Megadrive Version 1
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1988 |
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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.
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Megadrive Version 2
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1989 |
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Headphone jack removed,
A/V port changed to a custom multi out port that provides stereo sound
to T.Vs, RF port removed, Different AC adapter used, Push button
power switch.
A third version genesis 3 was realesed in the US.
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Genesis 3
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1997 |
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A new handheld version
which plugged into a TV was released in the US, came with 2 6 button
pads and Sonic Compalation. Unfortunatly incompatible with the 32X
and Mega/Sega CD
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Wondermega
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1993 |
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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.
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Nomad
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1995 |
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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
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Multimega
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1995 |
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Multimega is the European
version of the CDX combo distributed in USA. It could also be used
as a portable CD player.
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Mega PC
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1993
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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.
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Terradrive
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1991 |
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Only released in japan
and a failure there. Basically a Genesis built into a VCR.
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Megajet
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Handheld Megadrive that
could be rented for use on Japan airlines
flights and plugged into the L.C.D television in the armrest.
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Laser Active
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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.
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Megadrive Specs
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PROCESSOR
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Motorola M68000 16 bit
processor
running at 7.67Mhz
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MEMORY
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64 Kb RAM
20 Kb ROM
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DISPLAY
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Palette 512
Onscreen colours 64
Maximum onscreen sprites 80
Resolution 320 x 224
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SOUND
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Yamaha YM2612 6 channel
FM.
Additional 4 channel PSG
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PORTS
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Separate R.F aerial and
R.G.B outputs
(AUX connector - Megadrive 1 only),
stereo headphone jack (original model only)
9 pin EXT port (Early original model only)
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POWER (UK only)
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All: Input 240V~50Hz Negative polarity(centre negative) - 2.1mm barrel
MD1: Output 10V...1.2A (Model No: 1602-05)
MD1: Output 9V...850mA (Model No: 3084)
Positive polarity - EIAJ-03 barrel
MDII: Output 9V...850mA (Model No: 1636-05)
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Megadrive Peripherals and Accessories
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Mega CD. CD add on which
sat underneath a megadrive. Version 1 pictured.
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'Menacer' shoulder-mounted
light gun. Supported by games such as Terminator
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Megadrive 3D headset.
As with the Master system it is possible to get a 3d headset for the
Megadrive.
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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.
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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.
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Megadrive Modem, Japan only.
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Megadrive Manual
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Save the zip file to your PC and then use windows to extract the files.
Get the full user manual in English. Sorry, no other languages available at the moment.

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Megadrive Games
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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.
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Still a popular platformer today Dynamite
Heady shows theres more to Megadrive platform games than Sonic the
hedgehog.
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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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