Mega Drive consoles in Eastern Europe

Mega Drive first hit the Central and Eastern European market at the end of 1992, and in the following years it hit other markets. Models were sold in the PAL system seen in Western Europe. In Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro and the CIS countries, Asian models in the PAL system were also sold. They were cheaper than the European versions to increase console sales in the region.

Mega Drive has become a popular console in this region due to its low price, good availability and the possibility of pirating games, the console has become quite popular in this region, beating Super Nintendo in sales. Sega's console, along with PlayStation, Game Boy and famiclones, became a symbol of video games of the 90s.

Based on its popularity, many clones were distributed in the region. Sega had to recognize some as official clones in order to have a certain percentage of profits from the sale of games and add-ons, such as Power Pegasus in Poland and Super Bitman in CIS countries. Steepler also distributed its own models and original consoles imported from Asia without Sega's knowledge in the region to then settle with official distributors and also sell their models in stores along with unofficial.

In May 1996, Sega announced that it would support Mega Drive in the former communist countries, making the console available in some stores until 1999.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive II					Control Pad

Bulgaria

Name	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive II	Control Pad		Security Label
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Security Label
Mega Drive 2	Control Pad		Security Label
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)		Security Label

Croatia

Name	Hardware	Software
Mega Drive II	Control Pad
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set	Control Pad (x2)

Czech Republic

Name	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive	MK 1601-18	Control Pad		Manual 50x50px Manual
Mega Drive Jezek Sonic and 1 Pad Set		Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog	Manual 50x50px Manual
Mega Drive Jezek Sonic and 2 Pads Set		Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog	Manual 50x50px Manual
Mega Drive II		Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive II Sonic Set		Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Manual
Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set		Control Pad (x2)		Manual
Mega Drive II (DDC Agency distribution)		Control Pad		Manual

Hungary

Name	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive (Sinus)	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive (Al-Step)	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive Sonic Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog	Manual
Mega Drive Sonic Set II (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog	Manual
Mega Drive Mega Games Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Mega Games I	Manual
Mega Drive Street Fighter II Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Street Fighter II	Manual
Mega Drive Aladdin Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Aladdin	Manual
Mega Drive Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)		Manual
Mega Drive II Alap Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Manual
Mega Drive II Aladdin Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Aladdin	Manual
Mega Drive II Aladdin Set II (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Aladdin	Manual
Mega Drive II Sonic Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Manual
Mega Drive II Sport Set I (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	NBA Jam Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Fifa Soccer	Manual
Mega Drive II Sport Set II (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	NHL Hockey '94 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Fifa Soccer	Manual
Mega Drive II Mortal Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mortal Kombat	Manual
Mega Drive II Mortal II Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mortal Kombat II	Manual
Mega Drive II Tenisz Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x4)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Pete Sampras Tennis	Manual Poster Poster
Mega Drive II Super Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Aladdin	Manual
Mega Drive II Commando Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Urban Strike	Manual
Mega Drive II 4 jatek Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)		Manual
Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)		Manual
Mega Drive II Lion Set (Al-Step)	Control Pad (x2)	Lion King	Manual
Mega Drive II (EBM)	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive II Unknown	Control Pad		Manual

Macedonia

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive II					Control Pad

Poland

Name	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive			Control Pad		Manual Manual Manual
Mega Drive Sonic Set	MK 1601-18	PAL-G	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog	Manual Manual Manual
Mega Drive II DE			Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set			Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Manual Poster
Mega Drive II EU			Control Pad		Warranty seal Registration card Warranty card Manual
Mega Drive II Mega Games Set			Control Pad (x2)	Mega Games I	Warranty seal Registration card Warranty card Manual

Romania

Box	Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Console	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation	Comments
	Mega Drive					Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II					Control Pad

Serbia and Montenegro

Box	Name	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
	Mega Drive Altered Beast Set		Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive		Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive Sonic Set		Control Pad (x2)	Sonic The Hedgehog
	Mega Drive II	MK-1631-50	Control Pad		Beosoft Manual Beosoft catalog 50x50px Beosoft Warranty card
	Mega Drive 2	MK-1631-07	Control Pad		Beosoft Manual Beosoft catalog 50x50px Beosoft Warranty card
	Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set		Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px 320x80px	Mega Drive II	MK-1631-07	Control Pad		Beosoft Manual Beosoft catalog 50x50px Beosoft Warranty card

