Unlicensed Mega Drive clones (Mega Drive 2) in Russia
From Sega Retro
This is a list of Mega Drive 2 clone consoles released in Russia, in which not enough is known to justify separate pages.
Contents
Giga Drive 16-bit
Successor of Giga Drive 8-bit.
Mega Drive 2 (unknown)
Mega Drive 2 (Kenga)
Manufactured by Kenga and sold by Kenmaster from ≥ 1995.
Mega Drive 2 (Simba's)
Distributed by Russian-based Simba's Video Games
First style
Produced from 1997 to 1999.
Black (Front)
Black (Back)
White (Front)
White (Back)
White (alt)
Green (Front)
Green (Back)
Serial No:B+Old Simba's Seal
Serial No:ZCT+New Simba's Seal
Argushat brand guarantee sticker
Manual+Warranty
Second Style
The second generation of clones produced by BBK Electronics from 1999 to 2004.
Black
Green
Label
Red
Red (alt)
Label
Third Style
Mega Drive clones built by Chinese-based Dongguan Dewei Electronic Co., Ltd from 2005/2006. Sega name has been removed and on some models on the front, have information that this consoles are approved by Mezhregional'naya obshchestvennaya organizatsiya sodeystviya proizvodstvu i realizatsii videoigr but this was later changed to Constanta Plus which is highlighted on the back. These Mega Drive 2 clones are perhaps the least interesting of their produce, and despite being offered in three different box colours, each system is identical. Also offered is a "black box" variant with 25 built in games. All four packages are fairly common in Russia. Uses a TCT-6801 console-on-a-chip and outputs composite video with mono sound. The bottom of the console has a region switch and a 50/60Hz switch. Strangely, there are solder points on the board for a third switch and a hole cut out for it on the case, but it is not present. The expansion bay door can be removed, but there is no Mega CD connector. In 2017, stocks were take over by SFRI, which sold it unitl early 2020s. The last new console was released in 2018 (190 in 1)[1].
VG-1602
Console+Pad+Manual
VG-1602 (75 games) Front
VG-1602 (75 games) Back
VG-1627 (25 games)
VG-1644 (75 games)
VG-1602
VG-1602
38 games
VG-1671 (190 games)
Sold by Proyavlyay Emotsii
Sold by Black Horns
Warranty Card
Same as above, but instead of composite av-out and power jacks, it has an HDMI-out and mini-usb jacks. Although it outputs through HDMI, the image is only 480p. The box is exactly the same as the av version, just with a HDMI sticker slapped on.
VG-1627 FX
Released in the 2015 under the license of The Fixies Kids Show[2].
Mega Drive 2 + 25 games (The Fixies Kids Show)
Sega Millennium
Made by Pitek Co.
Green Box
Black Box
Asian PAL Green style
Asian PAL Blue style
GD New Game 16bit III
Box Front
Box Back
Lauz On
Distributed by Sima Land from ≥ 2020.
Box Front (Game-2)
Green Box (Game-2)
Box (Game-4)
Multy Drive
DEXP RetroGAME 6
Box Front[3]
Vintage Mega Drive
Sega II
Looks exactly like Simba's style. Text was removed from back of the box.
Front
Back
Mega Drive (S2004)
Others
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181219064132/http://www.simbas.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188&Itemid=175
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171129231625/http://www.simbas.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=124&Itemid=111
- ↑ https://www.dns-shop.ru/product/bc6224f0f0f62ff2/retro-konsol-dexp-retrogame-6--777-igr/