Sega beat Nintendo to
the 16-bit market with the megadrive and the machine established itself
as being the cool machine to own. Games were notably more violent
that the SNES, with less influence over of what was released there
are loads of average games amongst the classics.
Headphone jack removed,
A/V port changed to a custom multi out port that provides stereo sound
to T.V’s, RF port removed, Different AC adapter used, Push button
power switch.
A third version genesis 3 was released in the US.
A new handheld version
which plugged into a TV was released in the US, came with 2 6 button
pads and Sonic Compilation. Unfortunately incompatible with the 32X
and Mega/Sega CD
Wondermega was a combined
Megadrive and Mega CD by J.V.C that had improved sound capabilities,
MIDI connections, a karaoke function, 2
inputs for microphones and SVHS connector. Cost £350 when released.
Americans were lucky enough
to receive a handheld version of the Megadrive with a built in 3-Inch
colour L.C.D screen that could also be connected to a television
Multimega is the European
version of the CDX combo distributed in USA. It could also be used
as a portable CD player.
Amstrad made the MegaPC
was a normal PC with the addition of a Megadrive built in. It was
a 386 33Mhz with 4Mb of Ram. Later released the Mega Plus with improved
specs 486, 33Mhz with 4 Meg RAM.
Only released in japan
and a failure there. Basically a Genesis built into a VCR.
Handheld Megadrive that could be rented for use on Japan airlines flights and plugged into the L.C.D television in the armrest.
Laser disc player from
Pioneer that could take plug in modules this is the Megadrive and
Mega CD games. Other Modules included PC Engine HU Cards and CD's
and karaoke.
Mega CD. CD add on which sat underneath a megadrive. Version 1 pictured.
'Menacer' shoulder-mounted light gun. Supported by games such as Terminator.
Megadrive 3D headset. As with the Master system it is possible to get a 3d headset for the Megadrive.
Sega PowerBase Convertor, fits over the top of the original Megadrive / Genesis, and includes
a cart slot and card slot for Master System Games. There is also a
Megadrive version 2 model called the PowerBase Convertor 2 which doesn't
have the card slot.
Megadrive Multi player adaptor. Allows up to 5 players to play on the MD at once. Some carts
also came with additional joypad ports such as micro machines from
code masters.
Megadrive Modem, Japan only.
A very popular format for RPG games the megadrive boasts some classics such as
Phantasy Star and the
Shining Force series as well as the traditional ADD releases.
Konami also made Probotector for the Megadrive, rates along with Gunstar Heros as some of the best platform shoot-em's ever made.
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