Mega Drive consoles in North America
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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.
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United States
CONVERSION IN PROCESS
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Hardware | Software | Documentation | ||||||||||||
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Genesis | ||||||||||||||||||
Genesis | ||||||||||||||||||
Genesis Sonic System | ||||||||||||||||||
Genesis: The Core System | ||||||||||||||||||
Genesis Fighting System | ||||||||||||||||||
80px | Genesis: The Core System | >= 199x | ? |
x1 |
None | |||||||||||||
Genesis: Sonic 2 System | >= 199x | ? |
x1 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | ||||||||||||||
Genesis: Sega Sports System | >= 1993 | ? |
x2 |
NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana, "Stadium Cushion" | ||||||||||||||
Genesis | >= 1993 | ? |
x1 |
Sonic Spinball | ||||||||||||||
Genesis | >= 1993 | ? |
x1 |
Eternal Champions | Genesis | |||||||||||||
Genesis | >= 1994 | ? |
x1 |
The Lion King | Genesis | |||||||||||||
Genesis | >= 1994 | ? |
x1 |
Sonic and Knuckles | ||||||||||||||
Genesis Sonic System | >= 1994 | ? | ??
x1 |
Sonic the Hedgehog, Taz in Escape from Mars | Stock clearance? | |||||||||||||
Genesis: Supersonic System | >= 1994 | ? |
x1 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic and Knuckles | ||||||||||||||
Genesis | >= 1995 | ? |
x1 |
6 Pak | ||||||||||||||
Genesis | >= 1995 | ? |
x1 |
6 Pak | Newer variant? | |||||||||||||
Genesis Garfield: Caught in the Act Pack | >= 1995 | ? |
x1 |
Garfield: Caught in the Act | ||||||||||||||
Genesis College Football's National Championship II Pack | >= 1995 | ? |
x1 |
College Football's National Championship II | ||||||||||||||
Genesis | >= 199x | ? |
x1 |
Columns | Genesis: The Core System |
Genesis 2 (The Core System)
When the redesigned Genesis 2 came into production, packaging for both consoles and games adopted the new red/black color scheme. As with the model 1, "The Core System" contains nothing but the console, cables and one controller.
Mega Drive, US (Genesis 2, "The Core System") |
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Genesis 2 (with Sonic the Hedgehog 2)
A Genesis 2 bundle containing Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Mega Drive, US (Genesis 2, with Sonic the Hedgehog 2) |
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Genesis 2 (Sega Sports System)
Mega Drive, US (Genesis 2, "Sega Sports System") |
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Genesis 2 (with The Lion King)
A Genesis 2 bundle containing The Lion King.
Mega Drive, US (Genesis 2 with The Lion King) |
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Genesis 2 (with Sonic & Knuckles)
Mega Drive, US (Genesis 2 with Sonic & Knuckles) |
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Genesis 2 (with 6-Pak)
A bundle containing the 6-Pak compilation was released in 1995, during the latter part of the system's lifetime.
Mega Drive, US (Genesis 2 with 6-Pak, older) |
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Mega Drive, US (Genesis 2 with 6-Pak, newer) |
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Canada
Box | Name | Date & Price | Console | Hardware | Software | Documentation | |||
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Genesis | |||||||||
Genesis: Sonic 2 System | |||||||||
Genesis: The Core System |