Difference between revisions of "Mega Drive consoles in Europe"

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The European Sega Mega Drive debuted in the Winter of 1990. As with most European consoles, the systems are identical across all European countries, however were often marketed differently and received localised content.

Current sources do not make the distinction between "Europe" and "United Kingdom", so it is unknown exactly which regions each model was released in. In countries such as Australia and New Zealand, consoles were often imported from Europe due to similarities in television hardware. Again at this present time it is difficult to confirm which systems reached these countries.

All European models output a PAL signal.

United Kingdom

Name	Documentation
Mega Drive	Control Pad	Altered Beast
Mega Drive		Altered Beast 50x50px Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Mega Drive	Control Pad
Mega Drive	Control Pad	Altered Beast
Mega Drive	Control Pad	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Mega Drive	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive	Control Pad
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive	?? (x2)	Mega Games I
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Games I
Mega Drive Mega Games 2 Combat Pack	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Games 2
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	EA Sports Double Header
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog EA Sports Double Header
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition
Mega Drive II	Control Pad
Mega Drive II	Control Pad
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Mega Games I
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mega Games I (cartridge-only)
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Mega Games I Mega Games 2
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Mega Games 2 Mega Games 3
Mega Drive	?? (x2)	Mega Games I Mega Games 3
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	European Club Soccer EA Sports Double Header
Mega Drive II Wild & Wet Pack	Control Pad (x2)	Taz-Mania Ecco the Dolphin Mega Games I
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Mega Games 3 European Club Soccer {{{soft3name}}}
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	FIFA International Soccer
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Disney's Aladdin
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Sonic Compilation
Mega Drive II		Sonic Compilation
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	The Lion King
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Virtua Racing
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Mega Games 6
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Mega Games 6 Vol. 2
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Mega 6 Vol. 3
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Mega 6 Vol. 3
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Toy Story

France

Name	Documentation
Mega Drive
Mega Drive		Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Streets of Rage
Mega Drive		David Robinson's Supreme Court
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	Ecco the Dolphin Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Mega Games 2
Mega Drive II	?? (x2)	Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition
Mega Drive	Control Pad	Astérix and the Great Rescue Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	FIFA International Soccer Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Sonic Compilation
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	The Lion King
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Sega Sports 1

Germany

Name	Documentation
Mega Drive Magnum Set	?? (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Games I
Mega Drive II	Control Pad
Mega Drive II Super Sonic Set	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II Magnum Set	?? (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mega Games 3
Mega Drive II		Super Hang-On James Bond 007: The Duel Chuck Rock
Mega Drive Sonic Fun Pack	Control Pad	Sonic Compilation
Mega Drive	Control Pad	Toy Story

Spain

Name	Documentation
Mega Drive	?? (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Games I
Mega Drive Mega Pack	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Games I
Mega Drive Mega Accion	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Games 2
Mega Drive Flash Pack	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Flashback
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition
Mega Drive Mega 7	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Games I Mega Games 2
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog The Lion King
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 The Lion King
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)	Mega Games I
Mega Drive II	Control Pad	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Mega Drive II Mega Mix 1	Control Pad	Mega Games 6
Mega Drive II Mega Mix 2	Control Pad	Mega Games 6 Vol. 2

Italy

Name	Documentation
Mega Drive		Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive II	Control Pad
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)

Portugal

Name	Hardware	Documentation
Mega Drive	??	Control Pad
Mega Drive	??	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive Mega Pack	??	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Games I

Greece

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Mega Drive II			??		Control Pad
	Mega Drive II			??		Control Pad	Mortal Kombat 3

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 \| 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 \| Cleaning System \| Control Pad Extension Cord \| Genesis Speakers \| Headset \| HeartBeat Catalyst \| Microphone \| Region converter cartridges \| Mega Terminal \| Nomad PowerBack \| RF Unit (Mega Drive 2) \| SCART Cable (Mega Drive 2) \| Stereo Audio Video Cable \| Team Player \| Video Monitor Cable \| 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

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