Slovakia

Name	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive II	Control Pad (x2)
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II (DDC Agency distribution)	Control Pad (x2)		Manual

Slovenia

Name	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive Sonic Set	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic The Hedgehog
Mega Drive II	Control Pad

*Prices in times of crisis

Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

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	Label	Software	Documentation
	Mega Drive II (Original console, unofficial box)		Control Pad
	Mega Drive II (Imported from Singapore)	MK-1631-07	Control Pad		Documentation
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Clone)	HAA-2502	Control Pad		50x50px Manual
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Clone)	HAA-2502	Control Pad		50x50px Manual Label
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Clone)	HAA-2502	Control Pad
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)	MK-1631-07	Control Pad
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)	MK-1631-07	Control Pad
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)	MK-1631-07	Control Pad
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)		Control Pad		50x50px Manual
	Mega Drive II (Import from Buka)		Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	50x50px Manual

Original consoles

The first original consoles could only be purchased from Buka and Bitman.

Box	Name	Label	Hardware	Software	Documentation
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px	Mega Drive II (Nissho Iwai distribution)			Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set (Nissho Iwai distribution)			Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Manual
<div style="margin:auto; min-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x80px 320x80px	Mega Drive II Asian Standard Set (Nissho Iwai distribution)^[1]	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 distribution)	HAA-2502	50x50px	Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II (Bitman distribution)			Control Pad		Manual
	Mega Drive II (R-Style distribution)			Control Pad		Manual

*Prices are in the RUR currency

References

↑ File:VD 26 RU.pdf, page 2

Sega Mega Drive
Topics	Technical specifications (Hardware comparison) \| History \| List of games \| Magazine articles \| Promotional material \| Merchandise \| Cartridges \| TradeMark Security System
Hardware	Japan \| North America \| Western Europe \| Eastern Europe \| South America \| Asia \| South Korea \| Australasia \| Africa EZ Games \| Genesis 3 \| LaserActive \| Mega Jet \| Mega PC \| Mega Play \| Mega-Tech System \| Nomad \| Teradrive \| Mega Drive Mini \| Mega Drive Mini 2 New Mega Drive \| Tianli VCD/DVD Players \| "Consoles on a chip" \| Licensed clones (Magic 2 \| Mega Game II \| Power Pegasus \| Super Bitman) Unlicensed clones
Add-ons	Game Box \| Power Base Converter \| Mega-CD \| 32X (Mega-CD 32X) \| Mega Modem \| Demo System DS-16
Cases	Sega Genesis Nomad Carrying Case \| System Carry Case
Controllers	Control Pad \| Six Button Control Pad \| 6 Button Arcade Pad \| Arcade Power Stick 6B \| Konami Justifier \| MK-1470 Action Chair \| Activator \| Arcade Power Stick \| Keyboard \| MegaFire \| Mouse \| Mega Stick \| Menacer \| Remote Arcade System \| Ten Key Pad \| Third Party Controllers
Accessories	4 Way Play \| AC adaptor \| Cleaning System \| Control Pad Extension Cord \| Genesis Speakers \| Headset \| HeartBeat Catalyst \| Microphone \| Region converter cartridges \| Mega Terminal \| Nomad PowerBack \| RF Unit (Mega Drive 2) \| SCART Cable (Mega Drive 2) \| Stereo Audio Video Cable \| Team Player \| Video Monitor Cable \| Third-party AC adaptors \| Third Party Accessories
Network services	Sega Channel \| Sega Game Toshokan \| Mega Anser \| Mega Net \| TeleBradesco Residência \| XB∀ND
Development tools	ERX 308P \| ERX 318P \| Sprobe \| SNASM68K \| SNASM2 (Mega Drive) \| SNASM2 (32X) \| PSY-Q Development System (Mega Drive) \| PSY-Q Development System (32X) \| 32X CartDev \| Sega Mars Development Aid System \| Sega 32X Development Target
Unreleased	Edge 16 \| Floppy Disk Drive \| Mega Play 1010 \| Sega VR \| Teleplay System \| Video Jukebox

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