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{{AccessoryBob
| accessoryimage=Megamouse.jpg
| title=Sega Mouse/Mega Mouse
| maker=[[Sega]]
| type=Mouse
| madefor=[[Sega Mega Drive]], [[Sega Mega-CD]]
| releases={{releasesMD
| md_date_jp=1993-04-23{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20130215062401/http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/mouse.html}}
| md_code_jp=HAA-2651
| md_rrp_jp=5,000
| md_date_us=1994
| md_rrp_us=39.99{{magref|videogamesus|65|90}}<!---39.95{{magref|gi|17|62}}-->
| md_code_us=1645
| md_date_eu=1994
| md_code_eu=MK-1638-50
| md_date_uk=1994
| md_code_uk=MK-1638-50
| md_rrp_uk=29.99{{magref|segamaguk|1|11}}
| md_date_de=1994
| md_rrp_de=79.95{{magref|segamagazin|9|79}}
| md_date_as=199x
}}
}}
The '''Sega Mouse''' (セガマウス) is a special computer mouse designed to work with the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and [[Sega Mega-CD|Mega-CD]]. It can be seen as the Sega alternative to [[Nintendo]]'s mouse accessory, designed primarily for ''Mario Paint'' for the [[Super NES]]. Only a few games were designed with Sega Mouse functionality in mind.

The Sega Mouse was released in Japan and Europe, only the major difference being the colour scheme - Japan opted for blue buttons, Europe for red. Both came packaged with a blue Sega-branded mouse mat. The European packaging actually calls it a '''Sega Mega Drive Mouse''', although games still refer to it as the "Sega Mouse".

==Hardware==
The Sega Mouse is a ball mouse, meaning it needs to be cleaned after regular use in order for it to continue to function properly. Despite there being three buttons on a [[Control Pad (Mega Drive)|standard Control Pad]], there are only two buttons on a Sega Mouse, {{A}} and {{B}}, however unusually the unit places its {{C}} button on the ball itself - flipping the peripheral turns it into a clickable trackball device.

North America did not receive the Sega Mouse, but instead the '''Mega Mouse''', a similar but larger unit which added the missing {{Start}} button and scrapped the clickable trackball, which made the movements more accurate. The Mega Mouse was distributed with a red/black mouse mat, and its awkwardly placed {{Start}} button comes at a disadvantage to left-handed users. ''[[Body Count]]'' is the only known game to have a compatibility issue with the Sega Mouse due to the lack of the {{Start}} button.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY1bxxPAqUM Mega Mouse: Americano X Japonês - O Teste Definitivo! - Verdade ou Mito - YouTube]</ref>

Few games were created to take advantage of the Sega/Mega Mouse, and contrary to popular belief, ''[[Art Alive!]]'' (seen as the direct rival to ''Mario Paint'') did not have mouse support. There were no [[Sega 32X]] games with mouse support.

==Compatible games==
===Mega Drive===
{{AccessoryCompatibilityList|Sega Mouse|category=Mega Drive games}}

===Mega CD===
{{AccessoryCompatibilityList|Sega Mouse|category=Mega-CD games}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SegaMouse MD EU.jpg|Sega Mouse (EU)
File:SegaMouse JP 1.jpg|Sega Mouse (JP)
File:SegaMouse JP 2.jpg|Sega Mouse (JP) (reverse)
File:SegaMouse JP 3.jpg|Mouse Mat (EU/JP)
File:MegaMouse US 1.jpg|Mega Mouse (US)
Notavailable.svg|Tianli model (CN)
</gallery>

==Magazine articles==
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==Promotional material==
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|{{gitem|Sega TW advert PaiYuing.jpg|TW advert}}
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|{{gitem|Sega TR advert 1997.03.jpg|Print advert in Blue Jean (TR) #03/97: "Mart 1997" (1997-xx-xx)}}
}}

==Physical scans==
{{Scanbox
| console=Mega Drive
| region=JP
| front=Sega Mega Drive HAA-2651 A.jpg
| back=Segamouse_MD_JP_BoxBack.jpg
| top=Segamouse_MD_JP_BoxTop.jpg
| spine=Segamouse_MD_JP_BoxSpine.jpg
| square=yes
| manual=Segamouse_MD_JP_Manual.pdf
}}{{Scanbox
| console=Mega Drive
| region=US
| front=Mega Mouse US Box.jpg
| manual=Megamouse us manual.pdf
}}{{Scanbox
| console=Mega Drive
| region=EU
| front=SegaMouse EU Box Front.jpg
| spine=SegaMouse MD EU Box Spine.jpg
| back=SegaMouse MD EU Box Front.jpg
| manual=SegaMouse MD EU Manual.jpg
| square=yes
}}
{{Scanbox
| console=Mega Drive
| region=AS
| front=
| back=
| square=yes
| manual=
}}
{{Scanbox
| console=Mega Drive
| region=CN ([[Tianli]])
| front=
| back=
| square=yes
| manual=
}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/mouse.html Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese)]

==References==
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{{MegaDrive}}