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Revision as of 14:33, 21 May 2023
The Magistr (Магистр) Drive series is a selection of clone consoles based on the Sega Mega Drive that were manufactured and distributed in Russia and other parts of Asia. Most Magistr Drive consoles were made by New Game, a company which specialises in bringing Mega Drive content to Russia.
As is perhaps predictable in these markets, 8-bit Famicom clone consoles (or Dendy clones as they're known in Russia) known as the "Magistr Savia" and "Magistr Sniper" (among possibly others) were also produced by New Game, although these are unrelated to the Mega Drive clones on this page.
Unlike many other clone consoles, Magistr Drives were produced extremely cheaply and thus the contents displayed on the box often do not match the products contained within. The colours of buttons for example range significantly across Magistr Drives and may have been determined by what colours were in stock, not necessarily the type of console. For this reason the true number of Magistr Drives has not been determined.
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Magazine articles
- 3 Sega Mega Drive 2 (Mikki)
- 4 Sega Mega Drive 2 (New Game)
- 5 Sega Magistr Drive 2 (2 Pads)
- 6 Magistr Drive 2 (2 Pads)
- 7 Magistr Drive 2 (1 Pad)
- 8 Magistr Drive 2 (25 games)
- 9 Magistr Drive 2 (252 games)
- 10 Magistr Drive 2 (mini)
- 11 Magistr Drive 2 (mini; 9 games)
- 12 Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 65 games)
- 13 Magistr Drive 2 (mini; 160 games)
- 14 Magistr Drive 2 (mini; 252 games)
- 15 Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 12 games)
- 16 Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 25 games)
- 17 Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 132 games)
- 18 Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 160 games)
- 19 Sega Mega Drive 3
- 20 Sega Magistr Drive 3
- 21 Magistr Drive 3
- 22 Magistr Drive 4
- 23 Magistr Drive 5
- 24 Magistr Station
- 25 Magistr Drive X
- 26 Magistr Drive Z
- 27 Magistr Drive One
- 28 Magistr 16
- 29 Magistr 16 Bakalavr/Obuchayushchiy Bakalavr
- 30 Magistr Aspirant/Obuchayushchiy Aspirant
- 31 Magistr Litseist
- 32 Sega Magistr X
- 33 Magistr X
- 34 Magistr Drive 2 (98 games)
- 35 Magistr Mega Drive (250 games)
- 36 Magistr Smart (414 games HDMI)
- 37 Magistr Turbo Drive (222 games)
- 38 Magistr accessories
- 39 Documentation
- 40 Promotional material
- 41 Unknown
- 42 References
History
The first clones appeared under the name Mega Drive 2 around 1997/1998. Their publisher was Padis, although the consoles had a sticker from the Mikki store that cooperated with them. At the beginning of 1999, the New Game company was established to deal with the sale of clones. This year, they released clone of Mega Drive 2, Mega Drive 3 and Game VCD and registered trademarks for Mega Drive 3 and Game VCD. Rights to the name Mega Drive were bought by Mezhregional'naya obshchestvennaya organizatsiya sodeystviya proizvodstvu i realizatsii videoigr which began competing with New Game by releasing clones of the Simba's and 'Mega Drive' brand. Seeing that the rights to the Mega Drive name were reserved, New Game began publishing its consoles under the name Magistr Drive around 2000. Over the years, a whole range of clones from this brand has been created and the new models are still sold in Russia and the former USSR to this day.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Magistr Drive/Magazine articles.
Sega Mega Drive 2 (Mikki)
Released around 1997/1998, before the creation of the Magistr Drive brand. Although they look like the original Mega Drive, they could be distinguished by the fact of having Mega Key and Mikki stickers. Cost around 360 000 RUB.[1]
Blue (Front)
Blue (Back)[2]
Green (Front)
Green (Back)
Mikki Sticker
Console
MK-1632-08
Sega Mega Drive 2 (New Game)
Released in late 1999, under the name Mega Drive 2. On the surface this Magistr Drive 2 is largely identical to a Japanese Mega Drive 2, but as with all Magistr Drives, the innards are much simpler, being effectively a "console on a chip". Cost around 300 RUB.[3]
Blue (Front)
Blue (Back)
Console
MK-1631-07
Green (Front)
Green (Back)
Console
Sega Magistr Drive 2 (2 Pads)
First console released as Magistr, still with Sega logo in early 2000.
Blue (Front; 2000)[4]
Console
Green (Front; 2000)
Console
Magistr Drive 2 (2 Pads)
Sold from 2005, now without Sega logo.[5]
Magistr Drive 2 (1 Pad)
Sold from mid-2000s.
Magistr Drive 2 (25 games)
One of the more common Magistr Drive 2s is this model - one with 25 built-in games. Released in late 2000s/early 2010s.[8]
Distributed in the same packaging. Aside from colour scheme changes the controllers have turbo switches instead of buttons.
Magistr Drive 2 (252 games)
Released in March 2020.[9]
Magistr Drive 2 (mini)
First from "mini" Magistr Drives, released in 2002.[10]
Green (Box; 2002)
Console (2002)
Blue (Front; 2007)[11]
Blue (Back; 2007)
Console (2007)
Green (Front; 2007)[12]
Magistr Drive 2 (mini; 9 games)
Released in mid-2010s.[13]
Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 65 games)
Released in 2012.[14]
Magistr Drive 2 (mini; 160 games)
Released in mid-2010s.
Magistr Drive 2 (mini; 252 games)
Released in 2020.
Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 12 games)
This 12 game version of the Magistr Drive 2 is quite common. Released in late 2000s/early 2010s.[17]Exist two versions: Normal and mini.
Front of box
Back of box
Inside of box
Console (Normal)
Front of console (Mini)
Back of console (Mini)
Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 25 games)
A 25 game variant was also produced, presumably identical to the larger edition above. Released in late 2000s/early 2010s.[18]Exist two versions: Normal and mini.
Box (Front)
Box (Back)
Console (Mini)
Console (Normal)
Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 132 games)
Released in 2007.[19] Exist two versions: Normal and mini in blue and green variants.
Box (Blue)[20]
Box (Green)
Console (Normal)
Console (Mini)
Magistr Drive 2 (normal; mini; 160 games)
Released in late 2000s/early 2010s. Exist two versions: Normal and mini.
Box (Front; late 2000s/early 2010s)
Box (Back; late 2000s/early 2010s)
Box (2013)[21]
Console (Normal)
Console (Mini)
Box (December 2016)[22]
Console (December 2016)
Sega Mega Drive 3
Released in early 1999, after the first console in this series with price of 300 RUB[23]. Like the original, it has the name Mega Drive on the console.
Box (Front)[24]
Box (Back)
Console (2000)
MK-1632-08
Sega Magistr Drive 3
Released in early 2000.
Box[25]
Console
Manual
Magistr Drive 3
The small shell was recycled with the Magistr Drive 3, though aside from a different color scheme there's not much separating this one from its predecessor. Released in late 2000s/early 2010s.[26]
Front of box
Back of box
Inside of box
Magistr Drive 4
Released in 2000/2001.
Magistr Drive 5
The console was redesigned with the Magistr Drive 5 in 2001[27], and although still features Sega branding on the box and console, swapped its controllers to PlayStation 1-esque ones. The awkward button placement that also appeared in the Mega Drive V and Mega Drive X was used here, though the colors are different. The Magistr Drive 5 goes back to using the regular size Mega Drive 2 shell, though this time it's white (although there are some variations for button colours).
Front of box
Back of box
Inside of box
Magistr Station
Released in 2001[28].
Magistr Drive X
The Magistr Drive X, released in 2002[29], brings back the Sega Mega Drive six button controllers and paints them white. It also brings back the shell of the Magistr Drive 2 Mini and paints that white too. Something worth noting is that the middle buttons are vertical. There is also a version that includes Sega Saturn-like controllers.
Box+Console (2002)
Box+Console (2005)[30]
Front of box
Back of box
Inside of box
Magistr Drive Z
A departure from previous attempts, the Magistr Drive Z features a Genesis 3 shell and sometimes ships with less awkward PlayStation 1-style controllers. The console comes in a variety of colors including white and blue. Released in 2002.[31]
Front of box
Back of box
Inside of box
White
White (alt)
Black
Magistr Drive One
Uses a PS One style shell and comes with PlayStation style controllers. Announced in 2001[32], released in 2002.[33]
Box+Console (2002)
Box (2005)[34]
Box (alt)
Magistr 16
On April 5, 2001 in Delovaya Moskva program on TVC, there was a reportage about New Game and Magistr 16 development.[35]
Obuchayushchiy Magistr
Educational console released in ≥ 2001.
