Mega Drive consoles in Asia

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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.

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.

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. This consoles were also sold in Africa and even in some parts of Eastern Europe. It does not cover Japan, nor does it cover South Korea.

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.

China

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive メガドライブ	WKK	CN: (1993-10)			Control Pad
	Mega Drive 2	Huaxing Electronic Technology	CN: (≥ 199x)

The Gulf

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive II 1 Free Game Set	Alesayi United	(≥ 199x)	MK-1631-07	Six Button Control Pad	Free Game	Manual Notice
Mega Drive II	Alesayi United	(≥ 199x)		Six Button Control Pad		Golden Warranty
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Alesayi United	(≥ 199x)		Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set	Alesayi United	(≥ 199x)		Six Button Control Pad (x2)		Golden Warranty
Mega Drive II 1 Free Game Set	Alesayi United	(≥ 199x)		Six Button Control Pad (x2)	Free Game	Golden Warranty
Mega Drive II 1 Free Game Set II	Alesayi United	(≥ 199x)		Six Button Control Pad (x2)	Aladdin	Invoice Golden Warranty

India

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Hardware	Software
Mega Drive 2 メガドライブ	Shaw Wallace Electronics	IN: ₹18,00018,000^[1] (1994-04) IN: ₹14,66014,660^[2] (1995-03)	Six Button Control Pad
Mega Drive 2 Sonic and Moonwalker Set	Mitashi Edutainment	IN: (1995)		Sonic the Hedgehog Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Mega Drive 2 Cricket Set	Mitashi Edutainment	IN: (≥ 199x)		Brian Lara Cricket

Iran

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive II		IR: (≥ 199x)

Israel

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive	Bug Multisystem	IL: (1992)	Control Pad
Mega Drive Sonic Set	Bug Multisystem	IL: ₪595595 (1992)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog
Mega Drive Sonic 2 Set	Bug Multisystem	IL: ₪795795 (1992)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive מגה דרייב	Suny Electronics	IL: (1993)	Control Pad		Manual Manual Manual Seal
Mega Drive II	Suny Electronics	IL: (1993)	Control Pad		Seal
Mega Drive II 2 pads Set	Suny Electronics	IL: (1993)	Control Pad (x2)		Seal
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Suny Electronics	IL: (1993) IL: ₪599599 (1996)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Seal
Mega Drive II Aladdin Set	Suny Electronics	IL: (1993)	Control Pad (x2)	Aladdin	Seal
Mega Drive II Lion King Set	Suny Electronics	IL: ₪869869 (1994)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Lion King	Seal

Retailers

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive	Genesis	IL: (≥ 199x)			Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog

Hong Kong, Macau

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive メガドライブ	WKK	HK: (≥ 199x)			Control Pad
	Mega Drive Sonic Set メガドライブ	WKK	HK: (≥ 199x)			Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog

Mongolia

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive II		MN: (≥ 199x)

Pakistan

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive II		PK: (≥ 199x)

Philippines

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive		PH: (≥ 199x)			Control Pad

Russia and CIS

Steepler and Dendy

In addition to the official products in Russia and CIS, it was possible to buy Mega Drive from Steepler and Dendy. They were very widespread. Some of them came from the original sources, for example from Buka and Nissho Iwai, and some were imported from other countries or they are clones.

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Mega Drive (Clone)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: 380 000руб380 000 (1996) CIS: (1996)	MK-1631-11	Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II (Original console, unofficial box)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: (1994) CIS: (1994)		Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II (Imported from Singapore)	Steepler/Dendy	135$ (1994)^[3] CIS: (1994)	MK-1631-07	Control Pad		Manual Voucher
	Mega Drive II (Clone)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: 390 000руб390 000 (1996) CIS: (1996)		Control Pad		Manual
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Clone)	Steepler/Dendy	91$ (1994) CIS: (1994)	HAA-2502	Control Pad		50x50px Manual
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Clone)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: (1996) CIS: (1996)	HAA-2502	Control Pad		50x50px Manual Label
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Clone)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: (1994) CIS: (1994)	HAA-2502	Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II (Clone)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: 350 000руб350 000 (1996) CIS: (1996)	HAA-2502	Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: 398000руб398000 (1994) CIS: (1994)	MK-1631-07	Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: 530000руб530000 (1995) CIS: (1995)	MK-1631-07	Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: (1996) CIS: (1996)	MK-1631-07	Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II (Clone)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: 400 000руб400 000 (1996) CIS: (1996)		Control Pad		Manual
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: 627000руб627000 (1995) CIS: (1995)		Control Pad		50x50px Manual
	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)	Steepler/Dendy	RU: 653000руб653000 (1995) CIS: (1995)		Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	50x50px Manual

Original consoles

The first original consoles could only be purchased in Russia from Forrus. Later, they were introduced to other countries by Buka and Bitman.

