Planet codenames
From Sega Retro
After successfully launching the Sega Mega Drive, Sega commissioned several projects under different codenames of the planets in the Solar System. These are listed below.
Codename | Equivalent |
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Sega Mercury | Sega Game Gear |
Sega Venus | Sega Nomad |
Sega Earth | Unused |
Sega Mars | Sega 32X |
Sega Jupiter | Cart-based 32-bit system; abandoned in planning stages in favor of a disc-based system that became known as... |
Sega Saturn | Final name. The Sega Titan Video arcade system which was based on the Saturn is named after Saturn's moon, Titan. |
Sega Uranus | Unknown, possibly unused |
Sega Neptune | 32X/Mega Drive combo unit |
Sega Pluto | Unknown, possibly unused |
It is unknown whether the Sega CD or Sega Pico had a codename.
By the time the Sega Dreamcast was planned, Sega had moved on to a new scheme.
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Master System | Master System II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AI Computer | Game Gear | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pico | Beena |