Difference between revisions of "Unlicensed Mega Drive clones"

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The Sega Mega Drive was a commonly cloned console during the 1990s, especially in smaller markets. There are potentially hundreds of different models, though few have been documented on the internet. This page covers some of the consoles that we know exist, but don't know much else about.

Unlicensed Mega Drive clones (South Korea)

Russia

Sega Favorite

Sold from 2004 by Game Systems.^[1]Looks like Xbox.

Print advert in 15000 Opisaniy i sekretov (RU) #10 : "" (2004-xx-xx)

Genesis 2

Distributed by Simba's Video Games. It was produced by Zoga and looks like Dreamcast controller.

Front^[2]
Back
Console
Manual
Advert print in 755 igr dlya Sega Mega Drive (RU) (2001-xx-xx)

Ukraine

Saga XXI Century

Looks like Dreamcast controller.

Console

PXP 3 Slim Station

Model no. MD-2700 and SX-70

Worldwide model Red (Spider Man, Sonic)^[3]
Worldwide model Red (Spider Man, Sonic) alt^[4]
Worldwide model Red (Mario Tennis, Sonic)^[5]
Worldwide model Red (Contra, Sonic)^[6]
Worldwide model Red (2021; Batman, Sonic)
Worldwide model Blue (Soldiers, Sonic)
Argentinian model (Red, "Alien Videogames")
Argentinian model (Green, "Alien Videogames")
Console (Light Blue, Dark Blue, Red, Dark, Green, Orange)

"16 Bit Game"

Dodgy looking Mega Drive clone from China, complete with crazy light gun.

16 Bit TV Game

Also from China, two clones by a company known as "Gap International Limited". One looks like a Mega Drive 2 in white, the other is completely new. Model numbers GA-16B1 and GA-16B2 respectively.

GA-16B1
GA-16B2

Genesis II

Mega Drive III

Sega Mega Drive clone with custom body shape

Mega Drive III
Control buttons
Mega Drive III top
Mega Drive III bottom
Mega Drive III Mainboard PCB
Mega Drive III with cartridge
"Mega Drive 3" variant

Micro Genius III

Similar to the above.

Super Play 16 (Gemini)

Found in Brazil.

Hamy-16 Mega Drive 3

Other version of Hamy-16 also by Hamy

Unsorted

By BBK Electronics (步步高电器)
Found in Uzbekistan
V-Com (VC-Com?) VC-66000 (Indonesia; black, blue, other blue, green, red)
V-Com (VC-Com?) VC-26000

Built-in games

Super Mini MD K9

Unlicensed Mega Drive clones

Clone consoles

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

2010s

2020s

Portables

Cartridge-based

Emulator-based

Clone console "families"

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20040606203440/http://www.gamesystems.ru/cat_sega_prist.php

[2] ttps://www.avito.ru/chelyabinsk/igry_pristavki_i_programmy/sega_genesis_2_2499033273?slocation=621540

[3] ttps://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/7233-14-pxp3-slim-station-k-o-mini-konsola-i12308424022.html

[4] ttps://kidscare.pk/products/pxp-3-station-light-video-game-red-md-2700

[5] ttps://www.triplemgadgets.com/product/pxp-mega-drive-16-bit-portable-console/

[6] ttps://www.carousell.sg/p/pxp-3-slim-station-100992466/

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