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From the end of the 90s, consoles began to have a less and less important role due to the developing PCs in the target pirate markets (Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, South America). In order to make the purchase of unlicensed equipment more attractive, producers (mainly in China) started to produce, instead of clones resembling [[PlayStation]], a combination of consoles with computer keyboards, calling them educational consoles. Usually, these devices were associated with the 8-bit [[Nintendo]]. In 2000, consoles were banned in China, but law allowed the production of these educational consoles, because consider them as a computer, thus allowing China and the rest of the world to be flooded by a wave of educational consoles in the early 2000s. Most of them are 8-bit Nintendo, but there are also versions of 16-bit [[Sega]]. Most of these Sega clones was intended for the Russian and CIS markets, where Sega was still popular.
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In 1995, the designer of Game Genie, Yi-Rong Chen, got patent for Mega Drive 16-bit computer system, that looked like keyboard.<ref>https://patents.google.com/patent/US5701478A/en?inventor=Yi-Rong+Chen&oq=Yi-Rong+Chen</ref> With help of [[Realtec]], he created EZcom.  
  
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Educational Mega Drive consoles got second life in early 2000s, when bootleg sellers wanted to compete with 8-bit Nintendo educational computers clones. Most of these clones was intended for Chinese, Russian and CIS markets, where Sega was still popular.
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*[[EZcom]]
 
*[[CyberShell]]
 
*[[CyberShell]]
 
*[[CyberSmart]]
 
*[[CyberSmart]]
*[[Kibord-005]]
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*[[Magistr 16]]
*[[Kibord-007]]
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*[[GS-200]]
*[[Magistr_Drive#Magistr_Aspirant.2FObuchayushchiy_Aspirant|Magistr Aspirant/Obuchayushchiy Aspirant]]
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*[[Magistr_Drive#Magistr_Litseist|Magistr Litseist]]
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==New Star FDC-2000==
*[[Kombat 16+]]
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Chinese clone using both cartridges and floppy disk, released around May 1995 by [[Tianjing Newstar Electronics., Ltd.]] (天津市新星电子) for the price of ¥1800<ref>https://www.163.com/dy/article/GK3F1SSS0526FAFP.html</ref>. The console was unsuccessful because of its high price.
*[[Magic_Drive#Magic_Teacher_GS-200N|Magic Teacher GS-200N]]
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FDC-2000 MD CN Box Front.png|Box
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FDC-2000 MD CN Console.png|Console
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FDC-2000 MD CN Cart.png|''[[Professor of English]]''
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FDC-2000 MD CN Floppy.png|Floppy disk
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Notavailable.svg|Manual
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NewStarFDC2000 CN advert.jpeg|Advert (1995)
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NewStarFDC2000 CN advert 2.jpg|Advert (1995)
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==EPC-2001N==
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By [[Shenzhen Hot Sun Electronics Co., Ltd.]]
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==SB-978==
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By [[Subor]].
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Latest revision as of 16:17, 19 October 2024

In 1995, the designer of Game Genie, Yi-Rong Chen, got patent for Mega Drive 16-bit computer system, that looked like keyboard.[1] With help of Realtec, he created EZcom.

Educational Mega Drive consoles got second life in early 2000s, when bootleg sellers wanted to compete with 8-bit Nintendo educational computers clones. Most of these clones was intended for Chinese, Russian and CIS markets, where Sega was still popular.

New Star FDC-2000

Chinese clone using both cartridges and floppy disk, released around May 1995 by Tianjing Newstar Electronics., Ltd. (天津市新星电子) for the price of ¥1800[2]. The console was unsuccessful because of its high price.

EPC-2001N

By Shenzhen Hot Sun Electronics Co., Ltd.

SB-978

By Subor.


Unlicensed Mega Drive clones
Clone consoles
Mega Drive | Mega Drive 2 | Genesis 3 | "Mini" models | "PlayStation" models | Keyboard models | Famiclone models | VCD/DVD players | Others


Mega Drive Mega Drive 2 Genesis 3 "Mini" "PlayStation" Keyboard VCD/DVD
AT-168 | FR-302 | High Quality | HK-986 | KW-500 | Mega-Ken | Pro 16 Bit | Super Drive Extreme Land Mega Drive 2 | Game Drive 2 | Liko BBG-688 | Mega Drive II (StarGame) | Mega Drive 4 | Mondial Drive II | New Star 2 | Star Drive 2 | Super Drive | Super Mega Driver | ZW-162J | ZW-165A Game Joy | Mega Drive Junior | Sponge | ZW-2000 16 Bit Compact MD HDMI | MD Compact | Minigen | Minigen HD BBG 168 | Kombat 16 | Sega Millenium | TV Pump | ZW-166A CyberShell | CyberSmart | EZcom | GS-200 | Magistr 16 Game VCD | Premier
Unique designs
1990s AX-660 | AX-990 | BBG 188 | IQ-801 | KW-501 | KW-502 | KW-503 | KW-504 | KW-505 | Megagame | Megavision | Modern Mate | New 16 Bit | Power Magicom | Super Alpha II | Super 16 Bit
2000s C-11 | Car Game | Dream X | Dual Action | e-time Game Play | GamBrothers | GN Twin | FC3 Plus | Kid Box | Neo-16 | Noritul FX-16 | Ranbo ABL AA1000 | RetroN 3 | Sega Driver | ZW-1688 | ZW-16DC | ZW-16P3 | ZW-16XB | ZW-163 | ZW-167 | ZW-169 | ZW-V21
2010s Fei Hao HD Retro Game | HD Game System | MegaRetroN HD | Mega Sg | PAP1000 | RetroN 5 | Super Retro Trio | Super Retro Trio Plus
2020s 2E Game Console 16 bit | MixHD | Nimbus Smart | Polymega | RetroN 3 HD | SG800
Portables
Cartridge-based 16 Bit Pocket MD | Advance Digitals | DVTech Discovery | ES-2016 | HG-806 | Mega Drive Portable | MDPortable | One Station | Pocket MD | PXP Slim Station | RetroGen | ZW-16M
Emulator-based !QU | Anbernic | Dinax Pixel Games | eMote | EXEQ | Favorite G18 | Game King A-330 | Game Station A-320 | JXD S7300B | Sameo | SD Portable
Clone console "families"
Data Frog | Dendy | Game-In | Game Box | Game Stick | Hamy | Magic Drive | Magistr Drive | Maniac Drive | Orbita OT-TYG | Retro Genesis | Super Drive | Super Console X | Titan | Mega Dream | SZGV | V-Com