The Megadrive had a few versions, add-ons and accessories.
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      1. Megadrive1
    
      2. Megadrive2
     
      3. Genesis3 aka Megadrive3
    
      4. MegaCd
    
      5. 32X
    
        
    

  
    
         
   
   
   
    The Sega Megadrive or genesis 
    was releases in Japan on the
    29th of  September 1988 and 
    in the USA on the 1st of 
    September 1989. This is the 
    console that really put Sega 
    on the map. The reason why? 
    Sega produced a console
    that was far superior to 
    all computer gaming consoles 
    except the Pc-engine and 
    Turbografx-16. To top it off Sega had created a mascot for
    its console "Sonic The hedgehog" came into the  world of
    gaming  in 1991. It was a huge hit. Then in 1992 sonic2 
    came out. The game was the most sold 16-bit game of all
    time! There  is other great games apart from  Sonic, 
    such as Streets of rage 1,2 and 3; Rambo3; Jungle strike; 
    Shinobi…the list goes on. About 1000 games have been 
    made for the Megadrive during its lifespan of 10 years 
    from 1988-1998. Behind its poor graphics and sound 
    by today's standards, it still has excellent game play 
    that some games nowadays lack.             
                 
    
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    Sega redesigned the outer shell and 
    some of the Megadrive's internal 
    electronic circuitry. The console 
    looked more compacted but lacked
    the mini-jack connection and volume 
    control. Some of the sound circuitry
    was changed. The sound quality 
    wasn't as good as the Megadrive1. 
    The power supply was also changed.
    The Megadrive2 came out in the 1989 in the US and Europe. The 
    side connection for the MegaCD was there, but you needed to 
    get the Megacd2. But the Megadrive1 could be connected to the
    Megacd1 and Megacd2.
                                                               
    

  
        
    
    
    
     
    This was released in 1997 in
    the us by "". It had a really 
    sleek and compacted look to it,
    but it lacked the support for 
    the 32x and MegaCD. All the 
    electronics where compacted 
    down into one or two chips, 
    which where on a circuit board 
    about the size of a match box. The genesis itself was not much 
    bigger than the joy pad, which really made it sellable to Megadrive 
    veterans.