Sega Mega Drive

The Sega Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ, Hepburn: Mega Doraibu), kent as the Sega Genesis in Americae, is a 16-bit hame video gemme console that wis developit an selt bi Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

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Tap: Oreeginal Japanese Mega Drive Bottom: Sega Genesis Model 2
Manufacturer	Sega
Type	Home video gemme console
Generation	Fowert generation
Release date	JP: October 29, 1988 NA: August 14, 1989 ROK: August 1990 PAL: November 30, 1990
Retail availability	1988 - Present BR: Ongoing (Tec Toy)
Discontinued
Units sauld	Sega: 30.75 million Tec Toy: 3 million Majesco: 1.5 million (projected)
Media	ROM cartridge
CPU	Motorola 68000 @ 7.6 MHz Zilog Z80 @ 3.58 MHz
Display	Progressive: 320x224 (NTSC) or 320x240 (PAL) pixels, 512 colour palette, 61 colours on-screen Interlaced: 320x448 (NTSC) or 320x480 (PAL)
Soond	Yamaha YM2612 Texas Instruments SN76489
Online services	Sega Meganet, Sega Channel, XBAND
Best-sellin gemme	Sonic the Hedgehog (pack-in), 15 million[1] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (pack-in), 6 million[2] Disney's Aladdin (staund-alane), 4 million[3]
Backward compatibility	Master System[a]
Predecessor	Master System
Successor	Sega Saturn