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Second version of the Sega Genesis. The Mega Drive was released in Japan on October 29, 1988. [3] The console was released in New York City and Los Angeles on August 14, 1989, under the name Sega Genesis, and in the rest of North America later that year. [4] It was launched in Europe and Australia on November 30, 1990, under its original name.
The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive [b] outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in 1989 in North America as the Genesis.
Over time the launch price of base consoles units has generally risen to about US$400−500, [49] with the average game costing US$60. [55] Exceptionally, the period of transition from ROM cartridges to optical media in the early 1990s saw several consoles with high price points exceeding US$400 and going as high as US$700. Resultingly, sales ...
As a result, Sega ceased to manufacture consoles and became a third-party video game developer. [2] The only consoles that Sega has produced since are the educational toy console Advanced Pico Beena in 2005 and dedicated consoles such as the Sega Genesis Mini in 2019 and Game Gear Micro in 2020. Third-party variants of Sega consoles have been ...
The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive [1] in regions outside of North America, is a 16-bit video game console that was designed and produced by Sega. First released in Japan on October 29, 1989, in North America on August 14, 1989, and in PAL regions in 1990, the Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System .
A model 1 Sega CD without a Genesis attached. The steel joining plate was included to act as RF shielding between the CD and console hardware. On October 15, 1992, the Mega-CD was released in North America as the Sega CD, with a retail price of US$299. [6] Advertising included one of Sega's slogans, "Welcome to the Next Level".
The 32X would not be compatible with the Saturn, but would play Genesis games. [37] Sega released the 32X on November 21, 1994, in North America, December 3, 1994, in Japan, and January 1995 in PAL territories, and was sold at less than half of the Saturn's launch price. [99] [100] After the holiday season, interest in the 32X rapidly declined ...
Tengen went on to produce games for other systems, including the Sega Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, and TurboGrafx-16, and a few more, as well as publish a localized Sega CD title. The company also licensed games for home computers such as the Amiga and the Atari ST, most of which were published by British company Domark.