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.

United States

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Altered Beast
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
	Genesis Sonic System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad
	Genesis Fighting System			??		Control Pad	Streets of Rage 2
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad
	Genesis: Sonic 2 System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad
	Genesis: Sonic 2 System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
	Genesis: Sonic 2 System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
	Genesis: X-Men System			??		Control Pad	X-Men
	Genesis: Wal-Mart Special Buy			??		Control Pad	Greatest Heavyweights Wimbledon Championship Tennis
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sonic Spinball
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sonic Spinball
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Eternal Champions
	Genesis: Sega Sports System			MK-1631		Control Pad (x2) Stadium Cusion	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
	Genesis NFL Pack			??		Control Pad	NFL '95
	Genesis Lion King Pack			??		Control Pad	The Lion King
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	The Lion King Disney's Aladdin
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sub-Terrania Sonic the Hedgehog 3
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Sonic & Knuckles
	Genesis Sonic System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog Taz in Escape from Mars
	Genesis: SuperSonic System			??		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic and Knuckles
	Genesis Homerun Pack			??		Control Pad	World Series Baseball '95
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	6 Pak
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	6 Pak
	Genesis Garfield: Caught in the Act Pack			??		Control Pad	Garfield: Caught in the Act
	Genesis College Football's National Championship II Pack			??		Control Pad	College Football's National Championship II
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Vectorman
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	Columns
	Genesis NFL '95/Comix Zone Pack			??		Control Pad	NFL '95 Comix Zone
	Genesis Touchdown Pack			??		Control Pad	Prime Time NFL Starring Deion Sanders
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad

Canada

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	50x50px Altered Beast
	Genesis			??		Control Pad
	Genesis			MK-1601-22		Control Pad	50x50px Sonic the Hedgehog
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad
	Genesis: The Sonic System			??		Control Pad	50x50px Sonic the Hedgehog
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad
	Genesis: Sonic 2 System			??		Control Pad	50x50px Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Ecco the Dolphin
	Genesis: Sonic 2 System			??		Control Pad
	Genesis: Sonic 2 System			??		Control Pad	50x50px Sonic the Hedgehog 2
	Genesis: The Core System			??		Control Pad	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	50x50px Sonic Spinball
	Genesis			??		Control Pad	The Lion King

Mexico

Box	Name	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Genesis