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II	Nissho Iwai	RU: (≥ 1994-04) CIS: (1994)			Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Nissho Iwai	135$ (1994-04)			Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Manual
	Mega Drive II Aladdin Set	Nissho Iwai	RU: (1994) CIS: (1994)			Control Pad (x2)	Aladdin	Manual
	Mega Drive II Asian Standard Set	Nissho Iwai^[4]	RU: (1994) CIS: (1994)	MK-1631-07		Control Pad		Manual Warranty Card (older) Warranty Card (newer)
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II Asian Standard Set II	Nissho Iwai	RU: (1995) CIS: (1995)	HAA-2502	50x50px	Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II	Bitman	RU: (1996-01) CIS: (1996-01)			Control Pad		Manual Warranty Card
	Mega Drive II	R-Style	RU: (1997-12) CIS: (1997-12)			Control Pad		Manual Warranty Card

Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei

In 1990-1993, Mega Drive was distributed by Hi-Star Electronics. The company was a Sega distributor in Southeast Asia, but so far it is known to be in Malaysia and Singapore and possibly other countries.

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Hardware	Documentation
Mega Drive	Hi-Star Electronics	SG: (≥1990) MY: (≥ 1990)	16??-07	Control Pad
Mega Drive	Hi-Star Electronics	SG: (≥1990) MY: (≥ 1990)	HAA-2510	Control Pad
Mega Drive	Hi-Star Electronics	SG: (≥1991) MY: (≥ 1991)	1601-07	Control Pad	Manual
Mega Drive	Hi-Star Electronics	SG: (≥1991) MY: (≥ 1991)	1601-07	Control Pad
Mega Drive	Wywy	SG: (1993) MY: RM 399399 (1993) BN: (1993)		Control Pad	Warranty
Mega Drive 2 (メガドライブ2)	Wywy	SG: (≥ 199x) MY: (≥ 199x) BN: (≥ 199x)	MK-1631-07	Six Button Control Pad
Mega Drive 2	Wywy	SG: (≥ 199x) MY: (≥ 199x) BN: (≥ 199x)		Six Button Control Pad
Mega Drive 2	Wywy	SG: (≥ 199x) MY: (≥ 199x) BN: (≥ 199x)		Six Button Control Pad

Taiwan

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive	Wenmao Co.Ltd	TW: (≥ 199x)			Control Pad
	Mega Drive 2 メガドライブ2		TW: (≥ 199x)			Control Pad

Thailand

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive 2	Galaxy Group	TH: (≥ 199x)	MK-1630-07^[5]
	Mega Drive 2	Galaxy Group	TH: (≥ 199x)	MK-1631-07		Six Button Control Pad		Manual Seal

Unidentified

NTSC

The Philippines, Taiwan and Myanmar were the only other Asian markets apart from Japan and South Korea which used NTSC.

Name	Console	Label	Hardware
Mega Drive	1600-16	NTSC	Control Pad
Mega Drive 2			Six Button Control Pad
Mega Drive 2			Six Button Control Pad

PAL-B

PAL-B was widely used throughout most of the rest of Asia, although these models may have only been intended for South East Asia.

Name	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
Mega Drive	Control Pad		Manual	Four language manual; English, Chinese, Malay, and Thai.
Mega Drive (with Sonic)	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog		NOTE: Console itself uses undocumented region code -15
Mega Drive (CEE Sega Official)	Control Pad

PAL

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.

Name	Hardware	Documentation	Comments
Mega Drive II	Control Pad
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)
Mega Drive 2	Six Button Control Pad (x2)	50x50px Manual	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. Alesayi initially distributed the Mega Drive 2 in the Gulf via their "DOTTS" brand, but had switched to using Aleyasi United by the time that they distributed the Sega 32X in the region. It would seem likely that this model would have also been sold by them due to the presence of Arabic in the manual.

Hi-Star Electronics

Hi-Star Electronics Pte Ltd. was an importer of Sega consoles in South East Asia. They sold consoles in the PAL and NTSC version.

Name	Distributor	Console	Hardware	Documentation
Mega Drive	Hi-Star Electronics	16??-07	Control Pad
Mega Drive	Hi-Star Electronics	HAA-2510	Control Pad
Mega Drive	Hi-Star Electronics	1601-07	Control Pad	Manual
Mega Drive	Hi-Star Electronics	1601-07	Control Pad

Even more unidentified

Some are probably for South America.

Name	Distributor	Hardware	Software	Comments
Mega Drive		Control Pad		PAL-N would suggest Argentina, Uruguay or Paraguay
Mega Drive	T&T	Control Pad		PAL-M would suggest Brazil
Mega Drive	T&T	Control Pad
Mega Drive		Control Pad		Unlicensed?
Mega Drive		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog

References

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