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| − | {{stub}}From Sega's perspective, everything east of Europe and west of Japan/South Korea is classed as "Asia". This is a very large region and covers dozens of countries, but the markets are generally considered to be quite small as we're dealing with second world and potentially even third world countries. The company made more of an effort to localise for specific countries with the [[Sega Master System]], but generally targeted fewer countries and was not tremendously successful.
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| − | With the Mega Drive, we generally see the same hardware distributed across this region, sometimes in the same basic boxes, but with added stickers, leaflets and support by localised distributors. Similar to Europe, Sega also was unable to market their console in every country in the region, however whereas the vast majority of Europe was covered by Sega, only a minority of Asia saw traditional Mega Drive consoles, and the timeline is patchy. For example, India only recevied the Mega Drive 2 in the late date of 1995, while Hong Kong got their Mega Drives at the turn of the decade.
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| − | From a hardware perspective, there are only a few Mega Drive models - Sega built "one size fits all" systems in with either PAL or NTSC video output, and sold the system in whichever country they could. The Asian "region" covers the middle east, the islands of south east Asia, and the likes of India, China and Russia on the mainland. It's possible it even covers what little consoles were sold in Africa. It does not cover Japan, nor does it cover South Korea, and some states such as China are basically seen as "no go" areas so don't tend to count.
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| − | Mega Drives are still in production in Asia to this day, mostly handled by [[AtGames]] who ship scaled down consoles to all over the world, but they will not be covered on this page. We know very little about this region and so information is currently in short supply.
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| − | =NTSC=
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| − | Philippines and Taiwan were the only other Asian markets apart from Japan and South Korea which used NTSC.
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| − | ==Mega Drive==
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| − | Initially Taiwan, and Philippines received the same model and box as Japan.
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive
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| − | | region=NTSC Asia
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| − | | front=Mega_Drive_HAA-2500_Asia.jpg
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| − | | back=
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| − | | spinemissing=
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Megadrive1.jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP I.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Control Pad]]
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| − | ==Mega Drive 2==
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive 2
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| − | | region=NTSC Asia
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| − | | front=SMD2NTSC Asia Box Front.jpg
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| − | | back=SMD2NTSC Asia Box Back.jpg
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| − | | spinemissing=yes
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Megadrive2.jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP II.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Six Button Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Six Button Control Pad]]
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| − | ==Mega Drive 2 (Small Green Box)==
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive 2
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| − | | region=NTSC Asia
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| − | | front=MD2 Box Front Asia Green NTSC.jpg
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| − | | back=
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| − | | spinemissing=
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Megadrive2.jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP II.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Six Button Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Six Button Control Pad]]
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| − | }}
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| − | =PAL-I=
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| − | Hong Kong and Macau were the only Asian countries to use PAL-I.
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| − | ==Mega Drive ==
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive
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| − | | region=HK
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| − | | front=MD1 HK Box Front.jpg
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| − | | back=MD1 HK Box Back.jpg
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| − | | spinemissing=yes
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Sega Mega Drive (pal asia).jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP I.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Control Pad]]
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| − | ==Mega Drive (with ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'')==
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive
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| − | | region=HK
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| − | | front=MD HK Box Front Sonic.jpg
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| − | | spinemissing=
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Sega Mega Drive (pal asia).jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP I.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Control Pad]]
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| − | | item3=Notavailable.svg
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| − | | item3name=''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic]]''
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| − | }}
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| − | =PAL-D=
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| − | China was the only Asian country to use PAL-D.
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| − | ==Mega Drive==
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive
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| − | | region=CH
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| − | | front=MD AS Box Front PALD.jpg
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| − | | back=
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Sega Mega Drive (pal asia).jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP I.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Control Pad]]
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| − | =PAL-B=
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| − | PAL-B was widely used throughout most of the rest of Asia, although these models may have only been intended for South East Asia.
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| − | ==Mega Drive==
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| − | Four language manual; English, Chinese, Malay, and Thai.
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive
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| − | | region=??
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| − | | front=MD1 Box Front PALB.jpg
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| − | | back=MD Asia PALB Back.jpg
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| − | | spinemissing=yes
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Sega Mega Drive (pal asia).jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP I.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Control Pad]]
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| − | | item3=MD Asia PALB Manual.jpg
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| − | | item3name=Manual
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| − | ==Mega Drive (with Sonic)==
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| − | NOTE: Console itself uses undocumented region code -15
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive
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| − | | region=??
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| − | | front=MD AS Box Front PALB Sonic.jpg
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| − | | back=MD AS Box Back PALB Sonic.jpg
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| − | | spinemissing=yes
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Sega Mega Drive (pal asia).jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP I.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Control Pad]]
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| − | =PAL=
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| − | Whilst the original Mega Drive had an internal RF modulator which meant different models were required for different countries' TV Systems the Mega Drive 2 had an external RF modulator which meant the same model could be sold throughout PAL Asia.
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| − | ==Mega Drive 2==
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| − | The Mega Drive 2 was distributed by [[Galaxy Group]] in Thailand, under their "Consumer Amusement Sales" division. Included was a four language manual; English, Chinese, Malay, and Thai.
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive 2
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| − | | region=TH
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| − | | front=MD2 TH Box Front.jpg
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| − | | back=MD2 TH Box Back.jpg
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| − | | spinemissing=yes
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Megadrive2.jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP II.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Six Button Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Six Button Control Pad]]
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| − | | item3=MD2_TH_Manual.jpg
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| − | | item3name=Manual
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| − | Mega Drive 2 was distributed by [[Shaw Wallace]] in India. It debuted in 1995.
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive
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| − | | region=IN
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| − | | front=Megadrive2 palasia box 01.jpg
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| − | | back=MD2 Asia Box Back PAL.jpg
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| − | | spinemissing=yes
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Megadrive2.jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP II.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Control Pad]]
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| − | ==Mega Drive 2 (Big Green Box)==
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| − | Three language box; English, Chinese, and Malay.
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive 2
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| − | | region=??
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| − | | front=MD2 Box Front Asia Green.jpg
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| − | | back=MD2 Box Back Asia Green.jpg
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| − | | spinemissing=yes
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Notavailable.svg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP II.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Six Button Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Six Button Control Pad]] (x2)
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| − | ==Mega Drive 2 (Small Green Box)==
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| − | Four language manual; English, Chinese, Malay, and Arabic. [[Alesayi United]] were Sega's distributors throughout the Gulf region, this includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Though we cannot specify exactly which type of Mega Drive was released in the Gulf, we know at least one model was released due to the existence of the [[Sega 32X]] in that region. It would seem likely that this model would have also been sold in the region due to the presence of Arabic in the manual.
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| − | {{Scanbox
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| − | | console=Mega Drive 2
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| − | | region=??
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| − | | front=Asian md2 box front.jpg
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| − | | back=Asian md2 box back.jpg
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| − | | spinemissing=yes
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| − | | square=yes
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| − | | item1=Asian md2.jpg
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| − | | item1name=Console
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| − | | item2=Pad MD JP II.jpg
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| − | | item2name=[[Six Button Control Pad (Mega Drive)|Six Button Control Pad]] (x2)
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| − | | item3=Asian_MD2_Green_Box_Manual.jpg
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| − | | item3name=Manual
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| − | {{MegaDrive}}
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| − | [[Category:Mega Drive hardware]]
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