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.433, 449. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4. Screen Digest". Screen Digest. Screen Digest Limited: 348. 2001. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 breaks all records for sales of video/computer games Behind the Screens at Sega of Japan". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Vol.3, no.29. EGM Media, LLC. December 1991. pp.115, 122. a b c d e f Horowitz, Ken (August 3, 2004). "Genesis Accessory & Peripheral Guide". Sega-16. Archived from the original on October 11, 2013 . Retrieved December 4, 2010. More than a dozen licensed variations of the Genesis/Mega Drive have been released. [161] In addition to models made by Sega, alternate models were made by other companies, such as Majesco Entertainment, AtGames, JVC, Pioneer Corporation, Amstrad, and Aiwa. A number of bootleg clones were created during its lifespan. [23] First-party models Genesis II

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Main articles: Videogame Rating Council and 1993 congressional hearings on video games VRC MA-13 rating, as applied to Mortal Kombat for the Genesis CVG Staff (April 14, 2013). "History Lesson: Sega Mega Drive". CVG. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013 . Retrieved October 10, 2013. Granted, the Mega Drive wasn't met with quite the same levels of enthusiasm in Japan, but in the US and Europe the Mega Drive often outsold the SNES at a ratio of 2:1. In Japan, the Mega Drive fared poorly against its two main competitors, Nintendo's Super Famicom and NEC's PC Engine, but it achieved considerable success in North America, Brazil, and Europe. Contributing to its success was its library of arcade game ports, the popularity of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, several popular sports franchises, and aggressive youth marketing that positioned it as the cool console for adolescents. The 1991 North American release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System triggered a fierce battle for market share in the United States and Europe known as the " console war". [4] [5] This drew attention to the video game industry, and the Genesis and several of its games attracted legal scrutiny on matters involving reverse engineering and video game violence. Controversy surrounding violent games such as Night Trap and Mortal Kombat led Sega to create the Videogame Rating Council, a predecessor to the Entertainment Software Rating Board. Horowitz, Ken (December 21, 2011). "Interview: Joe Morici (Capcom VP of Sales)". Sega-16. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. a b c d Kent, Steven L. (2001). "The "Next" Generation (Part 1)". The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World. Prima Publishing. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4.

Greenstein, Jane (January 13, 1995). "Game makers dispute who is market leader". Video Business. Sega said its products accounted for 55% of all 16-bit hardware sales for 1994 a b Sczepaniak, John (November 2006). "Company Profile: Tectoy". Retro Gamer. No.30. Imagine Publishing. pp.50–53. The key aspect of the console for most is what is under the hood. There isn’t a single Sega chip to be found in this console and everything is handled via emulation. While this is commonplace for plug and play systems, this is what has lead to frustration and anger amongst critics of the machine. History has proven when it comes to emulation that no matter how powerful the hardware is that is being used, it never seems to be 100% accurate when it comes to emulating any other system regardless of the technological difference between the system doing the emulation and the machine that is being emulated.DF Developers: Brand New Mega Drive/Genesis Games With Bitmap Bureau and Big Evil Corp [Sponsored]. YouTube: Digital Foundry. October 25, 2020. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020 . Retrieved November 21, 2020. Horowitz, Ken (September 16, 2004). "Hands-On: Arcade Legends (Plug-'n-Play)". Sega-16. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014 . Retrieved November 17, 2013.