30.75 million first-party Genesis units were sold worldwide. It was released in several different versions,Ĭontributing to its success were its library of arcade game ports, the popularity of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, several popular sports franchises,Īnd aggressive youth marketing that positioned it as the cool console for adolescents. Several add-ons were released, including a Power Base Converter to play Master System games. It plays a library of more than 900 games created by Sega and a wide array of third-party publishers delivered on ROM-based cartridges. Motorola 68000 processor as the CPU, a Zilog Z80 as a sound controller, and a video system supporting hardware sprites, tiles, and scrolling. In 1990, it was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe.ĭesigned by an R&D team supervised by Hideki Sato and Masami Ishikawa, the Genesis was adapted from Sega's System 16 arcade board, centered on a Sega released it as the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988,Īnd later as the Genesis in North America in 1989. The Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. It was a 16-bit fourth-generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. Explore all the original levels, experience wild gameplay, and rock to the remastered cult soundtrack.

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