Mega Drive consoles in North America

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The Sega Mega Drive debuted in North America in August 1989, with a regionwide release in September of that year. Due to trademark issues, it was renamed the "Sega Genesis", and has always operated under this name under this region.

In the US, the console was distributed by Sega between 1989 and 1997. It was then passed to Majesco, who kept the system alive for an extra two years before it was shelved. In Canada, the Mega Drive was distributed by Irwin Toy in its early years, however Sega inevitably took back the distribution rights when the console proved successful. Many Canadian units and games were imported from the US. The Genesis 3 was also released in this region.

All North American units output an NTSC signal.

United States

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Altered Beast
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sonic
	Genesis Sonic System			??		Control Pad	Sonic
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad
	Genesis Fighting System			??		Control Pad	Streets of Rage 2
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:px"> 320x80px	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:px"> 320x80px	Genesis: Sonic 2 System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:px"> 320x80px	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad
	Genesis: Sonic 2 System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
	Genesis: X-Men System			??		Control Pad	X-Men
	Genesis: Sega Sports System			??		Control Pad (x2) Stadium Cusion	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sonic Spinball
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Eternal Champions
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	50x50px NFL '95
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	The Lion King
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sub-Terrania Sonic the Hedgehog 3
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sonic & Knuckles
	Genesis Sonic System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog Taz in Escape from Mars
	Genesis: Supersonic System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic and Knuckles
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	6 Pak
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	6 Pak
	Genesis Garfield: Caught in the Act Pack			??		Control Pad	Garfield: Caught in the Act
	Genesis College Football's National Championship II Pack			??		Control Pad	College Football's National Championship II
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Columns
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad

Canada

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Altered Beast
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad
	Genesis: Sonic 2 System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Ecco the Dolphin
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana