Mega Drive consoles in South Korea

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During the late 1980s and early 1990s (with some ideals lasting to this day), it was almost illegal for Japanese companies to market their products in South Korea. Though slightly more relaxed now, the troubles date back hundreds of years, and an influx of Japanese companies reaching South Korean shores would not have been taken lightly by the South Korean public. This meant that when the Sega Mega Drive was distributed in South Korea, Sega had to go through Samsung to get their product onto market.

Samsung Mega Drives are not known officially as "Mega Drives", but rather the "Super Gam*Boy" and later "Super Aladdin Boy", however the text "MEGA DRIVE" is still printed on the system. They are compatible with their Japanese counterparts. South Korea also received the New Mega Drive.

By February 1997, Samsung completely exited the gaming business due to the failure of the Samsung Saturn and in the same year, HiCom released Mega Drive 2, now under its original name and re-released some of the games.

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Super Gam*Boy 수퍼겜보이	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1990)	SPC-200		Control Pad
	Super Gam*Boy 수퍼겜보이	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1990)	SPC-201R		Control Pad
	Super Gam*Boy 수퍼겜보이	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1992)			Control Pad
	Super Aladdin Boy 수퍼알라딘 보이	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1992)	SPC-200R		Control Pad
	Super Aladdin Boy 수퍼알라딘 보이	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1992)	SPC-201R		Control Pad
	Super Aladdin Boy 수퍼알라딘 보이	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1992)	SPC-200R		Control Pad
	Super Aladdin Boy II 수퍼알라딘 보이II	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1993)	SPC-201N		Control Pad
	Super Aladdin Boy II 수퍼알라딘 보이II	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1993)	SPC-1600R		Remote Arcade System
	Super Aladdin Boy II 수퍼알라딘 보이II	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1993)	SPC-201N		Control Pad
	Super Aladdin Boy II 수퍼알라딘 보이II	Samsung	KR: (≥ 1994)	SPC-1600R		Remote Arcade System	Sonic the Hedgehog 3
	Mega Drive 2 메가 드라이브 2	HiCom	KR: (≥ 1997)	MK-1631-08		Control Pad