardware Software Documentation Comments
SgenAB US Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngSgenAB US Box Front.jpg
Genesis Redi
Chile CL: (≥ 1991)
Genesis HD.png
??
MD US Box Back Sonic Alt.jpgNospine-small.pngMD US Box Front Sonic Alt.jpg
Genesis Redi
Chile CL: (≥ 1991)
Genesis HD.png
??
MD2 US Box Back TCS Alt.jpgNospine-small.pngMD2 US Box Front TCS Alt.jpg
Genesis: The Core System Radio Center LTDA
Chile CL: (≥ 1994)
Genesis2.jpg
??
MD2 US Box Back Sonic2.jpgMD2 US Box Front Sonic2.jpg
Genesis: Sonic 2 System Radio Center LTDA
Chile CL: (≥ 1994)
Genesis2.jpg
??
MD2 CL Box Front Promo.png
Genesis Promo Sega Radio Center LTDA
Chile CL: (≥ 1995)
Genesis2.jpg
??

Venezuela

Box Name Distributor Date & Price Console Label Hardware Software Documentation Comments
SgenAB US Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngSgenAB US Box Front.jpg
Genesis Novatronic
Venezuela VE: (1990)
Genesis HD.png
??

Colombia

Box Name Distributor Date & Price Console Label Hardware Software Documentation Comments
Nospine-small.pngNotavailable.svg
Genesis
Colombia CO: (1992)
Genesis HD.png
??

Guyana

Box Name Distributor Date & Price Console Label Hardware Software Documentation Comments
Nospine-small.pngNotavailable.svg
Genesis
Guyana GY: (199x)
Genesis HD.png
??

Technologic Corporation

Brazilian company T&T was importing Asian versions of Mega Drive consoles to South America without Sega permission.

Box Name Distributor Date & Price Console Label Hardware Software Documentation Comments
MD Box Front PAL-MSystem.jpg
Mega Drive T&T
Brazil BR: (≥ 199x)
MD Box Front PAL-M.jpg
Mega Drive T&T
Brazil BR: (≥ 199x)
MD Box Front PAL-M Alt.jpg
Mega Drive T&T
Brazil BR: (≥ 199x)
MD Box Front PAL-N.jpg
Mega Drive T&T
Argentina AR: (≥ 199x)

References


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 | Genesis 3 | LaserActive | Mega Jet | Mega PC | Mega Play | Mega-Tech System | Mega 6 | 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 | AC adaptor | Cleaning System | Control Pad Extension Cord | Game Factory | Genesis Speakers | Headset | HeartBeat Catalyst | Microphone | Region converter cartridges | Mega Terminal | Nomad PowerBack | RF Unit | SCART Cable | Stereo Audio Video Cable | Team Player | Video Monitor Cable | Third-party AC adaptors | 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