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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

Name	Label	Software	Documentation
Genesis	??	Control Pad	Altered Beast
Genesis	??	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
Genesis	??	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
Genesis Sonic System	??	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
Genesis: The Core System	??	Control Pad
Genesis Fighting System	??	Control Pad	Streets of Rage 2
Genesis: The Core System	??	Control Pad
Genesis: Sonic 2 System	??	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genesis: The Core System	??	Control Pad
Genesis: Sonic 2 System	??	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genesis: Sonic 2 System	??	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genesis: X-Men System	??	Control Pad	X-Men
Genesis: Wal-Mart Special Buy	??	Control Pad	Greatest Heavyweights Wimbledon Championship Tennis
Genesis	??	Control Pad	Sonic Spinball
Genesis	??	Control Pad	Sonic Spinball
Genesis	??	Control Pad	Eternal Champions
Genesis: Sega Sports System	MK-1631	Control Pad (x2) Stadium Cusion	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
Genesis NFL Pack	??	Control Pad	NFL '95
Genesis Lion King Pack	??	Control Pad	The Lion King
Genesis	??	Control Pad	The Lion King Disney's Aladdin
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 Homerun Pack	??	Control Pad	World Series Baseball '95
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	Vectorman
Genesis	??	Control Pad	Columns
Genesis NFL '95/Comix Zone Pack	??	Control Pad	NFL '95 Comix Zone
Genesis Touchdown Pack	??	Control Pad	Prime Time NFL Starring Deion Sanders
Genesis: The Core System	??	Control Pad

Canada

Name	Label	Software	Documentation
Genesis	??	Control Pad	Altered Beast
Genesis	??	Control Pad
Genesis	MK-1601-22	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
Genesis: The Core System	??	Control Pad
Genesis: The Sonic System	??	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
Genesis: The Core System	??	Control Pad
Genesis: Sonic 2 System	??	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Ecco the Dolphin
Genesis: Sonic 2 System	??	Control Pad
Genesis: Sonic 2 System	??	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Genesis: The Core System	??	Control Pad	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
Genesis	??	Control Pad	Sonic Spinball
Genesis	??	Control Pad	The Lion King

Mexico

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Genesis

References

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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

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