a b "Megadrive – Official at Last". Computer and Video Games. No.106. United Kingdom: Future Publishing. September 1990. p.13. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. One of Sega's most famous advertisements in North American media was its slogan " Genesis does what Nintendon't", which showcased the graphics that the Genesis had against the NES. a b c d e f g Bertz, Matt (July 2011). "Reverse Engineering Success". Game Informer. Vol.21, no.219. GameStop. pp.96–99.

Next up on our list of the best Sega Mega Drive games is a title that sees the most unlikeliest of heroes taking ce Marriott, Scott Alan. "Sega Genesis Nomad – Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011 . Retrieved October 5, 2013.Following up the Sega Genesis Mini release in 2019, Sega’s got its next mini retro console reissue coming — the Sega Drive Mini 2. (In North America, you’d know the original console by its other name, Sega Genesis 2.) The company announced the new console during a Japanese-language livestream and after teasing the announcement — with a crudely decorated cake — last week.

Azevedo, Théo (July 30, 2012). "Vinte anos depois, Master System e Mega Drive vendem 150 mil unidades por ano no Brasil" (in Portuguese). UOL. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014 . Retrieved October 18, 2012. Base instalada: 5 milhões de Master System; 3 milhões de Mega Drive As reported by Video Games Chronicle, the console was announced during a Japanese live stream and is expected to be released on October 27 in Japan, though an international release hasn't been confirmed as of yet. a b c Parish, Jeremy (October 16, 2012). "20 Years Ago, Sega Gave Us the Sega CD". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013 . Retrieved December 11, 2016. Marriott, Scott Alan. "Sega Genesis 32X CD – Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on August 2, 2014 . Retrieved July 2, 2013. a b c Kent, Steven L. (2001). The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World. Roseville, California: Prima Publishing. pp.424–431. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4.Kent, Steven L. (2001). "The Legal Game". The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World. Roseville, California: Prima Publishing. p. 382. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4. For his part, Kalinske highlighted Sega's role in developing games for an older demographic and pioneering "the concept of the 'street date '" with the simultaneous North American and European release of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. [214] [215] John Sczepaniak of Retro Gamer noted, "It was a system where the allure was born not only of the hardware and games, but the magazines, playground arguments, climate, and politics of the time." [23] Sega of America's marketing campaign for the Genesis was widely emulated, influencing marketing in the subsequent generation of consoles. [216] See also

Following the launch of the next-generation 32-bit Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn, sales of 16-bit hardware and software continued to account for 64% of the video game market in 1995. [108] Sega underestimated the continued popularity of the Genesis and did not have the inventory to meet demand. [108] [109] Sega captured 43% of the dollar share of the U.S. video game market and claimed to have sold more than two million Genesis units in 1995, while Genesis software such as Vectorman remained successful, but Kalinske estimated that "we could have sold another 300,000 Genesis systems in the November/December timeframe". [109] Nakayama's decision to focus on the Saturn, based on the systems' relative performance in Japan, has been cited as the major contributing factor in this miscalculation. [108] By contrast, Nintendo concentrated on the 16-bit home console market, as well as its successful handheld, the Game Boy, and took in 42% of the video game market dollar share without launching a 32-bit console. [108] Following tensions with Sega Enterprises, Ltd. over its focus on the Saturn, Kalinske, who oversaw the rise of the Genesis in 1991, lost interest in the business and resigned in mid-1996. [110] The Mega Drive initially competed against the 8-bit Nintendo Entertaiment System (NES), over which it had superior graphics and sound. Nonetheless, it had a hard time overcoming Nintendo's ubiquitous presence in the consumer's home and the huge catalogue of popular games already available for it. In an attempt to build themselves a significant consumer base, Sega decided to focus on slightly older buyers, especially young men in their late teens and early 20s who would have more disposable income and who were anxious for more "grown-up" titles with more mature content and/or more in-depth gameplay. A number of Genesis and Mega Drive emulators have been produced, including GenEM, KGen, Genecyst, VGen, [174] Gens, [175] and Kega Fusion. The GameTap subscription gaming service included a Genesis emulator and had several dozen licensed Genesis games in its catalog. [176] The Console Classix subscription gaming service includes an emulator and has several hundred Genesis games in its catalog. [177]

With 60 classic games, including Mega-CD titles, Sega Mega Drive Mini 2 impresses.

Every aspect of the hardware's design is lovingly detailed and true to the original. While the original Genesis Mini was modeled on the initial design of the Genesis/Mega Drive hardware, the Mega Drive Mini 2 is a re-creation of the redesigned "model 2" version of the console that came out circa 1994. It also includes the six-button version of the Genesis' gamepad—the Japanese Mega Drive Mini shipped with two of these instead of one, while the Genesis Mini came with the older three-button gamepad design instead. Burgess, John (January 11, 1994). "Sega to Withdraw, Revise "Night Trap" ". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Cannot be accessed directly by CPU, must be read and written via VDP (Video Display Processor - see below)