Mega Drive consoles in Europe

From Sega Retro

The European Sega Mega Drive debuted in the Winter of 1990. As with most European consoles, the systems are identical across all European countries, however were often marketed differently and received localised content.

Current sources do not make the distinction between "Europe" and "United Kingdom", so it is unknown exactly which regions each model was released in. In countries such as Australia and New Zealand, consoles were often imported from Europe due to similarities in television hardware. Again at this present time it is difficult to confirm which systems reached these countries.

All European models output a PAL signal.

United Kingdom

Box Name Date & Price Console Hardware Software Documentation
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive Mega Games 2 Combat Pack
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II Wild & Wet Pack
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Mega Drive II
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MD2 UK Box Front FIFA.jpg
Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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France

Box Name Date & Price Console Hardware Software Documentation
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Germany

Box Name Date & Price Console Hardware Software Documentation
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Mega Drive Magnum Set
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II Super Sonic Set
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Mega Drive II Magnum Set
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive Sonic Fun Pack
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Mega Drive
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Spain

Box Name Date & Price Console Hardware Software Documentation
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Mega Drive Mega Pack
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Mega Drive Mega Accion
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Mega Drive Flash Pack
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Mega Drive
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MD ES Box Front Mega7.jpg
Mega Drive Mega 7
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II Mega Mix 1
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Mega Drive II Mega Mix 2
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Italy

Box Name Date & Price Console Hardware Software Documentation
Mega Drive
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MD IT Box Front Sonic1.jpg
Mega Drive
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Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Portugal

Box Name Date & Price Console Hardware Software Documentation
Mega Drive
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Mega Drive
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Mega Drive Mega Pack
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Greece

Box Name Date & Price Console Hardware Software Documentation
Mega Drive II
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Mega Drive II
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Sega Mega Drive
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