Box
Console
Manual
Mouse pad
Obuchayushchiy Magistr + FD
This model is identical to the previous one but includes a floppy drive for writing data to a floppy disk. Released in ≥ 2002.
Box[36]
Console
Sistemnyy kartridzh
Magistr 16 Bakalavr/Obuchayushchiy Bakalavr
Portable educational console, released in 2001.[37] in 3 color versions. In mid-2002, New Game released updated model as "Obuchayushchiy Bakalavr" with only 1 color version available. In 2006, console was redesigned to look like CyberShell.[38]
Bakalavr Box (Front; 2001)[39]
Bakalavr Box (Back; 2001)
Console (Red; 2001)
Console (Blue; 2001)
Console (Green; 2001)
Obuchayushchiy Bakalavr (Box; 2002)[40]
Console (2002)
Bakalavr Box (Front; 2006)[41]
Console (2006)
Manual
Sistemnyy kartridzh
Magistr Aspirant/Obuchayushchiy Aspirant
Educational system based on CyberShell. Released in 2005.[42]
Magistr Litseist
Educational system based on CyberSmart. Released in 2005.[43]
Sega Magistr X
Model released in September 2017.[44]
Magistr X
Released in February 2019. Very similar to Sega Magistr X.[45]
Magistr Drive 2 (98 games)
Model released in March 2018.[46]
Magistr Mega Drive (250 games)
Released in late 2010s/early 2020s.
Magistr Smart (414 games HDMI)
Released in January 2021. Has built-in games for Mega Drive, Dendy, and M.A.M.E.[47]
Magistr Turbo Drive (222 games)
Released in April 2021.[48]
Magistr accessories
For many years, New Game has released sets of many accessories for their consoles often modeled on the original from Sega. [49][50]
Adapter Sega
Adaptor Sega D2
Cable TV
Cable Sega
Cable Nomad
RF Converter Sega A4
Joystick Sega A-3
Joystick Sega 3 A3-3
Joystick SEGA BBG 4
Joystick SEGA BBG 6
Joystick Sega DR5
N16 Joystick Nintendo
N16 Joystick Nintendo "Dyna-1"
Joystick Sega GD
- White
JS05-9-16Bit GR Joystick
- White
20-JS Joystick
- Blue
21-JS Joystick
- Black
23-JS Joystick
- Orange
25-JS Joystick
- Turbo
JS07-9-16-T Joystick
RF Modulator
Keyboard Magistr 16
Mouse Magistr 16 Obuchayushchiy
Mouse Magistr Bakalavr
Mouse Magistr Aspirant/Magistr Litseist
New Game cartridge. Added to the console. Every has different games in it.
Documentation
Manual (1999)
Manual (2000s)
Warranty (2000s)
Sticker (2000s)
Promotional advert informing about Magistr educational systems (early 2000s)
Small card with Magistr 16 info (early 2000s)
Small card with information about the possibility of purchasing Mega Drive games in Russian (early 2000s)
Manual+Warranty (2010s)
Promotional material
Print advertisements
also published in:
- 1600 igr dlya Sega (RU) : "" (2000-xx-xx)
also published in:
- Velikiy Drakon (RU) #57: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-02-05)[51]
- Cool Gamer (RU) #8 (2001-xx-xx)[52]
also published in:
- Cool Gamer (RU) #9 : "" (2002-10-23)
- Cool Gamer (RU) #10 (2003-01-30)
also published in:
- TRICKS Gold Strana Dreamcast (RU) #5: "" (200x-xx-xx)
- TRICKS Gold Sega dlya strategov (RU) : "" (2003-xx-xx)
- Sega v podarok (RU) #1: "" (2004-xx-xx)
Television advertisements
Unknown
Aside from being Magistr Drives we know nothing about the following systems.
References
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