For the sound, Zilog Z80 was responsible. It is interesting that Sega actually made arcade console smaller and more available and hence Sega Genesis started its life. The console was powered by Motorola 68000 CPU and it was a 16-bit device. The consoles are identical and they don’t have major differences. Anyway, in the United States and some other countries the console is known as Sega Genesis. Despite the name, this console was the third version developed by Sega. It became available in the United States in 1989 as Sega Genesis. 30.75 million first-party Genesis units were sold worldwide.Sega Genesis started life in 1988 in Japan as Mega Drive. 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. Known as the Mega Drive outside North America. Online emulated version of FIFA Soccer 96 was originally developed for the Sega Genesis Rating (29 users voted) SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive

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